@clerk/clerk-sdk-nodevs@clerk/nextjs

Winner: @clerk/nextjs

@clerk/nextjs is the safest overall pick in this comparison

@clerk/clerk-sdk-node0/100

@clerk/nextjs76/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: @clerk/nextjs: 76/100, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: @clerk/nextjs: 0, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0.
GitHub activity: @clerk/nextjs: 604 commits, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 604 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: @clerk/nextjs: 0, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0.
OpenSSF scores: @clerk/nextjs: -/10, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: -/10.

Caveats

The score favors @clerk/nextjs, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.
Deprecated: @clerk/clerk-sdk-node. Avoid for new projects.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	@clerk/clerk-sdk-node	@clerk/nextjs
Deprecation	Marked deprecated on npm	—
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	611 days ago	3 days ago
Open issues	33 open issues	33 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 22.7% of commits	top contributor makes 22.7% of commits
Commit activity	604 commits in the last 90 days	604 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	not scored

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

@clerk/clerk-sdk-node@clerk/nextjs

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Week	@clerk/clerk-sdk-node	@clerk/nextjs
2026-08-31	20,280	539,161
2026-08-24	54,713	1,163,594
2026-08-17	0	0
2026-08-10	0	0
2026-08-03	0	0
2026-07-27	55,682	1,068,577
2026-07-20	87,735	1,940,950
2026-07-13	91,446	1,905,144
2026-07-06	68,709	1,330,317
2026-06-29	78,391	1,474,985
2026-06-22	100,970	1,512,797
2026-06-15	90,515	1,546,930
2026-06-08	84,727	1,528,375
2026-06-01	71,469	1,257,168
2026-05-25	76,991	1,432,973
2026-05-18	94,339	1,405,676
2026-05-11	99,798	1,394,162
2026-05-04	92,676	1,225,968
2026-04-27	110,087	1,200,504
2026-04-20	80,655	1,095,194
2026-04-13	86,295	1,049,735
2026-04-06	81,412	932,842
2026-03-30	76,877	909,120
2026-03-23	79,496	926,747
2026-03-16	79,775	907,821
2026-03-09	102,148	893,850
2026-03-02	96,030	836,935
2026-02-23	94,270	785,338
2026-02-16	94,262	672,318
2026-02-09	91,708	677,584
2026-02-02	82,061	676,239
2026-01-26	80,816	620,056
2026-01-19	78,777	582,937
2026-01-12	74,208	552,693
2026-01-05	78,006	571,137
2025-12-29	55,776	382,073
2025-12-22	45,139	357,647
2025-12-15	75,296	529,343
2025-12-08	81,601	559,014
2025-12-01	85,469	553,111
2025-11-24	70,490	420,616
2025-11-17	71,807	477,910
2025-11-10	71,779	458,029
2025-11-03	80,458	491,329
2025-10-27	73,763	459,246
2025-10-20	83,423	406,482
2025-10-13	127,821	517,563
2025-10-06	78,178	463,850
2025-09-29	76,144	451,471
2025-09-22	72,074	413,207
2025-09-15	71,273	395,928
2025-09-08	69,507	421,032
2025-09-01	67,904	419,884
2025-08-25	74,050	444,845
2025-08-18	78,553	398,525
2025-08-11	70,116	384,914
2025-08-04	68,853	383,648
2025-07-28	68,225	358,664
2025-07-21	65,425	331,715
2025-07-14	73,194	336,686
2025-07-07	77,719	336,522
2025-06-30	73,108	309,289
2025-06-23	79,730	322,440
2025-06-16	82,130	305,481
2025-06-09	65,760	281,202
2025-06-02	63,712	283,715
2025-05-26	59,530	275,103
2025-05-19	66,396	291,060
2025-05-12	63,565	269,476
2025-05-05	62,547	258,369
2025-04-28	54,696	254,797
2025-04-21	58,778	244,379
2025-04-14	57,941	251,290
2025-04-07	61,768	246,467
2025-03-31	66,112	252,967
2025-03-24	65,011	255,606
2025-03-17	62,310	241,681
2025-03-10	70,739	244,715
2025-03-03	64,809	231,480
2025-02-24	67,411	239,721
2025-02-17	65,905	223,564
2025-02-10	65,159	232,233
2025-02-03	68,357	254,054
2025-01-27	69,004	202,621
2025-01-20	65,766	212,628
2025-01-13	70,236	210,408
2025-01-06	65,542	181,896
2024-12-30	46,176	125,241
2024-12-23	37,757	122,078
2024-12-16	71,448	205,954
2024-12-09	79,227	197,765
2024-12-02	79,898	187,666
2024-11-25	68,330	181,321
2024-11-18	84,344	170,026
2024-11-11	83,553	171,490
2024-11-04	86,401	171,209
2024-10-28	84,437	163,274
2024-10-21	84,936	173,931
2024-10-14	93,160	161,209
2024-10-07	92,945	168,494
2024-09-30	89,675	154,856
2024-09-23	91,855	177,227
2024-09-16	89,162	176,788
2024-09-09	97,623	203,463
2024-09-02	104,149	182,323
2024-08-26	96,178	168,766
2024-08-19	95,113	151,585
2024-08-12	91,714	142,871
2024-08-05	85,113	132,778
2024-07-29	92,231	158,720
2024-07-22	81,706	148,343
2024-07-15	85,193	139,516
2024-07-08	83,146	131,906
2024-07-01	77,024	132,665
2024-06-24	85,776	141,440
2024-06-17	85,250	140,828
2024-06-10	81,715	127,898
2024-06-03	84,323	140,081
2024-05-27	83,044	147,894
2024-05-20	88,169	178,016
2024-05-13	95,318	155,457
2024-05-06	90,022	146,728
2024-04-29	96,198	112,676
2024-04-22	102,880	108,355
2024-04-15	112,812	104,224
2024-04-08	109,127	96,338
2024-04-01	115,979	103,936
2024-03-25	100,193	83,215
2024-03-18	104,165	88,821
2024-03-11	106,512	91,322
2024-03-04	106,356	93,766
2024-02-26	105,633	87,784
2024-02-19	98,920	88,202
2024-02-12	99,360	81,675
2024-02-05	97,059	79,098
2024-01-29	108,397	85,342
2024-01-22	99,115	90,079
2024-01-15	97,814	90,078
2024-01-08	97,340	87,738
2024-01-01	67,723	55,469
2023-12-25	51,252	42,067
2023-12-18	74,466	60,027
2023-12-11	83,404	63,902
2023-12-04	76,330	59,055
2023-11-27	78,999	58,926
2023-11-20	65,912	61,909
2023-11-13	77,782	58,735
2023-11-06	73,643	56,677
2023-10-30	54,498	43,438
2023-10-23	69,272	55,336
2023-10-16	72,513	55,657
2023-10-09	68,003	51,041
2023-10-02	80,206	68,060
2023-09-25	75,897	58,513
2023-09-18	69,271	56,905
2023-09-11	69,171	54,435
2023-09-04	63,923	56,905
2023-08-28	63,492	52,065
2023-08-21	58,317	50,031
2023-08-14	60,670	49,272
2023-08-07	62,797	52,899
2023-07-31	61,977	50,060
2023-07-24	57,605	48,409
2023-07-17	59,304	50,047
2023-07-10	64,758	47,397
2023-07-03	54,780	39,859
2023-06-26	55,493	41,629
2023-06-19	51,792	44,190
2023-06-12	50,552	40,447
2023-06-05	46,811	36,893
2023-05-29	39,338	29,917
2023-05-22	37,850	31,581
2023-05-15	41,419	32,222
2023-05-08	34,450	29,987
2023-05-01	33,689	29,924
2023-04-24	28,814	24,856
2023-04-17	29,281	26,232
2023-04-10	33,083	28,869
2023-04-03	29,485	25,645
2023-03-27	32,046	26,354
2023-03-20	26,401	23,144
2023-03-13	21,449	16,982
2023-03-06	19,107	13,949
2023-02-27	15,662	14,211
2023-02-20	15,077	14,262
2023-02-13	14,318	12,895
2023-02-06	14,386	10,427
2023-01-30	13,370	8,886
2023-01-23	12,221	8,690
2023-01-16	11,581	8,018
2023-01-09	11,805	8,029
2023-01-02	7,882	5,598
2022-12-26	4,034	2,874
2022-12-19	8,329	5,763
2022-12-12	9,395	5,867
2022-12-05	8,359	4,948
2022-11-28	8,846	5,111
2022-11-21	7,857	4,460
2022-11-14	7,502	4,713
2022-11-07	8,973	4,944
2022-10-31	8,793	5,889
2022-10-24	8,094	5,616
2022-10-17	6,257	3,999
2022-10-10	9,210	5,380
2022-10-03	8,526	4,367
2022-09-26	7,287	5,433
2022-09-19	6,450	5,149
2022-09-12	6,669	3,877
2022-09-05	5,905	4,267
2022-08-29	6,192	4,626
2022-08-22	6,574	4,029
2022-08-15	5,206	3,402
2022-08-08	5,931	3,293
2022-08-01	6,093	3,342
2022-07-25	5,480	3,480
2022-07-18	4,349	2,787
2022-07-11	5,731	3,667
2022-07-04	5,054	3,389
2022-06-27	4,242	2,525
2022-06-20	4,353	2,676
2022-06-13	4,478	3,189
2022-06-06	4,036	2,642
2022-05-30	4,711	2,970
2022-05-23	4,672	2,931
2022-05-16	5,029	2,624
2022-05-09	6,077	3,612
2022-05-02	6,223	2,665
2022-04-25	5,528	3,091
2022-04-18	5,202	2,462
2022-04-11	6,592	2,885
2022-04-04	4,761	2,830
2022-03-28	5,268	3,092
2022-03-21	5,311	2,737
2022-03-14	5,227	2,189
2022-03-07	3,838	1,855
2022-02-28	3,503	2,236
2022-02-21	3,538	1,906
2022-02-14	3,126	1,859
2022-02-07	2,672	1,892
2022-01-31	3,611	1,976
2022-01-24	2,588	1,474
2022-01-17	2,903	1,539
2022-01-10	2,581	1,329
2022-01-03	1,847	842
2021-12-27	917	691
2021-12-20	2,019	914
2021-12-13	2,784	1,061
2021-12-06	2,699	1,011
2021-11-29	3,047	1,086
2021-11-22	881	633
2021-11-15	1,253	674
2021-11-08	876	473
2021-11-01	792	387
2021-10-25	882	230
2021-10-18	1,137	299
2021-10-11	942	177
2021-10-04	850	130
2021-09-27	1,330	48
2021-09-20	1,017	126
2021-09-13	991	143

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