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@mainpage Welcome to LibJWT
> [!WARNING]
> Version 3 of LibJWT is a complete overhaul of the code. Please see documentation for usage.
@section standards \emoji :bulb: Supported Standards
Standard | RFC | Description
-------- | :--------: | ----------------------
``JWS`` | @rfc{7515} | JSON Web Signature
``JWE`` | @rfc{7516} | JSON Web Encryption
``JWK`` | @rfc{7517} | JSON Web Keys and Sets
``JWA`` | @rfc{7518} | JSON Web Algorithms
``JWT`` | @rfc{7519} | JSON Web Token
> [!NOTE]
> Throughout this documentation you will see links such as the ones
> above to RFC documents. These are relevant to that particular part of the
> library and are helpful to understand some of the specific standards that
> shaped the development of LibJWT.
@section building \emoji :construction: Build Prerequisites
@subsection req Required
- [JANSSON](https://github.com/akheron/jansson) (>= 2.0)
- [CMake](https://cmake.org) (>= 3.7)
@subsection req_crypto Crypto support
- OpenSSL (>= 3.0.0)
- GnuTLS (>= 3.6.0)
- MbedTLS (>= 3.6.0)
@note OpenSSL is required and used for JWK(S) operations.
@subsection crypto_support Algorithm support matrix
JWS Algorithm ``alg`` | OpenSSL | GnuTLS | MbedTLS
:---------------------------- | :------------------------ | :------------------------ | :------------------------
``HS256`` ``HS384`` ``HS512`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark:
``ES256`` ``ES384`` ``ES512`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark:
``RS256`` ``RS384`` ``RS512`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark:
``EdDSA`` using ``ED25519`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :x:
``EdDSA`` using ``ED448`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark: ``>= 3.8.8`` | \emoji :x:
``PS256`` ``PS384`` ``PS512`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :white_check_mark:*
``ES256K`` | \emoji :white_check_mark: | \emoji :x: | \emoji :white_check_mark:
``*`` RSASSA-PSS support in MbedTLS depends on [TF-PSA-Ctypto#154](https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/TF-PSA-Crypto/pull/154)
@subsection optional Optional
- [Check Library](https://github.com/libcheck/check/issues) (>= 0.9.10) for unit
testing
- [Doxygen](https://www.doxygen.nl) (>= 1.13.0) for documentation
@section docs \emoji :open_book: Docs and Source
\emoji :link: [Current Docs](https://libjwt.io)
\emoji :link: [Legacy Docs v2.1.1](https://libjwt.io/stable)
\emoji :link: [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt)
@section prebuilt \emoji :package: Pre-built Packages
LibJWT is available in most Linux distributions as well as through
[Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libjwt#default)
for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
@section instructions \emoji :hammer: Build Instructions
@subsection cmake With CMake:
@code{.sh}
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
@endcode