@clerk/clerk-sdk-nodevsiron-session

Winner: iron-session

iron-session is the safest overall pick in this comparison

@clerk/clerk-sdk-node0/100

iron-session24/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: iron-session: 24/100, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: iron-session: 0, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0.
GitHub activity: iron-session: 0 commits, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 570 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: iron-session: 0, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0.
OpenSSF scores: iron-session: 3.1/10, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: -/10.

Caveats

The score favors iron-session, 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	iron-session
Deprecation	Marked deprecated on npm	—
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	566 days ago	624 days ago
Open issues	22 open issues	16 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 23.1% of commits	top contributor makes 51.89% of commits
Commit activity	570 commits in the last 90 days	0 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days	0 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-nodeiron-session

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Week	@clerk/clerk-sdk-node	iron-session
2026-07-20	87,735	1,812,291
2026-07-13	91,446	1,728,821
2026-07-06	68,709	1,304,072
2026-06-29	78,391	1,489,793
2026-06-22	100,970	1,544,321
2026-06-15	90,515	1,514,832
2026-06-08	84,727	1,676,237
2026-06-01	71,469	1,294,885
2026-05-25	76,991	1,389,126
2026-05-18	94,339	1,502,848
2026-05-11	99,798	1,421,454
2026-05-04	92,676	1,340,856
2026-04-27	110,087	1,277,678
2026-04-20	80,655	1,259,837
2026-04-13	86,295	1,257,289
2026-04-06	81,412	1,232,352
2026-03-30	76,877	1,162,569
2026-03-23	79,496	1,073,875
2026-03-16	79,775	1,166,857
2026-03-09	102,148	1,129,596
2026-03-02	96,030	1,120,168
2026-02-23	94,270	1,045,474
2026-02-16	94,262	930,024
2026-02-09	91,708	1,025,384
2026-02-02	82,061	1,011,821
2026-01-26	80,816	934,396
2026-01-19	78,777	788,288
2026-01-12	74,208	834,506
2026-01-05	78,006	731,325
2025-12-29	55,776	290,598
2025-12-22	45,139	313,643
2025-12-15	75,296	683,733
2025-12-08	81,601	706,940
2025-12-01	85,469	709,250
2025-11-24	70,490	489,737
2025-11-17	71,807	653,764
2025-11-10	71,779	574,470
2025-11-03	80,458	587,206
2025-10-27	73,763	561,271
2025-10-20	83,423	349,314
2025-10-13	127,821	436,427
2025-10-06	78,178	445,771
2025-09-29	76,144	465,871
2025-09-22	72,074	442,872
2025-09-15	71,273	398,469
2025-09-08	69,507	417,760
2025-09-01	67,904	382,357
2025-08-25	74,050	381,014
2025-08-18	78,553	374,136
2025-08-11	70,116	352,849
2025-08-04	68,853	343,661
2025-07-28	68,225	340,779
2025-07-21	65,425	335,303
2025-07-14	73,194	322,134
2025-07-07	77,719	348,204
2025-06-30	73,108	301,736
2025-06-23	79,730	318,943
2025-06-16	82,130	366,200
2025-06-09	65,760	341,055
2025-06-02	63,712	329,697
2025-05-26	59,530	304,564
2025-05-19	66,396	326,384
2025-05-12	63,565	291,529
2025-05-05	62,547	327,326
2025-04-28	54,696	306,629
2025-04-21	58,778	302,345
2025-04-14	57,941	279,482
2025-04-07	61,768	255,257
2025-03-31	66,112	252,756
2025-03-24	65,011	262,398
2025-03-17	62,310	263,593
2025-03-10	70,739	248,322
2025-03-03	64,809	237,501
2025-02-24	67,411	219,856
2025-02-17	65,905	207,312
2025-02-10	65,159	221,711
2025-02-03	68,357	253,261
2025-01-27	69,004	223,108
2025-01-20	65,766	216,243
2025-01-13	70,236	214,946
2025-01-06	65,542	201,422
2024-12-30	46,176	129,051
2024-12-23	37,757	107,969
2024-12-16	71,448	189,803
2024-12-09	79,227	158,521
2024-12-02	79,898	164,672
2024-11-25	68,330	143,853
2024-11-18	84,344	180,258
2024-11-11	83,553	163,408
2024-11-04	86,401	160,942
2024-10-28	84,437	163,415
2024-10-21	84,936	166,673
2024-10-14	93,160	157,979
2024-10-07	92,945	159,563
2024-09-30	89,675	147,232
2024-09-23	91,855	149,499
2024-09-16	89,162	153,536
2024-09-09	97,623	152,051
2024-09-02	104,149	132,757
2024-08-26	96,178	144,043
2024-08-19	95,113	133,951
2024-08-12	91,714	132,097
2024-08-05	85,113	126,937
2024-07-29	92,231	130,920
2024-07-22	81,706	127,558
2024-07-15	85,193	120,407
2024-07-08	83,146	121,308
2024-07-01	77,024	110,177
2024-06-24	85,776	126,667
2024-06-17	85,250	120,219
2024-06-10	81,715	126,833
2024-06-03	84,323	137,125
2024-05-27	83,044	121,337
2024-05-20	88,169	125,524
2024-05-13	95,318	129,616
2024-05-06	90,022	119,424
2024-04-29	96,198	111,614
2024-04-22	102,880	129,437
2024-04-15	112,812	117,654
2024-04-08	109,127	116,291
2024-04-01	115,979	111,832
2024-03-25	100,193	103,650
2024-03-18	104,165	123,945
2024-03-11	106,512	119,767
2024-03-04	106,356	122,707
2024-02-26	105,633	119,543
2024-02-19	98,920	105,679
2024-02-12	99,360	88,621
2024-02-05	97,059	94,664
2024-01-29	108,397	91,631
2024-01-22	99,115	89,393
2024-01-15	97,814	86,634
2024-01-08	97,340	85,407
2024-01-01	67,723	56,768
2023-12-25	51,252	34,376
2023-12-18	74,466	71,969
2023-12-11	83,404	81,194
2023-12-04	76,330	83,568
2023-11-27	78,999	81,383
2023-11-20	65,912	75,083
2023-11-13	77,782	85,134
2023-11-06	73,643	84,269
2023-10-30	54,498	63,675
2023-10-23	69,272	76,227
2023-10-16	72,513	74,870
2023-10-09	68,003	72,667
2023-10-02	80,206	75,782
2023-09-25	75,897	74,263
2023-09-18	69,271	66,121
2023-09-11	69,171	65,738
2023-09-04	63,923	65,932
2023-08-28	63,492	67,834
2023-08-21	58,317	72,248
2023-08-14	60,670	65,665
2023-08-07	62,797	68,256
2023-07-31	61,977	68,543
2023-07-24	57,605	70,598
2023-07-17	59,304	71,932
2023-07-10	64,758	65,654
2023-07-03	54,780	63,318
2023-06-26	55,493	69,183
2023-06-19	51,792	65,355
2023-06-12	50,552	65,931
2023-06-05	46,811	64,315
2023-05-29	39,338	61,213
2023-05-22	37,850	62,309
2023-05-15	41,419	62,902
2023-05-08	34,450	66,636
2023-05-01	33,689	56,629
2023-04-24	28,814	61,581
2023-04-17	29,281	59,527
2023-04-10	33,083	56,823
2023-04-03	29,485	53,540
2023-03-27	32,046	56,749
2023-03-20	26,401	54,738
2023-03-13	21,449	61,065
2023-03-06	19,107	61,761
2023-02-27	15,662	59,141
2023-02-20	15,077	55,657
2023-02-13	14,318	51,734
2023-02-06	14,386	50,948
2023-01-30	13,370	48,698
2023-01-23	12,221	46,672
2023-01-16	11,581	46,081
2023-01-09	11,805	45,086
2023-01-02	7,882	35,528
2022-12-26	4,034	20,019
2022-12-19	8,329	37,219
2022-12-12	9,395	42,969
2022-12-05	8,359	40,965
2022-11-28	8,846	39,492
2022-11-21	7,857	35,641
2022-11-14	7,502	39,203
2022-11-07	8,973	39,200
2022-10-31	8,793	37,049
2022-10-24	8,094	38,550
2022-10-17	6,257	33,192
2022-10-10	9,210	27,432
2022-10-03	8,526	28,418
2022-09-26	7,287	29,828
2022-09-19	6,450	26,845
2022-09-12	6,669	25,766
2022-09-05	5,905	23,661
2022-08-29	6,192	23,564
2022-08-22	6,574	24,147
2022-08-15	5,206	21,163
2022-08-08	5,931	24,357
2022-08-01	6,093	21,130
2022-07-25	5,480	20,201
2022-07-18	4,349	17,026
2022-07-11	5,731	20,304
2022-07-04	5,054	19,871
2022-06-27	4,242	21,279
2022-06-20	4,353	18,659
2022-06-13	4,478	20,085
2022-06-06	4,036	19,768
2022-05-30	4,711	19,157
2022-05-23	4,672	17,269
2022-05-16	5,029	18,488
2022-05-09	6,077	19,243
2022-05-02	6,223	18,245
2022-04-25	5,528	19,631
2022-04-18	5,202	16,675
2022-04-11	6,592	13,360
2022-04-04	4,761	15,276
2022-03-28	5,268	15,600
2022-03-21	5,311	16,525
2022-03-14	5,227	13,841
2022-03-07	3,838	11,364
2022-02-28	3,503	10,625
2022-02-21	3,538	12,461
2022-02-14	3,126	9,735
2022-02-07	2,672	8,596
2022-01-31	3,611	7,622
2022-01-24	2,588	7,504
2022-01-17	2,903	5,460
2022-01-10	2,581	4,634
2022-01-03	1,847	4,088
2021-12-27	917	2,088
2021-12-20	2,019	2,573
2021-12-13	2,784	3,378
2021-12-06	2,699	3,322
2021-11-29	3,047	2,885
2021-11-22	881	2,101
2021-11-15	1,253	1,733
2021-11-08	876	1,139
2021-11-01	792	628
2021-10-25	882	351
2021-10-18	1,137	469
2021-10-11	942	10
2021-10-04	850	4
2021-09-27	1,330	13
2021-09-20	1,017	11
2021-09-13	991	18
2021-09-06	810	2
2021-08-30	1,252	5
2021-08-23	867	12
2021-08-16	578	9
2021-08-09	685	4
2021-08-02	1,531	4
2021-07-26	404	0

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