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Better Auth, by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak XV, YC

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282 points bundie | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 3.76s | source
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exiguus ◴[25 Jun 25 23:07 UTC] No.44382638[source]▶
If i get it correctly, it solves the problem, to store data on MVP/Prototype Auth providers like Superbase, Auth0 or Firebase.

How does it compare to something mature like keycloak?

And what is the difference to just self-host superbase?

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Spivak ◴[26 Jun 25 00:40 UTC] No.44383160[source]▶
The killer feature is that it's embeddable into your app. You don't have to host anything besides your app and your app's database.

I can't understand why people who aren't Google scale do it any other way. When you're at the point where you need a separate auth service I'd call that good problems to have.

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1. uh_uh ◴[26 Jun 25 10:02 UTC] No.44385837[source]▶
Does it also embed two-factor authentication, confirmation/reset emails for me? Those are the reasons one might want to go with Firebase.
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2. trollbridge ◴[26 Jun 25 12:35 UTC] No.44386813[source]▶
Another reason to use Firebase is because they can provide a lot the advanced security (e.g. blacklists for 2FA phone numbers/emails coming from an algorthm whose innards are only known to Google).
3. notpushkin ◴[26 Jun 25 12:46 UTC] No.44386902[source]▶
It does 2FA. You have to implement emails yourself, but honestly it’s not that big of a deal (you likely have to do other emails for your app anyway).

It also does a bunch of other auth things, like OIDC.