[HN Gopher] Auth.js is now part of Better Auth
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       Auth.js is now part of Better Auth
        
       Author : ShaggyHotDog
       Score  : 59 points
       Date   : 2025-09-26 18:04 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.better-auth.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.better-auth.com)
        
       | awaseem wrote:
       | Wow this is such a natural fit! Used both products, better auth
       | is a clear successor. What a great path forward
        
       | Everhusk wrote:
       | Great news for dev simplicity, Better Auth is just... better.
        
       | kevinkatzke wrote:
       | Used and loved both products. Great to see they are joining
       | forces.
        
       | dzonga wrote:
       | only in javascript where auth is such a big issue.
       | 
       | in rails you can use the rails 8 auth or a better alternative
       | authentication-zero. before it was devise.
       | 
       | java - spring security, shiro etc. but just complex things.
       | 
       | alternatively - use services like fusionAuth
        
         | evv wrote:
         | Why is auth "such a big issue" in JS? I've used a number of
         | solutions but haven't had big issues with them.
        
         | jamesjulich wrote:
         | It's not that auth is unsolved in other languages/frameworks,
         | but it's often way too complex or configuration-heavy. If
         | adding passkey support to my app is going to take 2 hours,
         | that's two hours I'm spending away from building my core
         | product. For smaller projects, that's not time that I could
         | afford.
         | 
         | For example, if I want to add passkeys to my .NET CORE app,
         | this is the guide Microsoft provides:
         | 
         | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authe...
         | 
         | Contrast that to better-auth (which is 7 lines of code total in
         | server changes, and virtually no change to client API usage):
         | 
         | https://www.better-auth.com/docs/plugins/passkey
         | 
         | For some projects, the flexibility of other solutions might be
         | needed. But for ease-of-use and development speed, better-auth
         | has been a clear winner for me.
        
       | jamesjulich wrote:
       | This framework has made auth such a non-issue for me. The setup
       | is easy and the usage is consistent framework to framework. So
       | glad to see that they're continuing to do well.
        
       | daveidol wrote:
       | Please add support for Swift!
        
       | lordofgibbons wrote:
       | I really wish there was such an easy off-the shelf auth solution
       | for Go
        
       | nikcub wrote:
       | > Chances are, if you've used ChatGPT, Google Labs, Cal.com or a
       | million other websites, you've already interacted with Auth.js.
       | 
       | I missed OpenAI migrating away from auth0. They must have been
       | one of their largest customers - anybody know the story?
        
         | Aeolun wrote:
         | Ory also claims they are used by openai, so I guess they built
         | their solution on Ory services + better-auth?
        
       | reilly3000 wrote:
       | Better Auth has raised $5M. I don't think it's great to see a
       | truly free project get absorbed into a commercial venture.
        
         | bstsb wrote:
         | while i agree, in this case at least it looks like the money
         | raised is for a future SaaS auth solution built on top of the
         | open-source project
        
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