Better-Auth: The Community Strikes Back! ✊
Someone finally said, “We can do BETTER!” 💪 Meet Better-Auth – a new framework-agnostic auth & authorization framework for TypeScript that’s aiming to be the one library to rule them all. And it’s open source! 💖
What’s In The Box?! 🎁
Better Auth comes loaded right out of the gate:
- Plays Nice with Everyone: Framework agnostic? YES! ✅
- The Basics: Secure Email/Password Login? ✅
- Social Butterfly? Google, GitHub, Apple logins? ✅
- Session Magic: Managing user sessions without headaches? ✅
- DB Headaches? Automatic DB management & migrations? ✅
- Getting Fancy: Org management & Access Control? ✅
- Extra Security: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)? ✅
The Secret Weapon: PLUGINS! 🔌✨
Better Auth has a plugin ecosystem! Want Magic Links? Passkeys? Email OTP? Username login? Just grab a plugin! Super flexible, super powerful. 💪 Add features without writing mountains of code yourself.
Throwing Shade 😎
Why pick Better Auth? Here’s a rapid-fire list (for who has the time ey?)
- vs Other Libraries? Better Auth has more stuff built-in (2FA, orgs, etc.). ✅
- vs Self-Hosted Auth Servers? Keep users in YOUR app’s database! Less hosting pain, more control. ✅
- vs Managed Services? YOUR data stays YOURS! 👏 No creepy third-party sharing. NO PER-USER FEES! ✅
- Community power! Let the community worry about security patches while you build your actual app! Better Auth + plugins likely cover what you need anyway. ✅
The Verdict? Is It Actually Better? 🤔
Better Auth is making some BIG promises: a truly comprehensive, flexible, open-source, framework-agnostic auth solution that keeps YOU in control of your data and your database. Aand, some hotshots are swearing it’s the best!
