Convex Better Auth
Better Auth authentication integration for Convex backend.
Auth and security libraries npm Apache-2.0
How Convex Better Auth is used
Convex Better Auth is a dependency in 1 of the 6,230 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 3,043, Ethereum and EVM 1,756, 3D and games 3,105, agent frameworks and SDKs 13,447); counting those, it appears in 21 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is NextAuth.js (150 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Better Auth (100.0%), Convex (100.0%), clsx (85.7%).
Convex Better Auth popularity over time
Gid Score 31: downloads 55, use in agent projects 28, GitHub stars 7, downloads trend n/a (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Convex Better Auth
| Better Auth | 100.0% of Convex Better Auth projects · 60.5× more than average |
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| Convex | 100.0% of Convex Better Auth projects · 178.0× more than average |
| clsx | 85.7% of Convex Better Auth projects · 4.4× more than average |
| Lucide React | 81.0% of Convex Better Auth projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 81.0% of Convex Better Auth projects · 4.3× more than average |
| Convex Agent | 76.2% of Convex Better Auth projects · 2373.3× more than average |
| AI SDK | 76.2% of Convex Better Auth projects · 17.3× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 71.4% of Convex Better Auth projects · 4.4× more than average |
From all 21 projects in our scan that use Convex Better Auth, including the dependency samples.
Agent Skills for Convex Better Auth
| better-auth-best-practices from midudev/autoskills | Configure Better Auth server and client, set up database adapters, manage sessions, add plugins, and handle environment variables. Use when users mention Bette…npx skills add midudev/autoskills --skill better-auth-best-practices |
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| better-auth from mrgoonie/claudekit-skills | Implement authentication and authorization with Better Auth - a framework-agnostic TypeScript authentication framework. Features include email/password authent… has scriptsnpx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill better-auth |
Skills teach your coding agent how to use Convex Better Auth well. Official means the pack comes from the same GitHub account as Convex Better Auth. Read a skill before installing it: it can include scripts. All Agent Skills
Install
| Package | npm install @convex-dev/better-auth |
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| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (10), Next.js (10), Python (1) |
| Example projects | schelskedevco/ignidash, stickerdaniel/saas-starter, dyeoman2/tanstack-start-template, kalil0321/the-browser-arena, LaykenV/modern-hack |
Alternatives to Convex Better Auth
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Convex Better Auth are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextAuth.js npm Complete open-source authentication solution designed for Next.js applications. |
72 | 150 (3.1%) | 9.1M | 28.4K | ISC |
| Better Auth npm Comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript with multiple strategies. |
75 | 103 (2.1%) | 17.5M | 30.6K | MIT |
| Clerk npm Modern authentication and user management SDK for Next.js and React. |
58 | 57 (1.2%) | 3.6M | 1,776 | MIT |
| Passport.js npm Modular authentication middleware for Node.js supporting OAuth, JWT and local strategies. |
65 | 32 (0.7%) | 10.6M | 23.5K | MIT |
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