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Vercel acquires Better Auth to accelerate open source auth
Vercel is acquiring Better Auth, the company behind the open source TypeScript authentication library, which has 4.7M+ weekly npm downloads and more than 850 contributors. Founder Bereket Engida and the core team are joining Vercel to continue their work on Better Auth and agent identity.
DEV Community
Anonymous-first auth with better-auth + Postgres - DEV Community
A developer shares how to implement anonymous-first authentication using better-auth with Postgres, including lazy user creation and account merging.
DEV Community
Full Stack Authentication in 2026 with Better Auth, Drizzle, Neon, Shadcn UI, and Next.js
A tutorial on building a full-stack authentication system using Better Auth, Drizzle, Neon, Shadcn UI, and Next.js, explaining why this stack is gaining popularity.
DEV Community
Self-hosted NodeJS Authentication in 2026
The article compares self-hosted Node.js authentication options including Better Auth, nauth-toolkit, SuperTokens, Logto, and Keycloak. It includes a substantive section describing Better Auth as a TypeScript-native embedded auth library with broad framework, database, provider, SAML, SCIM, and plugin support.
DEV Community
Auth in 2026: From Drop-In to Full Control — Pick Your Poison
This article discusses various authentication solutions, highlighting Better Auth as a modern open-source contender that is TypeScript-first, framework-agnostic, and plugin-based, recently backed by YC.
Reddit (r/nextjs)
Better Auth 1.5 (A huge release with 70+ features and 200+ fixes)
This Reddit announcement on r/nextjs discusses the release of Better Auth 1.5. The update is described as a major release, incorporating over 70 new features and more than 200 fixes. The broader context of the post, indicated by the URL, suggests it"s part of a "Next.js Weekly" update, which also mentions Drizzle joining PlanetScale.
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