Better Auth

aid: better-auth
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/better-auth/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Better Auth
kind: company
description: Better Auth is a framework-agnostic authentication and authorization library for TypeScript. Unlike hosted identity
  providers, Better Auth runs inside the developer's own application against their own database (Postgres, MySQL, SQLite,
  MongoDB via adapters). The core library supports credential, social, magic-link, OTP, passkey, and SSO sign-in, with plugins
  for organizations / teams / RBAC, API keys, two-factor authentication, JWT, generic OAuth, SAML / SSO, and SCIM. It integrates
  with Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, Hono, and 20+ other frameworks. An optional managed dashboard with audit logs, breached-password
  detection, bot-protection, and self-service enterprise SSO is available at dash.better-auth.com.
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: MIT
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/better-auth.png
tags:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- TypeScript
- Library
- Open Source
- SSO
- Passkeys
- Identity Federation
tags_raw:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- TypeScript
- Library
- Open Source
- SSO
- Passkeys
- Identity Federation
- Open-Source
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: better-auth:library
  name: Better Auth Library
  description: Core TypeScript library distributed as the `better-auth` npm package. Configured in the application backend
    to expose sign-in / sign-up / session endpoints that the developer mounts under their own domain; there is no Better-Auth-hosted
    REST API for the core library. Includes a typed client (`better-auth/client`) for use from frontend code.
  humanURL: https://www.better-auth.com/docs
  baseURL: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth
  tags:
  - Library
  - TypeScript
  - SDK
  - Self-Hosted
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.better-auth.com/docs
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth
  - type: Package
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/better-auth
- aid: better-auth:cli
  name: Better Auth CLI
  description: Project initialization and schema-migration CLI invoked with `npx @better-auth/cli` (or `npx auth init`). Generates
    database schema, configures the auth route handler, and scaffolds plugin wiring.
  humanURL: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/cli
  baseURL: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth
  tags:
  - CLI
  - Tooling
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/cli
- aid: better-auth:plugins
  name: Better Auth Plugins
  description: First-party plugin ecosystem covering two-factor authentication, passkeys, magic link, organizations and teams,
    API keys, generic OAuth, JWT, OpenAPI, admin, and SSO (SAML / OIDC). Plugins extend both the server runtime and the typed
    client.
  humanURL: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/plugins
  baseURL: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth
  tags:
  - Plugins
  - Extensions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/plugins
- aid: better-auth:dashboard
  name: Better Auth Dashboard (Managed)
  description: Optional managed dashboard at dash.better-auth.com. Adds user management UI, audit logs, security signals (breached-password
    lookups, bot protection, brute-force detection), and enterprise features such as self-service SSO and SCIM provisioning
    on top of self-hosted Better Auth deployments.
  humanURL: https://dash.better-auth.com
  baseURL: https://dash.better-auth.com
  tags:
  - Dashboards
  - Managed
  - Enterprise
  - Audit Logs
  tags_raw:
  - Dashboard
  - Managed
  - Enterprise
  - Audit Logs
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.better-auth.com/docs
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/better-auth-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/better-auth-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/better-auth-finops.yml
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/better-auth-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.better-auth.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.better-auth.com/docs
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/better-auth
- type: Package
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/better-auth
- type: Dashboard
  url: https://dash.better-auth.com
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/better-auth
- url: https://better-auth.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Next.js
- name: Nuxt
- name: SvelteKit
- name: Astro
- name: Hono
- name: Remix
- name: Express
- name: Elysia
- name: PostgreSQL
- name: MySQL
- name: SQLite
- name: MongoDB
- name: Drizzle
- name: Prisma
- name: Kysely
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com