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better-auth is the safest overall pick in this comparison
Measured metrics — each value links to its source.
| Signal | better-auth | passport |
|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 0 releases in last 90 days | 0 releases in last 90 days |
| Last release | 6 days ago | 975 days ago |
| Open issues | 271 open issues | 355 open issues |
| Bus factor | top contributor makes 53.21% of commits | top contributor makes 93.55% of commits |
| Commit activity | 395 commits in the last 90 days | 0 commits in the last 90 days |
| Pull request activity | 20 PRs opened in the last 90 days | 4 PRs opened in the last 90 days |
| OpenSSF score | not scored | 2.8/10 |
| Vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities |
Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).
| Week | better-auth | passport |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 6,320,223 | 7,353,035 |
| 2026-07-13 | 5,875,348 | 7,637,289 |
| 2026-07-06 | 4,098,530 | 5,664,428 |
| 2026-06-29 | 4,617,448 | 7,216,195 |
| 2026-06-22 | 4,236,210 | 7,507,671 |
| 2026-06-15 | 4,577,424 | 7,851,098 |
| 2026-06-08 | 4,154,014 | 7,573,325 |
| 2026-06-01 | 3,307,241 | 5,867,877 |
| 2026-05-25 | 3,293,933 | 6,691,615 |
| 2026-05-18 | 3,224,847 | 7,116,134 |
| 2026-05-11 | 3,182,185 | 7,179,352 |
| 2026-05-04 | 2,755,302 | 6,807,010 |
| 2026-04-27 | 2,531,326 | 6,492,074 |
| 2026-04-20 | 2,404,634 | 6,548,773 |
| 2026-04-13 | 2,265,858 | 6,414,726 |
| 2026-04-06 | 2,134,663 | 6,070,827 |
| 2026-03-30 | 2,110,947 | 5,854,491 |
| 2026-03-23 | 2,035,745 | 6,169,155 |
| 2026-03-16 | 1,813,095 | 6,030,257 |
| 2026-03-09 | 1,742,314 | 6,228,842 |
| 2026-03-02 | 1,581,175 | 6,296,588 |
| 2026-02-23 | 1,378,096 | 6,325,817 |
| 2026-02-16 | 1,219,571 | 5,730,524 |
| 2026-02-09 | 1,187,724 | 5,929,616 |
| 2026-02-02 | 1,155,140 | 5,791,938 |
| 2026-01-26 | 1,034,883 | 5,432,474 |
| 2026-01-19 | 936,539 | 5,351,468 |
| 2026-01-12 | 877,170 | 5,416,692 |
| 2026-01-05 | 755,657 | 4,735,813 |
| 2025-12-29 | 553,926 | 2,893,791 |
| 2025-12-22 | 511,188 | 3,045,309 |
| 2025-12-15 | 680,191 | 4,696,499 |
| 2025-12-08 | 678,361 | 4,796,342 |
| 2025-12-01 | 685,782 | 4,914,521 |
| 2025-11-24 | 567,850 | 4,501,257 |
| 2025-11-17 | 510,149 | 4,597,468 |
| 2025-11-10 | 478,769 | 4,341,989 |
| 2025-11-03 | 458,702 | 4,377,186 |
| 2025-10-27 | 426,871 | 4,259,269 |
| 2025-10-20 | 363,484 | 3,517,966 |
| 2025-10-13 | 404,397 | 4,123,517 |
| 2025-10-06 | 383,404 | 4,046,887 |
| 2025-09-29 | 362,014 | 3,966,552 |
| 2025-09-22 | 328,855 | 3,958,564 |
| 2025-09-15 | 314,830 | 4,048,678 |
| 2025-09-08 | 300,389 | 4,052,380 |
| 2025-09-01 | 290,116 | 3,763,308 |
| 2025-08-25 | 257,689 | 4,089,671 |
| 2025-08-18 | 243,793 | 3,815,455 |
| 2025-08-11 | 239,058 | 3,634,497 |
| 2025-08-04 | 231,553 | 3,736,796 |
| 2025-07-28 | 215,662 | 3,885,452 |
| 2025-07-21 | 208,015 | 3,690,351 |
| 2025-07-14 | 178,262 | 3,675,301 |
| 2025-07-07 | 173,905 | 3,746,185 |
| 2025-06-30 | 164,327 | 3,672,166 |
| 2025-06-23 | 158,197 | 4,056,076 |
| 2025-06-16 | 145,489 | 3,815,708 |
| 2025-06-09 | 135,836 | 3,607,959 |
| 2025-06-02 | 119,001 | 3,633,319 |
| 2025-05-26 | 110,525 | 3,449,157 |
| 2025-05-19 | 105,193 | 3,617,952 |
| 2025-05-12 | 95,196 | 3,564,125 |
| 2025-05-05 | 85,901 | 3,387,242 |
| 2025-04-28 | 76,612 | 3,123,314 |
| 2025-04-21 | 78,279 | 3,199,385 |
| 2025-04-14 | 75,206 | 3,159,708 |
| 2025-04-07 | 68,933 | 3,350,322 |
| 2025-03-31 | 67,001 | 3,237,632 |
| 2025-03-24 | 57,572 | 3,196,554 |
| 2025-03-17 | 55,579 | 3,216,973 |
| 2025-03-10 | 51,695 | 3,142,298 |
| 2025-03-03 | 54,138 | 3,055,065 |
| 2025-02-24 | 54,142 | 3,085,840 |
| 2025-02-17 | 45,778 | 2,968,166 |
| 2025-02-10 | 41,658 | 3,103,184 |
| 2025-02-03 | 36,523 | 2,983,260 |
| 2025-01-27 | 27,316 | 2,766,446 |
| 2025-01-20 | 24,719 | 2,683,030 |
| 2025-01-13 | 24,302 | 2,734,423 |
| 2025-01-06 | 20,220 | 2,609,030 |
| 2024-12-30 | 19,009 | 1,468,151 |
| 2024-12-23 | 12,729 | 1,393,892 |
| 2024-12-16 | 14,415 | 2,607,822 |
| 2024-12-09 | 11,789 | 2,757,016 |
| 2024-12-02 | 10,484 | 2,842,348 |
| 2024-11-25 | 9,279 | 2,699,636 |
| 2024-11-18 | 7,964 | 2,981,980 |
| 2024-11-11 | 8,059 | 2,771,701 |
| 2024-11-04 | 8,755 | 2,773,658 |
| 2024-10-28 | 4,653 | 2,610,139 |
| 2024-10-21 | 6,196 | 2,793,782 |
| 2024-10-14 | 7,226 | 2,611,763 |
| 2024-10-07 | 3,278 | 2,671,540 |
| 2024-09-30 | 4,973 | 2,620,356 |
| 2024-09-23 | 2,396 | 2,751,396 |
| 2024-09-16 | 1,097 | 2,689,089 |
| 2024-09-09 | 2,550 | 2,698,328 |
| 2024-09-02 | 1,780 | 2,497,885 |
| 2024-08-26 | 10 | 2,566,013 |
| 2024-08-19 | 1 | 2,525,951 |
| 2024-08-12 | 0 | 2,371,130 |
| 2024-08-05 | 0 | 2,471,554 |
| 2024-07-29 | 2 | 2,511,108 |
| 2024-07-22 | 0 | 2,529,706 |
| 2024-07-15 | 1 | 2,582,422 |
| 2024-07-08 | 2 | 2,514,891 |
| 2024-07-01 | 1 | 2,291,163 |
| 2024-06-24 | 9 | 2,504,058 |
| 2024-06-17 | 0 | 2,457,544 |
| 2024-06-10 | 3 | 2,497,384 |
| 2024-06-03 | 2 | 2,536,033 |
| 2024-05-27 | 12 | 2,377,249 |
| 2024-05-20 | 85 | 2,403,341 |
| 2024-05-13 | 37 | 2,486,343 |
| 2024-05-06 | 4 | 2,302,320 |
| 2024-04-29 | 3 | 2,240,260 |
| 2024-04-22 | 53 | 2,483,929 |
| 2024-04-15 | 0 | 2,471,595 |
| 2024-04-08 | 0 | 2,367,627 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0 | 2,346,218 |
| 2024-03-25 | 0 | 2,139,355 |
| 2024-03-18 | 0 | 2,468,508 |
| 2024-03-11 | 0 | 2,526,862 |
| 2024-03-04 | 0 | 2,472,681 |
| 2024-02-26 | 0 | 2,521,679 |
| 2024-02-19 | 0 | 2,411,043 |
| 2024-02-12 | 0 | 2,290,582 |
| 2024-02-05 | 0 | 2,310,630 |
| 2024-01-29 | 0 | 2,391,759 |
| 2024-01-22 | 0 | 2,345,256 |
| 2024-01-15 | 0 | 2,254,468 |
| 2024-01-08 | 0 | 2,240,382 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0 | 1,641,776 |
| 2023-12-25 | 0 | 1,103,497 |
| 2023-12-18 | 0 | 2,040,172 |
| 2023-12-11 | 0 | 2,254,104 |
| 2023-12-04 | 0 | 2,268,189 |
| 2023-11-27 | 0 | 2,250,442 |
| 2023-11-20 | 0 | 2,023,216 |
| 2023-11-13 | 0 | 2,263,259 |
| 2023-11-06 | 0 | 2,183,293 |
| 2023-10-30 | 0 | 1,497,709 |
| 2023-10-23 | 0 | 2,160,578 |
| 2023-10-16 | 0 | 2,202,030 |
| 2023-10-09 | 0 | 2,047,593 |
| 2023-10-02 | 0 | 2,056,130 |
| 2023-09-25 | 0 | 2,121,198 |
| 2023-09-18 | 0 | 2,092,571 |
| 2023-09-11 | 0 | 2,109,692 |
| 2023-09-04 | 0 | 2,016,157 |
| 2023-08-28 | 0 | 2,053,087 |
| 2023-08-21 | 0 | 2,023,795 |
| 2023-08-14 | 0 | 1,912,451 |
| 2023-08-07 | 0 | 2,001,136 |
| 2023-07-31 | 0 | 2,042,702 |
| 2023-07-24 | 0 | 2,074,464 |
| 2023-07-17 | 0 | 2,071,472 |
| 2023-07-10 | 0 | 2,132,576 |
| 2023-07-03 | 0 | 1,901,445 |
| 2023-06-26 | 0 | 2,013,702 |
| 2023-06-19 | 0 | 2,022,534 |
| 2023-06-12 | 0 | 2,046,177 |
| 2023-06-05 | 0 | 1,974,462 |
| 2023-05-29 | 0 | 1,867,073 |
| 2023-05-22 | 0 | 1,994,254 |
| 2023-05-15 | 0 | 2,007,003 |
| 2023-05-08 | 0 | 1,954,551 |
| 2023-05-01 | 0 | 1,807,635 |
| 2023-04-24 | 0 | 2,033,560 |
| 2023-04-17 | 0 | 1,963,786 |
| 2023-04-10 | 0 | 1,866,494 |
| 2023-04-03 | 0 | 1,887,751 |
| 2023-03-27 | 0 | 2,005,906 |
| 2023-03-20 | 0 | 2,046,441 |
| 2023-03-13 | 0 | 2,089,812 |
| 2023-03-06 | 0 | 2,067,814 |
| 2023-02-27 | 0 | 2,105,962 |
| 2023-02-20 | 0 | 1,988,956 |
| 2023-02-13 | 0 | 1,997,648 |
| 2023-02-06 | 0 | 2,024,623 |
| 2023-01-30 | 0 | 1,919,853 |
| 2023-01-23 | 0 | 1,784,505 |
| 2023-01-16 | 0 | 1,728,357 |
| 2023-01-09 | 0 | 1,779,978 |
| 2023-01-02 | 0 | 1,449,692 |
| 2022-12-26 | 0 | 956,498 |
| 2022-12-19 | 0 | 1,522,918 |
| 2022-12-12 | 0 | 1,787,517 |
| 2022-12-05 | 0 | 1,791,915 |
| 2022-11-28 | 0 | 1,825,398 |
| 2022-11-21 | 0 | 1,628,362 |
| 2022-11-14 | 0 | 1,842,237 |
| 2022-11-07 | 0 | 1,792,909 |
| 2022-10-31 | 0 | 1,698,844 |
| 2022-10-24 | 0 | 1,722,374 |
| 2022-10-17 | 0 | 1,731,203 |
| 2022-10-10 | 0 | 1,678,308 |
| 2022-10-03 | 0 | 1,663,432 |
| 2022-09-26 | 0 | 1,717,241 |
| 2022-09-19 | 0 | 1,657,897 |
| 2022-09-12 | 0 | 1,714,208 |
| 2022-09-05 | 0 | 1,614,327 |
| 2022-08-29 | 0 | 1,630,772 |
| 2022-08-22 | 0 | 1,668,313 |
| 2022-08-15 | 0 | 1,591,306 |
| 2022-08-08 | 0 | 1,594,226 |
| 2022-08-01 | 0 | 1,633,204 |
| 2022-07-25 | 0 | 1,654,099 |
| 2022-07-18 | 0 | 1,341,369 |
| 2022-07-11 | 0 | 1,583,264 |
| 2022-07-04 | 0 | 1,500,931 |
| 2022-06-27 | 0 | 1,587,153 |
| 2022-06-20 | 0 | 1,536,306 |
| 2022-06-13 | 0 | 1,556,158 |
| 2022-06-06 | 0 | 1,574,359 |
| 2022-05-30 | 0 | 1,558,948 |
| 2022-05-23 | 0 | 1,536,085 |
| 2022-05-16 | 0 | 1,573,759 |
| 2022-05-09 | 0 | 1,551,892 |
| 2022-05-02 | 0 | 1,402,553 |
| 2022-04-25 | 0 | 1,564,824 |
| 2022-04-18 | 0 | 1,452,121 |
| 2022-04-11 | 0 | 1,441,382 |
| 2022-04-04 | 0 | 1,563,336 |
| 2022-03-28 | 0 | 1,555,859 |
| 2022-03-21 | 0 | 1,529,686 |
| 2022-03-14 | 0 | 1,491,557 |
| 2022-03-07 | 0 | 1,499,868 |
| 2022-02-28 | 0 | 1,471,000 |
| 2022-02-21 | 0 | 1,466,831 |
| 2022-02-14 | 0 | 1,595,396 |
| 2022-02-07 | 0 | 1,582,158 |
| 2022-01-31 | 0 | 1,486,483 |
| 2022-01-24 | 0 | 1,553,207 |
| 2022-01-17 | 0 | 1,512,775 |
| 2022-01-10 | 0 | 1,493,376 |
| 2022-01-03 | 0 | 1,256,393 |
| 2021-12-27 | 0 | 874,104 |
| 2021-12-20 | 0 | 1,184,184 |
| 2021-12-13 | 0 | 1,428,800 |
| 2021-12-06 | 0 | 1,419,170 |
| 2021-11-29 | 0 | 1,500,975 |
| 2021-11-22 | 0 | 1,343,648 |
| 2021-11-15 | 0 | 1,462,340 |
| 2021-11-08 | 0 | 1,428,949 |
| 2021-11-01 | 0 | 1,363,739 |
| 2021-10-25 | 0 | 1,416,641 |
| 2021-10-18 | 0 | 1,471,252 |
| 2021-10-11 | 0 | 1,398,153 |
| 2021-10-04 | 0 | 1,426,655 |
| 2021-09-27 | 0 | 1,395,007 |
| 2021-09-20 | 0 | 1,360,078 |
| 2021-09-13 | 0 | 1,294,152 |
| 2021-09-06 | 0 | 1,204,926 |
| 2021-08-30 | 0 | 1,203,166 |
| 2021-08-23 | 0 | 1,260,010 |
| 2021-08-16 | 0 | 1,220,891 |
| 2021-08-09 | 0 | 1,209,144 |
| 2021-08-02 | 0 | 1,215,845 |
| 2021-07-26 | 0 | 148,653 |
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