Migrations

Here are some migration guides to help you transition from other libraries to joserfc:

• Migrating from Authlib
• Migrating from PyJWT
• Migrating from python-jose

Comparison

joserfc is the most feature-complete Python library for the JOSE specifications, providing full coverage of all relevant RFCs.

The following highlights the key differences between joserfc and other Python libraries:

Features	joserfc	authlib.jose	pyjwt	python-jose	jwcrypto
Type Hints	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Compact JWS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JSON JWS	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Compact JWE	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
JSON JWE	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Key generation	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Key importing	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
JWT on JWS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JWT on JWE	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
RFC7638	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
RFC7797	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
RFC8037	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
RFC8812	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
RFC9278	Yes	No	No	No	No
RFC9864	Yes	No	No	No	Not released