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better-auth is the safest overall pick in this comparison
Measured metrics — each value links to its source.
| Signal | iron-session | better-auth |
|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 0 releases in last 90 days | 0 releases in last 90 days |
| Last release | 13 days ago | 2 days ago |
| Open issues | 16 open issues | 321 open issues |
| Bus factor | top contributor makes 51.89% of commits | top contributor makes 50% of commits |
| Commit activity | 0 commits in the last 90 days | 552 commits in the last 90 days |
| Pull request activity | 0 PRs opened in the last 90 days | 20 PRs opened in the last 90 days |
| OpenSSF score | 3.1/10 | not scored |
| Vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities |
Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).
| Week | iron-session | better-auth |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 295,255 | 7,272,664 |
| 2026-08-24 | 2,204,049 | 7,484,021 |
| 2026-08-17 | 2,090,624 | 7,188,923 |
| 2026-08-10 | 1,896,020 | 4,676,413 |
| 2026-08-03 | 2,162,005 | 6,411,281 |
| 2026-07-27 | 2,189,142 | 6,610,694 |
| 2026-07-20 | 1,812,291 | 6,320,223 |
| 2026-07-13 | 1,728,821 | 5,875,348 |
| 2026-07-06 | 1,304,072 | 4,098,530 |
| 2026-06-29 | 1,489,793 | 4,617,448 |
| 2026-06-22 | 1,544,321 | 4,236,210 |
| 2026-06-15 | 1,514,832 | 4,577,424 |
| 2026-06-08 | 1,676,237 | 4,154,014 |
| 2026-06-01 | 1,294,885 | 3,307,241 |
| 2026-05-25 | 1,389,126 | 3,293,933 |
| 2026-05-18 | 1,502,848 | 3,224,847 |
| 2026-05-11 | 1,421,454 | 3,182,185 |
| 2026-05-04 | 1,340,856 | 2,755,302 |
| 2026-04-27 | 1,277,678 | 2,531,326 |
| 2026-04-20 | 1,259,837 | 2,404,634 |
| 2026-04-13 | 1,257,289 | 2,265,858 |
| 2026-04-06 | 1,232,352 | 2,134,663 |
| 2026-03-30 | 1,162,569 | 2,110,947 |
| 2026-03-23 | 1,073,875 | 2,035,745 |
| 2026-03-16 | 1,166,857 | 1,813,095 |
| 2026-03-09 | 1,129,596 | 1,742,314 |
| 2026-03-02 | 1,120,168 | 1,581,175 |
| 2026-02-23 | 1,045,474 | 1,378,096 |
| 2026-02-16 | 930,024 | 1,219,571 |
| 2026-02-09 | 1,025,384 | 1,187,724 |
| 2026-02-02 | 1,011,821 | 1,155,140 |
| 2026-01-26 | 934,396 | 1,034,883 |
| 2026-01-19 | 788,288 | 936,539 |
| 2026-01-12 | 834,506 | 877,170 |
| 2026-01-05 | 731,325 | 755,657 |
| 2025-12-29 | 290,598 | 553,926 |
| 2025-12-22 | 313,643 | 511,188 |
| 2025-12-15 | 683,733 | 680,191 |
| 2025-12-08 | 706,940 | 678,361 |
| 2025-12-01 | 709,250 | 685,782 |
| 2025-11-24 | 489,737 | 567,850 |
| 2025-11-17 | 653,764 | 510,149 |
| 2025-11-10 | 574,470 | 478,769 |
| 2025-11-03 | 587,206 | 458,702 |
| 2025-10-27 | 561,271 | 426,871 |
| 2025-10-20 | 349,314 | 363,484 |
| 2025-10-13 | 436,427 | 404,397 |
| 2025-10-06 | 445,771 | 383,404 |
| 2025-09-29 | 465,871 | 362,014 |
| 2025-09-22 | 442,872 | 328,855 |
| 2025-09-15 | 398,469 | 314,830 |
| 2025-09-08 | 417,760 | 300,389 |
| 2025-09-01 | 382,357 | 290,116 |
| 2025-08-25 | 381,014 | 257,689 |
| 2025-08-18 | 374,136 | 243,793 |
| 2025-08-11 | 352,849 | 239,058 |
| 2025-08-04 | 343,661 | 231,553 |
| 2025-07-28 | 340,779 | 215,662 |
| 2025-07-21 | 335,303 | 208,015 |
| 2025-07-14 | 322,134 | 178,262 |
| 2025-07-07 | 348,204 | 173,905 |
| 2025-06-30 | 301,736 | 164,327 |
| 2025-06-23 | 318,943 | 158,197 |
| 2025-06-16 | 366,200 | 145,489 |
| 2025-06-09 | 341,055 | 135,836 |
| 2025-06-02 | 329,697 | 119,001 |
| 2025-05-26 | 304,564 | 110,525 |
| 2025-05-19 | 326,384 | 105,193 |
| 2025-05-12 | 291,529 | 95,196 |
| 2025-05-05 | 327,326 | 85,901 |
| 2025-04-28 | 306,629 | 76,612 |
| 2025-04-21 | 302,345 | 78,279 |
| 2025-04-14 | 279,482 | 75,206 |
| 2025-04-07 | 255,257 | 68,933 |
| 2025-03-31 | 252,756 | 67,001 |
| 2025-03-24 | 262,398 | 57,572 |
| 2025-03-17 | 263,593 | 55,579 |
| 2025-03-10 | 248,322 | 51,695 |
| 2025-03-03 | 237,501 | 54,138 |
| 2025-02-24 | 219,856 | 54,142 |
| 2025-02-17 | 207,312 | 45,778 |
| 2025-02-10 | 221,711 | 41,658 |
| 2025-02-03 | 253,261 | 36,523 |
| 2025-01-27 | 223,108 | 27,316 |
| 2025-01-20 | 216,243 | 24,719 |
| 2025-01-13 | 214,946 | 24,302 |
| 2025-01-06 | 201,422 | 20,220 |
| 2024-12-30 | 129,051 | 19,009 |
| 2024-12-23 | 107,969 | 12,729 |
| 2024-12-16 | 189,803 | 14,415 |
| 2024-12-09 | 158,521 | 11,789 |
| 2024-12-02 | 164,672 | 10,484 |
| 2024-11-25 | 143,853 | 9,279 |
| 2024-11-18 | 180,258 | 7,964 |
| 2024-11-11 | 163,408 | 8,059 |
| 2024-11-04 | 160,942 | 8,755 |
| 2024-10-28 | 163,415 | 4,653 |
| 2024-10-21 | 166,673 | 6,196 |
| 2024-10-14 | 157,979 | 7,226 |
| 2024-10-07 | 159,563 | 3,278 |
| 2024-09-30 | 147,232 | 4,973 |
| 2024-09-23 | 149,499 | 2,396 |
| 2024-09-16 | 153,536 | 1,097 |
| 2024-09-09 | 152,051 | 2,550 |
| 2024-09-02 | 132,757 | 1,780 |
| 2024-08-26 | 144,043 | 10 |
| 2024-08-19 | 133,951 | 1 |
| 2024-08-12 | 132,097 | 0 |
| 2024-08-05 | 126,937 | 0 |
| 2024-07-29 | 130,920 | 2 |
| 2024-07-22 | 127,558 | 0 |
| 2024-07-15 | 120,407 | 1 |
| 2024-07-08 | 121,308 | 2 |
| 2024-07-01 | 110,177 | 1 |
| 2024-06-24 | 126,667 | 9 |
| 2024-06-17 | 120,219 | 0 |
| 2024-06-10 | 126,833 | 3 |
| 2024-06-03 | 137,125 | 2 |
| 2024-05-27 | 121,337 | 12 |
| 2024-05-20 | 125,524 | 85 |
| 2024-05-13 | 129,616 | 37 |
| 2024-05-06 | 119,424 | 4 |
| 2024-04-29 | 111,614 | 3 |
| 2024-04-22 | 129,437 | 53 |
| 2024-04-15 | 117,654 | 0 |
| 2024-04-08 | 116,291 | 0 |
| 2024-04-01 | 111,832 | 0 |
| 2024-03-25 | 103,650 | 0 |
| 2024-03-18 | 123,945 | 0 |
| 2024-03-11 | 119,767 | 0 |
| 2024-03-04 | 122,707 | 0 |
| 2024-02-26 | 119,543 | 0 |
| 2024-02-19 | 105,679 | 0 |
| 2024-02-12 | 88,621 | 0 |
| 2024-02-05 | 94,664 | 0 |
| 2024-01-29 | 91,631 | 0 |
| 2024-01-22 | 89,393 | 0 |
| 2024-01-15 | 86,634 | 0 |
| 2024-01-08 | 85,407 | 0 |
| 2024-01-01 | 56,768 | 0 |
| 2023-12-25 | 34,376 | 0 |
| 2023-12-18 | 71,969 | 0 |
| 2023-12-11 | 81,194 | 0 |
| 2023-12-04 | 83,568 | 0 |
| 2023-11-27 | 81,383 | 0 |
| 2023-11-20 | 75,083 | 0 |
| 2023-11-13 | 85,134 | 0 |
| 2023-11-06 | 84,269 | 0 |
| 2023-10-30 | 63,675 | 0 |
| 2023-10-23 | 76,227 | 0 |
| 2023-10-16 | 74,870 | 0 |
| 2023-10-09 | 72,667 | 0 |
| 2023-10-02 | 75,782 | 0 |
| 2023-09-25 | 74,263 | 0 |
| 2023-09-18 | 66,121 | 0 |
| 2023-09-11 | 65,738 | 0 |
| 2023-09-04 | 65,932 | 0 |
| 2023-08-28 | 67,834 | 0 |
| 2023-08-21 | 72,248 | 0 |
| 2023-08-14 | 65,665 | 0 |
| 2023-08-07 | 68,256 | 0 |
| 2023-07-31 | 68,543 | 0 |
| 2023-07-24 | 70,598 | 0 |
| 2023-07-17 | 71,932 | 0 |
| 2023-07-10 | 65,654 | 0 |
| 2023-07-03 | 63,318 | 0 |
| 2023-06-26 | 69,183 | 0 |
| 2023-06-19 | 65,355 | 0 |
| 2023-06-12 | 65,931 | 0 |
| 2023-06-05 | 64,315 | 0 |
| 2023-05-29 | 61,213 | 0 |
| 2023-05-22 | 62,309 | 0 |
| 2023-05-15 | 62,902 | 0 |
| 2023-05-08 | 66,636 | 0 |
| 2023-05-01 | 56,629 | 0 |
| 2023-04-24 | 61,581 | 0 |
| 2023-04-17 | 59,527 | 0 |
| 2023-04-10 | 56,823 | 0 |
| 2023-04-03 | 53,540 | 0 |
| 2023-03-27 | 56,749 | 0 |
| 2023-03-20 | 54,738 | 0 |
| 2023-03-13 | 61,065 | 0 |
| 2023-03-06 | 61,761 | 0 |
| 2023-02-27 | 59,141 | 0 |
| 2023-02-20 | 55,657 | 0 |
| 2023-02-13 | 51,734 | 0 |
| 2023-02-06 | 50,948 | 0 |
| 2023-01-30 | 48,698 | 0 |
| 2023-01-23 | 46,672 | 0 |
| 2023-01-16 | 46,081 | 0 |
| 2023-01-09 | 45,086 | 0 |
| 2023-01-02 | 35,528 | 0 |
| 2022-12-26 | 20,019 | 0 |
| 2022-12-19 | 37,219 | 0 |
| 2022-12-12 | 42,969 | 0 |
| 2022-12-05 | 40,965 | 0 |
| 2022-11-28 | 39,492 | 0 |
| 2022-11-21 | 35,641 | 0 |
| 2022-11-14 | 39,203 | 0 |
| 2022-11-07 | 39,200 | 0 |
| 2022-10-31 | 37,049 | 0 |
| 2022-10-24 | 38,550 | 0 |
| 2022-10-17 | 33,192 | 0 |
| 2022-10-10 | 27,432 | 0 |
| 2022-10-03 | 28,418 | 0 |
| 2022-09-26 | 29,828 | 0 |
| 2022-09-19 | 26,845 | 0 |
| 2022-09-12 | 25,766 | 0 |
| 2022-09-05 | 23,661 | 0 |
| 2022-08-29 | 23,564 | 0 |
| 2022-08-22 | 24,147 | 0 |
| 2022-08-15 | 21,163 | 0 |
| 2022-08-08 | 24,357 | 0 |
| 2022-08-01 | 21,130 | 0 |
| 2022-07-25 | 20,201 | 0 |
| 2022-07-18 | 17,026 | 0 |
| 2022-07-11 | 20,304 | 0 |
| 2022-07-04 | 19,871 | 0 |
| 2022-06-27 | 21,279 | 0 |
| 2022-06-20 | 18,659 | 0 |
| 2022-06-13 | 20,085 | 0 |
| 2022-06-06 | 19,768 | 0 |
| 2022-05-30 | 19,157 | 0 |
| 2022-05-23 | 17,269 | 0 |
| 2022-05-16 | 18,488 | 0 |
| 2022-05-09 | 19,243 | 0 |
| 2022-05-02 | 18,245 | 0 |
| 2022-04-25 | 19,631 | 0 |
| 2022-04-18 | 16,675 | 0 |
| 2022-04-11 | 13,360 | 0 |
| 2022-04-04 | 15,276 | 0 |
| 2022-03-28 | 15,600 | 0 |
| 2022-03-21 | 16,525 | 0 |
| 2022-03-14 | 13,841 | 0 |
| 2022-03-07 | 11,364 | 0 |
| 2022-02-28 | 10,625 | 0 |
| 2022-02-21 | 12,461 | 0 |
| 2022-02-14 | 9,735 | 0 |
| 2022-02-07 | 8,596 | 0 |
| 2022-01-31 | 7,622 | 0 |
| 2022-01-24 | 7,504 | 0 |
| 2022-01-17 | 5,460 | 0 |
| 2022-01-10 | 4,634 | 0 |
| 2022-01-03 | 4,088 | 0 |
| 2021-12-27 | 2,088 | 0 |
| 2021-12-20 | 2,573 | 0 |
| 2021-12-13 | 3,378 | 0 |
| 2021-12-06 | 3,322 | 0 |
| 2021-11-29 | 2,885 | 0 |
| 2021-11-22 | 2,101 | 0 |
| 2021-11-15 | 1,733 | 0 |
| 2021-11-08 | 1,139 | 0 |
| 2021-11-01 | 628 | 0 |
| 2021-10-25 | 351 | 0 |
| 2021-10-18 | 469 | 0 |
| 2021-10-11 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021-10-04 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021-09-27 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021-09-20 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021-09-13 | 18 | 0 |
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