Nit pick: change homepage from:
> git(main) x npm add better-auth
to
> npm add better-auth
"git(main) x" looks odd and like an error.
Launch HN: Better Auth (YC X25) – Authentication Framework for TypeScript
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#12If I use the commercial option what is the difference to a 3rd party solution ? It seems to me you would still have a 3rd party to offload Auth to?
The commercial offering is essentially a dashboard that connects directly to your existing setup and gives you a way to manage users and view analytics. You can also integrate additional services like bot and fraud protection as needed
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#13Different space, but sounds like a similar launch approach to how Triplit works as a sync engine - open-sourced, can use for free, or can upgrade to pay for hosting and the console/dashboard view. Appreciate companies like this taking a developer-first approach
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#14Different space, but sounds like a similar launch approach to how Triplit works as a sync engine - open-sourced, can use for free, or can upgrade to pay for hosting and the console/dashboard view. Appreciate companies like this taking a developer-first approach
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#15Are there any tests for this?
How do I know if this actually works in the long term?
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#16Sounds great! I'm interested to hear, how does this solution compare with open source, self-hosted authn components like Keycloak and Ory Kratos? While it's a bit more leg work integrating those, I've found that it's useful that they're self-contained and run in their own environment/container; but I have also sometimes wished that the data was more tightly integrated with my own application, which I guess is what yo…
Most people will reach for BetterAuth when they would reach for NextAuth. Basically, when you want to integrate OIDC or SSO of some kind. Back when I was looking at it a couple of months ago, the big thing that popped out was that BetterAuth supports email and password out of the box, where NextAuth seems to have a preachy disclaimer about how email and password is inherently insecure, so they leave you to your own d…
> where NextAuth seems to have a preachy disclaimer about how email and password is inherently insecure
Yeah I needed a login & password auth last friday and I was so frustrated with NextAuth I ended up using nginx to set up http basic auth.
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#17This looks really exciting. I'm sold. I'm planning to migrate to BetterAuth from Firebase Auth in the next few months, how does the two compare? Personally I'm happy with Firebase (migrated from Workos which was so frustrating and lacking in many aspects, or in other words a huge mistake when picking), not so happy about the vendor lock and the vendor itself.
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#18Sold!
I've been waiting for something like this for the last year or so. There's so much that's SO CLOSE, but nothing quite as simple as "npm install -> add necessary config -> npm publish". That's what I've been waiting for and that's what it looks like you are offering here.
Very excited to spin up a new Hostinger VPS and slap this on there to provide syncing for local-first apps. If it's as easy as your docs make it seem, this will save a ton of time and headaches!
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#19This looks really exciting. I'm sold. I'm planning to migrate to BetterAuth from Firebase Auth in the next few months, how does the two compare? Personally I'm happy with Firebase (migrated from Workos which was so frustrating and lacking in many aspects, or in other words a huge mistake when picking), not so happy about the vendor lock and the vendor itself.
You should be able to get all the features you get from Firebase and much more. The only major downside right now is that we don’t have a Firebase/Firestore adapter yet. So if that’s the database you’re using, you’d need to use a different one for your auth service.
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#20Different space, but sounds like a similar launch approach to how Triplit works as a sync engine - open-sourced, can use for free, or can upgrade to pay for hosting and the console/dashboard view. Appreciate companies like this taking a developer-first approach
right, what other areas of SE are well suited for such a setup?