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.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Authentication
  - Authorization
  - TypeScript
  - Library
  - Open Source
  - SSO
  - Passkeys
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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:
      - Dashboard
      - Managed
      - Enterprise
      - Audit Logs
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.better-auth.com/docs
common:
  - 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
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: [email protected]