Head to head
8 of 12 recorded facts differ. Everything below is source-reported with a capture date. Niched has not published a buyer verdict for this pair, so nothing here declares a winner. A winner only exists inside a defined buyer niche with stated constraints.
The most comprehensive authentication framework. Better Auth is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 29.4K GitHub stars and 2.7K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in Auth & user management.
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Visit ↗| Fact | Better Auth | hanko |
|---|---|---|
| Official SDK installs, 30 days | 21.7M | Not recorded |
| SDK evidence captured | 4 days ago | Not recorded |
| GitHub stars | 29.4K | 9K |
| Forks | 2.8K | 1K |
| Open issues | 636 | 50 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | yesterday |
| Primary language | TypeScript | Go |
| License | MIT License | Other |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Founded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Categories | Auth & user management | Auth & user management |
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