lynndylanhurley/devise_token_auth

Token based authentication for Rails JSON APIs. Designed to work with jToker and ng-token-auth.

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README

Devise Token Auth

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Simple, multi-client and secure token-based authentication for Rails.

If you're building SPA or a mobile app, and you want authentication, you need tokens, not cookies. This gem refreshes the tokens on each request, and expires them in a short time, so the app is secure. Also, it maintains a session for each client/device, so you can have as many sessions as you want.

Main features

This project leverages the following gems:

Installation

Add the following to your Gemfile:

gem 'devise_token_auth'

Then install the gem using bundle:

bundle install

Docs

Need help?

Please use StackOverflow for help requests and how-to questions.

Please open GitHub issues for bugs and enhancements only, not general help requests. Please search previous issues (and Google and StackOverflow) before creating a new issue.

Please read the issue template before posting issues.

FAQ

Contributors wanted!

See our Contribution Guidelines. Feel free to submit pull requests, review pull requests, or review open issues. If you'd like to get in contact, Zach Feldman has been wrangling this effort, you can reach him with his name @gmail. Further discussion of this in this issue.

We have some bounties for some issues, check them out!

Live Demos

Here is a demo of this app running with the Angular-Token service and Angular.

The fully configured api used in these demos can be found here.

Contributors

Backers

Thank you to all our backers! πŸ™ [Become a backer]

Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [Become a sponsor]

License

This project uses the WTFPL

Contributors

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lynndylanhurley

401 commits

booleanbetrayal

196 commits

MaicolBen

54 commits

olleolleolle

18 commits

lynndylanhurley/devise_token_auth

Token based authentication for Rails JSON APIs. Designed to work with jToker and ng-token-auth.

3,569

stars

1,054

commits

Ruby

primary language

Jul 31, 2026

updated

api
authentication
devise
oauth
omniauth
rails
Browse cluster: Identity & Access Management Platforms β†’

README

Devise Token Auth

Gem Version Build Status Code Climate Test Coverage Downloads Backers on Open Collective Sponsors on Open Collective Join the chat at https://gitter.im/lynndylanhurley/devise_token_auth

Simple, multi-client and secure token-based authentication for Rails.

If you're building SPA or a mobile app, and you want authentication, you need tokens, not cookies. This gem refreshes the tokens on each request, and expires them in a short time, so the app is secure. Also, it maintains a session for each client/device, so you can have as many sessions as you want.

Main features

This project leverages the following gems:

Installation

Add the following to your Gemfile:

gem 'devise_token_auth'

Then install the gem using bundle:

bundle install

Docs

Need help?

Please use StackOverflow for help requests and how-to questions.

Please open GitHub issues for bugs and enhancements only, not general help requests. Please search previous issues (and Google and StackOverflow) before creating a new issue.

Please read the issue template before posting issues.

FAQ

Contributors wanted!

See our Contribution Guidelines. Feel free to submit pull requests, review pull requests, or review open issues. If you'd like to get in contact, Zach Feldman has been wrangling this effort, you can reach him with his name @gmail. Further discussion of this in this issue.

We have some bounties for some issues, check them out!

Live Demos

Here is a demo of this app running with the Angular-Token service and Angular.

The fully configured api used in these demos can be found here.

Contributors

Backers

Thank you to all our backers! πŸ™ [Become a backer]

Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [Become a sponsor]

License

This project uses the WTFPL

Contributors

(top 30 of 220)

lynndylanhurley

401 commits

booleanbetrayal

196 commits

MaicolBen

54 commits

olleolleolle

18 commits

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