diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14d3d9a..995f43b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
-# Gear JWT
+# Gear/Auth
 
+```php
+// routes that are ignored by auth
+$routes = array(
+    '/',
+);
+
+$app->register('auth', 'Gear\Middleware\AuthMiddleware', array($routes));
+
+// adding jwtHelper
+$options = array(
+    env('JWT_SECRET'),
+    env('JWT_URL'),
+    env('JWT_EXPIRED_AT'),
+);
+
+$app->register('jwtHelper', 'Gear\Helpers\JwtHelper', $options);
+
+// adding filters
+$app->before('start', array(new Gear\Filters\AuthFilter, 'before'));
+```
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..358ce40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "name": "gear/auth",
+    "type": "libary",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "authors": [
+        { "name": "Björn Hase", "email": "me@tentakelfabrik.de" }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "php": "^7.0",
+        "firebase/php-jwt": "^5.0"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Gear\\": "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Gear/Auth/Filters/AuthFilter.php b/src/Gear/Auth/Filters/AuthFilter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fa276f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Gear/Auth/Filters/AuthFilter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Gear\Auth\Filters;
+
+use Gear\FlightAbstract;
+
+/**
+ *  Filter for Auth
+ *
+ *  @author Björn Hase
+ *  @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The MIT License
+ *  @link https://gitlab.tentakelfabrik.de/gear/gear-jwt
+ */
+class AuthFilter extends FlightAbstract
+{
+    /**
+     *  if result of auth is false halt app and set response to 403
+     *
+     *
+     *  @param  array $params
+     *  @param  array $output
+     */
+    public function before(&$params, &$output)
+    {
+        if (!$this->app->auth()->attempt()) {
+            $this->app->halt(403, 'Access Denied!');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Gear/Auth/Jwt.php b/src/Gear/Auth/Jwt.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7729181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Gear/Auth/Jwt.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Gear\Auth;
+
+use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
+
+/**
+ *  Wrapper for Firebase JWT
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *  @author Björn Hase
+ *  @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The MIT License
+ *  @link https://gitlab.tentakelfabrik.de/gear/gear-jwt
+ */
+class Jwt
+{
+    /**
+     *
+     *  @param string $secret
+     *  @param string $url
+     *  @param string $expiredAt
+     */
+    public function __construct($secret, $url, $expiredAt)
+    {
+        $this->secret = $secret;
+        $this->url = $url;
+        $this->expiredAt = $expiredAt;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  encode JWT, adding Data
+     *
+     *  @param  array $data
+     *  @return object
+     */
+    public function encode($data = NULL)
+    {
+        // current time
+        $time = time();
+
+        // create token
+        $token = array(
+            'iss' => $this->url,
+            'iat' => $time,
+            'nbf' => $time,
+            'exp' => $time + $this->expiredAt
+        );
+
+        if ($data) {
+            $token['data'] = $data;
+        }
+
+        return JWT::encode($token, $this->secret);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  decode JWT
+     *
+     *  @param  string $token
+     *  @return array
+     */
+    public function decode($token)
+    {
+        return JWT::decode($token, $this->secret, array('HS256'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Gear/Auth/Middleware/AuthInterface.php b/src/Gear/Auth/Middleware/AuthInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34f7cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Gear/Auth/Middleware/AuthInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Gear\Auth\Middleware;
+
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ *  @author Björn Hase
+ *  @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The MIT License
+ *  @link https://gitlab.tentakelfabrik.de/gear/gear-jwt
+ */
+interface AuthInterface
+{
+    public function check($token);
+    public function getUser();
+}
diff --git a/src/Gear/Auth/Middleware/AuthMiddlewareAbstract.php b/src/Gear/Auth/Middleware/AuthMiddlewareAbstract.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1a1f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Gear/Auth/Middleware/AuthMiddlewareAbstract.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Gear\Auth\Middleware;
+
+use Gear/FlightAbstract;
+
+/**
+ *  Abstract AuthMiddleware for Flight
+ *
+ *  @author Björn Hase
+ *  @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The MIT License
+ *  @link https://gitlab.tentakelfabrik.de/gear/gear-jwt
+ */
+abstract class AuthMiddlewareAbstract extends FlightAbstract implements AuthInterface
+{
+    /** routes that are allowed and have not to authenficate */
+    protected $allowed = [];
+
+    /** result of attempt */
+    protected $result = false;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     *
+     *  @param array $allowed
+     */
+    public function __construct($allowed)
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->allowed = $allowed;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  attempt
+     *
+     *
+     *  @return mixed
+     */
+    public function attempt()
+    {
+        $match = NULL;
+
+        // search for pattern if route
+        foreach($this->app->router()->getRoutes() as $route) {
+            if ($route->matchUrl($this->app->request()->url)) {
+                $match = $route;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if pattern is not in the allowed, get HTTP_AUTHORIZATION and parse bearer-token
+        if (!in_array($match->pattern, $this->routes)) {
+            if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']) || isset($_SERVER['REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
+
+                if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
+                    $header = $_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'];
+                }
+
+                if (isset($_SERVER['REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
+                    $header = $_SERVER['REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'];
+                }
+
+                $token = trim(preg_replace('/^(?:\s+)?Bearer\s/', '', $header));
+                $this->check($token);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if route not found, set $result to true
+        if (!$match) {
+            $this->result = true;
+        }
+
+        return $this->result;
+    }
+}