joserfc
Python implementation of the JOSE standards: JWS, JWE, JWK and JWT.
Auth and security libraries PyPI BSD
How joserfc is used
joserfc is a dependency in 3 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 28 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is PyJWT (118 projects). Projects that use it most often also use cryptography (100.0%), AnyIO (96.4%), attrs (96.4%).
joserfc popularity over time
Gid Score 50: downloads 94, use in agent projects 32, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 57 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with joserfc
| cryptography | 100.0% of joserfc projects · 42.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| AnyIO | 96.4% of joserfc projects · 65.1× more than average |
| attrs | 96.4% of joserfc projects · 139.2× more than average |
| CFFI | 96.4% of joserfc projects · 149.7× more than average |
| Click | 96.4% of joserfc projects · 38.6× more than average |
| jsonschema | 96.4% of joserfc projects · 59.3× more than average |
From all 28 projects in our scan that use joserfc, including the dependency samples.
How joserfc is funded
GitHub Sponsors
| @authlib | 2 current sponsors |
|---|---|
| @lepture | 4 current sponsors |
GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work, which here includes Authlib, Mistune.
Ways to fund joserfc
GitHub Sponsors GitHub Sponsors
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install joserfc |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (28) |
| Example projects | twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, DelineaXPM/delinea-mcp, GramosoftAI/GSearchAI, agno-agi/context, alvinhenrick/medirag |
Alternatives to joserfc
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside joserfc are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyJWT pypi Python library for encoding and decoding JSON Web Tokens. |
74 | 118 (7.3%) | 157M | 5,720 | MIT |
| python-jose pypi JOSE (JSON Object Signing and Encryption) implementation for Python. |
58 | 59 (3.6%) | 7.3M | 1,759 | MIT |
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