--- 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)