--- title: Passport.js | daily.dev description: Passport.js is an authentication middleware for Node.js that offers a flexible and modular approach to integrating user authentication into Express-based web... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Passport.js | daily.dev og:description: Passport.js is an authentication middleware for Node.js that offers a flexible and modular approach to integrating user authentication into Express-based web... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bKEeydVzT.png og:image:alt: Passport.js og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Passport.js **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 1 min read · 214 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Passport.js is an authentication middleware for Node.js that offers a flexible and modular approach to integrating user authentication into Express-based web applications. With over 500 strategies available, it supports various authentication methods such as username/password, social logins, and more. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@qwertydiy** · 1 upvotes > Classic **@chandrapantachhetri** · 0 upvotes > Another classic. One of the very first libraries I used for authentication when learning Node --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Passport.js","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt"},"datePublished":"2024-07-06T09:31:47.633Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:53:31.264Z","description":"Passport.js is an authentication middleware for Node.js that offers a flexible and modular approach to integrating user authentication into Express-based web...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b9af203ac300a6c469230c7d7ae3dff0?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b9af203ac300a6c469230c7d7ae3dff0?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":214},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"webdev,nodejs,authentication","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Passport.js"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/passport-js-bkeeydvzt","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Classic","datePublished":"2024-09-11T11:52:30.626Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bKEeydVzT#c-5PoW7PrcM","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rene Yibowei","url":"https://daily.dev/qwertydiy","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--QlvtioAW--/f_auto/v1746524446/avatars/avatar_aTUl3chxFyPngKtboGisL"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Another classic. 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