# Auth.js

Authentication library for JavaScript web frameworks, with OAuth and OpenID Connect providers, email sign-in and credentials.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/authjs/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://authjs.dev
- repository: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth
- docs: https://authjs.dev/getting-started
- discord: https://discord.com/invite/kuv7wXkHY4

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Better Auth Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres, sqlserver, mongodb, sqlite
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: ISC

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 28373
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 9057792
- contributors: 454
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 19200
- dependentPackages: 304

### Sources

- urls: https://authjs.dev/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://authjs.dev/getting-started (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://authjs.dev/ (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- databases: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://authjs.dev/getting-started/installation (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/next-auth/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/releases/tag/next-auth@4.24.15 (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/next-auth (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Auth.js is an authentication library for JavaScript web frameworks, published on npm as next-auth. The installation page starts with Next.js and also covers Qwik, SvelteKit and Express. The README names built-in database adapters for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB and SQLite.

## Worth knowing

The project says it is now part of Better Auth. Its README recommends that new projects start with Better Auth unless a specific feature gap applies, such as stateless session management without a database. Existing Auth.js users can keep using it, and security patches continue. The stable next-auth v4 line is in maintenance mode, and the installation page installs the v5 beta.

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