jwcrypto

Implementation of JOSE Web standards

jwcrypto Copyleft license LGPL-3.0-or-later Active ★ 478 v1.5.8 released 2026-06-24

Install

jwcrypto on PyPI

pip

pip install jwcrypto

uv

uv add jwcrypto

poetry

poetry add jwcrypto

Package facts

License	LGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.8)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	2 — cryptography, typing_extensions
Maintenance	actively maintained — 50 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-12
First released	2015-06-16
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: jwcrypto-1.5.8-py3-none-any.whl

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About jwcrypto

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JWCrypto

An implementation of the JOSE Working Group documents: - RFC 7515 - JSON Web Signature (JWS) - RFC 7516 - JSON Web Encryption (JWE) - RFC 7517 - JSON Web Key (JWK) - RFC 7518 - JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) - RFC 7519 - JSON Web Token (JWT) - RFC 7520 - Examples of Protecting Content Using JSON Object...

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