Faster JWT (rust bindings) with an (optional) LRU cache

Benchmarks

Benchmarks were performed using benchmark package, against jsonwebtoken, jose and fast-jwt. It was not done to cast shadow over those packages, merely to check whether this package is performant enough or not.

Machine Details:

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04
• Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz - Threads: 6 * 2
• Memory: 16G

DISCLAIMER: Always take benchmarks like this with a grain of salt, as they may not always be indicative of good performance. And performance may not be the top thing to consider when choosing a package for solving your problem (unless the problem is that of performance itself). It would be best to perform these benchmarks on your own machine/deployment environment before making any decision.

Signing Benchmark (bench/sign.mjs)

jsonwebtoken x 1,982 ops/sec ±0.57% (189 runs sampled)
jose x 55,908 ops/sec ±0.78% (177 runs sampled)
fast-jwt x 52,656 ops/sec ±0.59% (186 runs sampled)
@carbonteq/jwt x 362,540 ops/sec ±0.35% (192 runs sampled)
@carbonteq/jwt#signClaims x 210,083 ops/sec ±2.29% (184 runs sampled)

SUITE <Sign token>: Fastest is @carbonteq/jwt

Verifying Token (bench/verify.mjs)

jsonwebtoken x 2,110 ops/sec ±0.95% (186 runs sampled)
jose x 54,067 ops/sec ±0.35% (182 runs sampled)
fast-jwt x 108,051 ops/sec ±0.65% (187 runs sampled)
fast-jwt#withCache x 221,852 ops/sec ±1.00% (185 runs sampled)
@carbonteq/jwt x 233,830 ops/sec ±3.21% (181 runs sampled)
@carbonteq/jwt#withCache x 440,433 ops/sec ±9.85% (172 runs sampled)

SUITE <Verify Token>: Fastest is @carbonteq/jwt#withCache