Passport.js
Modular authentication middleware for Node.js supporting OAuth, JWT and local strategies.
Auth and security libraries npm MIT
Used in agent projects
61
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in auth and security libraries
#18 of 47
by use in those projects
Downloads
8.2M
npm, last 7 days, passport
GitHub stars
23.5K
last push Aug 16, 2024
How Passport.js is used
Passport.js is a dependency in 61 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #18 of 47 in auth and security libraries. The most used alternative there is NextAuth.js. Projects that use it most often also use Express (77.0%), express-session (68.9%), passport-local (63.9%).
Often used with Passport.js
| Express | 77.0% of Passport.js projects · 11.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| express-session | 68.9% of Passport.js projects · 161.9× more than average |
| passport-local | 63.9% of Passport.js projects · 208.1× more than average |
| tsx | 62.3% of Passport.js projects · 6.3× more than average |
| ws | 62.3% of Passport.js projects · 27.6× more than average |
| Zod | 62.3% of Passport.js projects · 3.7× more than average |
| esbuild | 57.4% of Passport.js projects · 21.3× more than average |
| Recharts | 57.4% of Passport.js projects · 7.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Passport.js as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install passport |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (52), Python (7), Next.js (1), Other (1) |
| Example projects | alkem-io/server, gopaljilab/Clinical-Insight-Engine, Hackbyrd/orbital-express |
Alternatives to Passport.js
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextAuth.js npm Complete open-source authentication solution designed for Next.js applications. |
266 (2.1%) | 6.7M | 28.4K | ISC |
| bcryptjs npm Pure JavaScript bcrypt implementation for secure password hashing without dependencies. |
256 (2.0%) | 14.7M | 3,797 | BSD-3-Clause |
| jsonwebtoken npm Create, verify and decode JSON Web Tokens for authentication and secure data transmission. |
241 (1.9%) | 59.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| cryptography pypi Python library providing cryptographic recipes and primitives for secure applications. |
213 (1.7%) | 281M | 7,803 | — |
| jose npm Comprehensive JWT and JWK handling for Node.js and web runtimes. |
141 (1.1%) | 151M | 7,824 | MIT |
| PyJWT pypi Python library for encoding and decoding JSON Web Tokens. |
128 (1.0%) | 154M | 5,714 | — |
| Better Auth npm Comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript with multiple strategies. |
126 (1.0%) | 11.4M | 30.2K | MIT |
| Helmet npm Express middleware that sets HTTP security headers to prevent vulnerabilities. |
125 (1.0%) | 16.2M | 10.7K | MIT |