Is pyjwt safe to use?

pyjwt has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.12.1). DepScope rates its health at 80/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of pyjwt?

The latest version of pyjwt is 2.12.1, released 2026-03-13.

Does pyjwt have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pyjwt.

No, pyjwt is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.12.1 (2026-03-13).

What are alternatives to pyjwt?

Popular alternatives to pyjwt in PyPI include: boto3, boto3/, packaging, urllib3/, certifi.

pyjwt

pypiv2.12.1

JSON Web Token implementation in Python

License MITpermissive54 versions14 deps132,056,765 weekly dl

jpadilla/pyjwt

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 80/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

7.8/10

strong

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

7

Contributors (12m)

14

Primary author dominance

27%

GitHub stars

5,644

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(-3.3%)

Publish security

API token

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (14)

typing_extensions cryptography coverage[toml]cryptography pre-commit;pytest sphinx;sphinx-rtd-theme;zope.interface;sphinx;sphinx-rtd-theme;zope.interface;coverage[toml]pytest

API access

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