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README.md

Welcome to the Web eID organization

Web eID enables usage of European Union electronic identity (eID) smart cards for secure authentication and digital signing of documents on the web using public-key cryptography.

Web eID currently supports Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Belgian and Croatian eID cards.

Get started

To learn more about Web eID, see our Architecture document.

Get involved

You can find more information on how to contribute from our contributing guidelines.

Repositories

Web eID organization has a number of repositories, some important ones include:

web-eid-app: application performs cryptographic digital signing and authentication operations with electronic ID smart cards for the Web eID browser extension.
web-eid-webextension: extension for the Chrome, Edge and Firefox web browsers.
web-eid.js: JavaScript library that enables communication with the browser signing extension of the different web browsers.
web-eid-authtoken-validation-php: Web eID authentication token validation library for PHP.
web-eid-authtoken-validation-java: Web eID authentication token validation library for Java.
web-eid-authtoken-validation-dotnet: Web eID authentication token validation library for .NET.
web-eid-spring-boot-example: Example Spring Boot web application that uses Web eID for secure authentication and digital signing with electronic ID smart cards.
web-eid-asp-dotnet-example: Example .NET web application that uses Web eID for secure authentication and digital signing with electronic ID smart cards.

Support

Official builds are available through the official distribution point id.ee. If you need support, please make sure you are using an official build and contact our support via id.ee.

The source code is provided on an “as is” basis, without warranty. See the applicable license for more information. Please do not use GitHub Issues for general support requests.

If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it to CERT-EE at cert@cert.ee. Please do not disclose security vulnerabilities publicly through GitHub Issues.

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web-eid-system-architecture-doc web-eid-system-architecture-doc Public

The Web eID project enables usage of European Union electronic identity smart cards for secure authentication and digital signing of documents on the web using public-key cryptography

HTML 37 4
web-eid-app web-eid-app Public

The Web eID application performs cryptographic digital signing and authentication operations with electronic ID smart cards for the Web eID browser extension

C++ 32 31
web-eid-webextension web-eid-webextension Public

The Web eID browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other WebExtensions-compatible browsers

TypeScript 15 20
web-eid.js web-eid.js Public

Add secure authentication and digital signing with electronic ID smart cards to web apps with the Web eID JavaScript library

TypeScript 49 23
web-eid-authtoken-validation-java web-eid-authtoken-validation-java Public

Web eID authentication token validation library for Java

Java 2 6
web-eid-authtoken-validation-dotnet web-eid-authtoken-validation-dotnet Public

Web eID authentication token validation library for .NET

C# 4 4

Repositories

Type Language Sort

web-eid.js Public
Add secure authentication and digital signing with electronic ID smart cards to web apps with the Web eID JavaScript library

web-eid/web-eid.js's past year of commit activity

TypeScript 49 MIT 23 3 10 Updated Aug 28, 2026
libelectronic-id Public
C++ library for performing cryptographic operations with electronic ID smart cards

web-eid/libelectronic-id's past year of commit activity

C++ 11 MIT 26 2 14 Updated Aug 27, 2026
web-eid-authtoken-validation-dotnet Public
Web eID authentication token validation library for .NET

web-eid/web-eid-authtoken-validation-dotnet's past year of commit activity

C# 4 MIT 4 0 2 Updated Aug 27, 2026
web-eid-app Public
The Web eID application performs cryptographic digital signing and authentication operations with electronic ID smart cards for the Web eID browser extension

web-eid/web-eid-app's past year of commit activity

C++ 32 MIT 31 3 24 Updated Aug 27, 2026
web-eid-webextension Public
The Web eID browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other WebExtensions-compatible browsers

web-eid/web-eid-webextension's past year of commit activity

TypeScript 15 MIT 20 0 11 Updated Aug 27, 2026
web-eid-authtoken-validation-php Public
Web eID authentication token validation library for PHP

web-eid/web-eid-authtoken-validation-php's past year of commit activity

PHP 10 MIT 10 1 8 Updated Aug 24, 2026
web-eid-authtoken-validation-java Public
Web eID authentication token validation library for Java

web-eid/web-eid-authtoken-validation-java's past year of commit activity

Java 2 MIT 6 0 6 Updated Aug 24, 2026
.github Public

web-eid/.github's past year of commit activity

0 0 0 0 Updated Aug 13, 2026
web-eid-webextension-mock-webapp Public
A Node.js/Express/Handlebars mock web application for testing the Web eID browser extension

web-eid/web-eid-webextension-mock-webapp's past year of commit activity

JavaScript 2 MIT 4 0 3 Updated Aug 12, 2026
web-eid-for-mobile-architecture-doc Public

web-eid/web-eid-for-mobile-architecture-doc's past year of commit activity

0 MIT 0 0 1 Updated Jul 27, 2026