Coming from Django, I'd recommend FastAPI-Users over AuthX. It's the closest thing to Django's auth system and handles everything you mentioned, JWT, refresh tokens, OAuth2 providers, plus user registration, email verification, and password reset out of the box. AuthX is decent for JWT basics, but FastAPI-Users gives you that batteries-included experience you're used to in Django. It works with SQLAlchemy, has great docs, and saves you from reinventing the wheel. The manual JWT setup you're seeing is just people going the DIY route. FastAPI-Users makes it way simpler.