# djangorestframework-simplejwt

> A minimal JSON Web Token authentication plugin for Django REST Framework

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/djangorestframework-simplejwt
- **Author**: David Sanders
- **Category**: Security
- **Latest version**: `5.5.1` (2026-04-21)
- **License**: MIT
- **Source**: https://github.com/jazzband/djangorestframework-simplejwt
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 4,317 stars, 700 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`djangorestframework-simplejwt`)
- **Tags**: `pypi`

## Description

Simple JWT
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Abstract
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Simple JWT is a JSON Web Token authentication plugin for the `Django REST
Framework <http://www.django-rest-framework.org/>`__.

For full documentation, visit `django-rest-framework-simplejwt.readthedocs.io
<https://django-rest-framework-simplejwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__.


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## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `5.5.1` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (5.5.1) |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |
| `v5.5.1` | 2025-07-21 | Low | ## 5.5.1  Missing Migration for rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist app. A previously missing migration (0013_blacklist) has now been added. This issue arose because the migration file was mistakenly not generated earlier. This migration was never part of an official release, but users following the latest master branch may have encountered it.  **Notes for Users** If you previously ran makemigrations in production and have a 0013_blacklist migration in your django_migrations table, fo |

## Citation

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