The latest articles on DEV Community by Smit Roy (@smitroy). https://dev.to/smitroy https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3972076%2F174bdcd1-9b34-48d7-b050-f0fd07765973.jpg https://dev.to/smitroy en Smit Roy Sun, 07 Jun 2026 05:32:34 +0000 https://dev.to/smitroy/add-jwt-authentication-to-spring-boot-in-under-2-minutes-2gd5 https://dev.to/smitroy/add-jwt-authentication-to-spring-boot-in-under-2-minutes-2gd5 <p>Built a JWT Authentication Starter for Spring Boot 🚀</p> <p>After setting up JWT authentication, filters, token validation, and Spring Security integration across multiple projects, I got tired of writing the same boilerplate over and over.</p> <p>So I built <strong>jwt-spring-boot-starter</strong>.</p> <p>What it provides:</p> <ul> <li>JWT token generation</li> <li>JWT validation</li> <li>Spring Security integration</li> <li>Automatic authentication filter</li> <li>Protected route handling</li> <li>Auto-configuration</li> <li>Java 21 support</li> <li>Spring Boot 4 support</li> </ul> <p>The goal was simple:</p> <p>Add a dependency, configure JWT properties, and have authentication working immediately.</p> <p>Current roadmap:</p> <ul> <li>Role-based authorization</li> <li>Redis token blacklist</li> <li>Refresh token workflow</li> <li>RSA key support</li> <li>OAuth2 support</li> </ul> <p>I'm looking for feedback from Java and Spring developers.</p> <p>What features would you expect from a production-ready JWT starter?</p> <p>GitHub:<br> <a href="https://github.com/smitroy4/jwt-spring-boot-starter" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/smitroy4/jwt-spring-boot-starter</a></p> java springboot jwt opensource