passport: Detailed Overview & Metrics
Passport is a popular authentication middleware for Node.js applications. It provides a simple and flexible way to authenticate users through various strategies such as username and password, OAuth, and OpenID. Passport is known for its extensive range of authentication options and its ability to easily integrate with different frameworks and libraries.
Compared to other authentication libraries like Auth0 and Firebase Authentication, Passport offers more customization and control over the authentication process. It allows developers to choose the strategies that best fit their application's needs and provides a lightweight and efficient solution for handling user authentication.
Alternatives:
jsonwebtoken+
oauth2orize+
grant+
express-jwt+
passport-jwt+
passport-local+
passport-google-oauth20+
passport-facebook+
passport-github2+
passport-twitter+
Tags: node.jsauthenticationmiddlewareOAuthOpenID