--- title: 'JWT Authentication' description: 'Understand what is JWT authentication and how is it implemented' author: name: 'Kamran Ahmed' url: 'https://twitter.com/kamranahmedse' imageUrl: '/authors/kamranahmedse.jpeg' seo: title: 'JWT Authentication - roadmap.sh' description: 'Understand what is JWT authentication and how is it implemented' isNew: false type: 'visual' date: 2021-06-20 sitemap: priority: 0.7 changefreq: 'weekly' tags: - 'guide' - 'visual-guide' - 'guide-sitemap' --- [![JWT Authentication](/guides/jwt-authentication.png)](/guides/jwt-authentication.png)