@clerk/clerk-sdk-nodevssupertokens-node

Winner: supertokens-node

supertokens-node is the safest overall pick in this comparison

@clerk/clerk-sdk-node0/100

supertokens-node57/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: supertokens-node: 57/100, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: supertokens-node: 0, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0.
GitHub activity: supertokens-node: 20 commits, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 570 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: supertokens-node: 0, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: 0.
OpenSSF scores: supertokens-node: 4.8/10, @clerk/clerk-sdk-node: -/10.

Caveats

The score favors supertokens-node, 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	supertokens-node
Deprecation	Marked deprecated on npm	—
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	566 days ago	5 days ago
Open issues	22 open issues	83 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 23.1% of commits	top contributor makes 51.79% of commits
Commit activity	570 commits in the last 90 days	20 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days	2 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-nodesupertokens-node

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Week	@clerk/clerk-sdk-node	supertokens-node
2026-07-20	87,735	71,019
2026-07-13	91,446	67,676
2026-07-06	68,709	49,253
2026-06-29	78,391	57,548
2026-06-22	100,970	63,179
2026-06-15	90,515	64,557
2026-06-08	84,727	63,839
2026-06-01	71,469	56,984
2026-05-25	76,991	67,268
2026-05-18	94,339	67,983
2026-05-11	99,798	63,816
2026-05-04	92,676	48,501
2026-04-27	110,087	49,315
2026-04-20	80,655	46,912
2026-04-13	86,295	45,640
2026-04-06	81,412	43,770
2026-03-30	76,877	42,926
2026-03-23	79,496	47,557
2026-03-16	79,775	45,399
2026-03-09	102,148	42,805
2026-03-02	96,030	41,560
2026-02-23	94,270	40,990
2026-02-16	94,262	37,820
2026-02-09	91,708	40,550
2026-02-02	82,061	43,881
2026-01-26	80,816	37,943
2026-01-19	78,777	40,737
2026-01-12	74,208	39,835
2026-01-05	78,006	38,848
2025-12-29	55,776	22,379
2025-12-22	45,139	23,140
2025-12-15	75,296	39,633
2025-12-08	81,601	41,470
2025-12-01	85,469	46,329
2025-11-24	70,490	53,458
2025-11-17	71,807	37,928
2025-11-10	71,779	34,345
2025-11-03	80,458	29,044
2025-10-27	73,763	32,104
2025-10-20	83,423	36,214
2025-10-13	127,821	38,603
2025-10-06	78,178	32,608
2025-09-29	76,144	35,363
2025-09-22	72,074	34,872
2025-09-15	71,273	37,436
2025-09-08	69,507	32,844
2025-09-01	67,904	30,833
2025-08-25	74,050	30,601
2025-08-18	78,553	31,912
2025-08-11	70,116	27,635
2025-08-04	68,853	30,087
2025-07-28	68,225	30,058
2025-07-21	65,425	33,829
2025-07-14	73,194	30,092
2025-07-07	77,719	30,732
2025-06-30	73,108	29,824
2025-06-23	79,730	32,432
2025-06-16	82,130	34,338
2025-06-09	65,760	30,471
2025-06-02	63,712	28,372
2025-05-26	59,530	27,064
2025-05-19	66,396	26,597
2025-05-12	63,565	27,978
2025-05-05	62,547	24,336
2025-04-28	54,696	25,093
2025-04-21	58,778	24,574
2025-04-14	57,941	28,943
2025-04-07	61,768	28,805
2025-03-31	66,112	27,371
2025-03-24	65,011	27,869
2025-03-17	62,310	28,162
2025-03-10	70,739	28,564
2025-03-03	64,809	30,115
2025-02-24	67,411	27,551
2025-02-17	65,905	29,111
2025-02-10	65,159	30,233
2025-02-03	68,357	28,433
2025-01-27	69,004	28,336
2025-01-20	65,766	27,175
2025-01-13	70,236	26,082
2025-01-06	65,542	27,518
2024-12-30	46,176	13,789
2024-12-23	37,757	14,915
2024-12-16	71,448	28,440
2024-12-09	79,227	25,561
2024-12-02	79,898	24,657
2024-11-25	68,330	28,284
2024-11-18	84,344	29,352
2024-11-11	83,553	28,067
2024-11-04	86,401	27,558
2024-10-28	84,437	24,417
2024-10-21	84,936	27,160
2024-10-14	93,160	23,819
2024-10-07	92,945	21,583
2024-09-30	89,675	22,719
2024-09-23	91,855	25,168
2024-09-16	89,162	24,632
2024-09-09	97,623	28,280
2024-09-02	104,149	28,337
2024-08-26	96,178	26,547
2024-08-19	95,113	26,303
2024-08-12	91,714	27,576
2024-08-05	85,113	22,226
2024-07-29	92,231	21,134
2024-07-22	81,706	21,396
2024-07-15	85,193	22,514
2024-07-08	83,146	20,937
2024-07-01	77,024	19,619
2024-06-24	85,776	23,239
2024-06-17	85,250	18,980
2024-06-10	81,715	19,623
2024-06-03	84,323	21,918
2024-05-27	83,044	22,009
2024-05-20	88,169	26,236
2024-05-13	95,318	24,345
2024-05-06	90,022	22,802
2024-04-29	96,198	21,508
2024-04-22	102,880	25,897
2024-04-15	112,812	23,812
2024-04-08	109,127	21,979
2024-04-01	115,979	25,609
2024-03-25	100,193	17,024
2024-03-18	104,165	19,554
2024-03-11	106,512	20,806
2024-03-04	106,356	19,878
2024-02-26	105,633	20,054
2024-02-19	98,920	22,111
2024-02-12	99,360	16,625
2024-02-05	97,059	17,772
2024-01-29	108,397	19,824
2024-01-22	99,115	17,423
2024-01-15	97,814	16,789
2024-01-08	97,340	17,066
2024-01-01	67,723	12,923
2023-12-25	51,252	10,188
2023-12-18	74,466	17,940
2023-12-11	83,404	21,528
2023-12-04	76,330	20,986
2023-11-27	78,999	17,973
2023-11-20	65,912	16,855
2023-11-13	77,782	16,896
2023-11-06	73,643	18,615
2023-10-30	54,498	12,013
2023-10-23	69,272	19,978
2023-10-16	72,513	16,754
2023-10-09	68,003	16,088
2023-10-02	80,206	19,604
2023-09-25	75,897	18,802
2023-09-18	69,271	19,602
2023-09-11	69,171	13,982
2023-09-04	63,923	14,021
2023-08-28	63,492	15,358
2023-08-21	58,317	14,481
2023-08-14	60,670	14,390
2023-08-07	62,797	15,827
2023-07-31	61,977	14,511
2023-07-24	57,605	13,643
2023-07-17	59,304	15,051
2023-07-10	64,758	15,109
2023-07-03	54,780	16,390
2023-06-26	55,493	16,824
2023-06-19	51,792	14,497
2023-06-12	50,552	11,489
2023-06-05	46,811	12,146
2023-05-29	39,338	12,440
2023-05-22	37,850	14,283
2023-05-15	41,419	12,110
2023-05-08	34,450	13,968
2023-05-01	33,689	12,573
2023-04-24	28,814	11,029
2023-04-17	29,281	11,415
2023-04-10	33,083	10,448
2023-04-03	29,485	9,662
2023-03-27	32,046	10,499
2023-03-20	26,401	12,586
2023-03-13	21,449	9,261
2023-03-06	19,107	12,093
2023-02-27	15,662	10,468
2023-02-20	15,077	11,220
2023-02-13	14,318	8,901
2023-02-06	14,386	9,349
2023-01-30	13,370	9,048
2023-01-23	12,221	11,965
2023-01-16	11,581	11,237
2023-01-09	11,805	10,008
2023-01-02	7,882	7,295
2022-12-26	4,034	3,993
2022-12-19	8,329	6,589
2022-12-12	9,395	9,606
2022-12-05	8,359	9,179
2022-11-28	8,846	7,919
2022-11-21	7,857	6,977
2022-11-14	7,502	6,930
2022-11-07	8,973	7,552
2022-10-31	8,793	6,220
2022-10-24	8,094	7,567
2022-10-17	6,257	6,740
2022-10-10	9,210	6,770
2022-10-03	8,526	6,421
2022-09-26	7,287	7,472
2022-09-19	6,450	7,127
2022-09-12	6,669	5,162
2022-09-05	5,905	4,842
2022-08-29	6,192	5,146
2022-08-22	6,574	7,302
2022-08-15	5,206	4,656
2022-08-08	5,931	4,601
2022-08-01	6,093	4,861
2022-07-25	5,480	3,519
2022-07-18	4,349	3,328
2022-07-11	5,731	3,732
2022-07-04	5,054	3,882
2022-06-27	4,242	3,955
2022-06-20	4,353	2,918
2022-06-13	4,478	3,193
2022-06-06	4,036	3,874
2022-05-30	4,711	3,549
2022-05-23	4,672	2,592
2022-05-16	5,029	2,321
2022-05-09	6,077	2,888
2022-05-02	6,223	1,938
2022-04-25	5,528	2,019
2022-04-18	5,202	1,775
2022-04-11	6,592	1,752
2022-04-04	4,761	2,831
2022-03-28	5,268	2,768
2022-03-21	5,311	3,119
2022-03-14	5,227	1,755
2022-03-07	3,838	2,780
2022-02-28	3,503	2,592
2022-02-21	3,538	2,407
2022-02-14	3,126	2,635
2022-02-07	2,672	2,182
2022-01-31	3,611	2,317
2022-01-24	2,588	1,658
2022-01-17	2,903	2,057
2022-01-10	2,581	1,719
2022-01-03	1,847	975
2021-12-27	917	414
2021-12-20	2,019	593
2021-12-13	2,784	339
2021-12-06	2,699	647
2021-11-29	3,047	410
2021-11-22	881	382
2021-11-15	1,253	480
2021-11-08	876	421
2021-11-01	792	506
2021-10-25	882	604
2021-10-18	1,137	665
2021-10-11	942	316
2021-10-04	850	391
2021-09-27	1,330	291
2021-09-20	1,017	454
2021-09-13	991	291
2021-09-06	810	355
2021-08-30	1,252	278
2021-08-23	867	371
2021-08-16	578	213
2021-08-09	685	329
2021-08-02	1,531	206
2021-07-26	404	27

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