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Smit Roy
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Add JWT Authentication to Spring Boot in Under 2 Minutes

Built a JWT Authentication Starter for Spring Boot πŸš€

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.

So I built jwt-spring-boot-starter.

What it provides:

  • JWT token generation
  • JWT validation
  • Spring Security integration
  • Automatic authentication filter
  • Protected route handling
  • Auto-configuration
  • Java 21 support
  • Spring Boot 4 support

The goal was simple:

Add a dependency, configure JWT properties, and have authentication working immediately.

Current roadmap:

  • Role-based authorization
  • Redis token blacklist
  • Refresh token workflow
  • RSA key support
  • OAuth2 support

I'm looking for feedback from Java and Spring developers.

What features would you expect from a production-ready JWT starter?

GitHub:
https://github.com/smitroy4/jwt-spring-boot-starter

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