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Measured metrics — each value links to its source.
| Signal | next-auth | iron-session |
|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 0 releases in last 90 days | 0 releases in last 90 days |
| Last release | 9 days ago | 624 days ago |
| Open issues | 389 open issues | 16 open issues |
| Bus factor | top contributor makes 43.07% of commits | top contributor makes 51.89% of commits |
| Commit activity | 17 commits in the last 90 days | 0 commits in the last 90 days |
| Pull request activity | 15 PRs opened in the last 90 days | 0 PRs opened in the last 90 days |
| OpenSSF score | 6/10 | 3.1/10 |
| Vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities |
Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).
| Week | next-auth | iron-session |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 5,577,497 | 1,812,291 |
| 2026-07-13 | 5,173,066 | 1,728,821 |
| 2026-07-06 | 4,735,611 | 1,304,072 |
| 2026-06-29 | 4,673,567 | 1,489,793 |
| 2026-06-22 | 4,134,605 | 1,544,321 |
| 2026-06-15 | 4,931,687 | 1,514,832 |
| 2026-06-08 | 4,658,859 | 1,676,237 |
| 2026-06-01 | 4,621,639 | 1,294,885 |
| 2026-05-25 | 4,338,289 | 1,389,126 |
| 2026-05-18 | 4,442,061 | 1,502,848 |
| 2026-05-11 | 4,246,501 | 1,421,454 |
| 2026-05-04 | 3,624,380 | 1,340,856 |
| 2026-04-27 | 3,801,192 | 1,277,678 |
| 2026-04-20 | 3,731,962 | 1,259,837 |
| 2026-04-13 | 3,617,951 | 1,257,289 |
| 2026-04-06 | 3,458,920 | 1,232,352 |
| 2026-03-30 | 3,227,707 | 1,162,569 |
| 2026-03-23 | 3,272,790 | 1,073,875 |
| 2026-03-16 | 3,119,100 | 1,166,857 |
| 2026-03-09 | 3,294,395 | 1,129,596 |
| 2026-03-02 | 3,413,206 | 1,120,168 |
| 2026-02-23 | 3,300,071 | 1,045,474 |
| 2026-02-16 | 3,522,984 | 930,024 |
| 2026-02-09 | 2,577,834 | 1,025,384 |
| 2026-02-02 | 2,524,712 | 1,011,821 |
| 2026-01-26 | 2,454,018 | 934,396 |
| 2026-01-19 | 2,282,392 | 788,288 |
| 2026-01-12 | 2,222,441 | 834,506 |
| 2026-01-05 | 2,089,083 | 731,325 |
| 2025-12-29 | 1,351,750 | 290,598 |
| 2025-12-22 | 1,399,329 | 313,643 |
| 2025-12-15 | 2,166,168 | 683,733 |
| 2025-12-08 | 2,369,127 | 706,940 |
| 2025-12-01 | 2,340,107 | 709,250 |
| 2025-11-24 | 1,969,025 | 489,737 |
| 2025-11-17 | 2,260,277 | 653,764 |
| 2025-11-10 | 2,246,798 | 574,470 |
| 2025-11-03 | 2,206,698 | 587,206 |
| 2025-10-27 | 2,285,871 | 561,271 |
| 2025-10-20 | 2,107,061 | 349,314 |
| 2025-10-13 | 1,991,382 | 436,427 |
| 2025-10-06 | 1,992,731 | 445,771 |
| 2025-09-29 | 1,946,258 | 465,871 |
| 2025-09-22 | 1,925,734 | 442,872 |
| 2025-09-15 | 1,928,566 | 398,469 |
| 2025-09-08 | 1,951,244 | 417,760 |
| 2025-09-01 | 1,796,381 | 382,357 |
| 2025-08-25 | 1,804,395 | 381,014 |
| 2025-08-18 | 1,771,334 | 374,136 |
| 2025-08-11 | 1,709,759 | 352,849 |
| 2025-08-04 | 1,682,746 | 343,661 |
| 2025-07-28 | 1,641,392 | 340,779 |
| 2025-07-21 | 1,560,470 | 335,303 |
| 2025-07-14 | 1,566,048 | 322,134 |
| 2025-07-07 | 1,589,168 | 348,204 |
| 2025-06-30 | 1,536,862 | 301,736 |
| 2025-06-23 | 1,638,204 | 318,943 |
| 2025-06-16 | 1,617,485 | 366,200 |
| 2025-06-09 | 1,517,209 | 341,055 |
| 2025-06-02 | 1,518,420 | 329,697 |
| 2025-05-26 | 1,424,217 | 304,564 |
| 2025-05-19 | 1,506,316 | 326,384 |
| 2025-05-12 | 1,420,916 | 291,529 |
| 2025-05-05 | 1,369,183 | 327,326 |
| 2025-04-28 | 1,288,467 | 306,629 |
| 2025-04-21 | 1,365,385 | 302,345 |
| 2025-04-14 | 1,337,618 | 279,482 |
| 2025-04-07 | 1,407,134 | 255,257 |
| 2025-03-31 | 1,380,708 | 252,756 |
| 2025-03-24 | 1,428,525 | 262,398 |
| 2025-03-17 | 1,405,322 | 263,593 |
| 2025-03-10 | 1,344,328 | 248,322 |
| 2025-03-03 | 1,292,968 | 237,501 |
| 2025-02-24 | 1,309,454 | 219,856 |
| 2025-02-17 | 1,290,992 | 207,312 |
| 2025-02-10 | 1,294,737 | 221,711 |
| 2025-02-03 | 1,287,817 | 253,261 |
| 2025-01-27 | 1,184,364 | 223,108 |
| 2025-01-20 | 1,198,565 | 216,243 |
| 2025-01-13 | 1,152,787 | 214,946 |
| 2025-01-06 | 1,082,035 | 201,422 |
| 2024-12-30 | 651,051 | 129,051 |
| 2024-12-23 | 635,092 | 107,969 |
| 2024-12-16 | 1,108,535 | 189,803 |
| 2024-12-09 | 1,175,770 | 158,521 |
| 2024-12-02 | 1,126,097 | 164,672 |
| 2024-11-25 | 1,104,388 | 143,853 |
| 2024-11-18 | 1,164,046 | 180,258 |
| 2024-11-11 | 1,109,526 | 163,408 |
| 2024-11-04 | 1,133,752 | 160,942 |
| 2024-10-28 | 1,103,506 | 163,415 |
| 2024-10-21 | 1,143,095 | 166,673 |
| 2024-10-14 | 1,066,318 | 157,979 |
| 2024-10-07 | 1,090,770 | 159,563 |
| 2024-09-30 | 1,039,997 | 147,232 |
| 2024-09-23 | 1,085,612 | 149,499 |
| 2024-09-16 | 1,044,765 | 153,536 |
| 2024-09-09 | 1,088,323 | 152,051 |
| 2024-09-02 | 1,003,091 | 132,757 |
| 2024-08-26 | 1,016,981 | 144,043 |
| 2024-08-19 | 965,542 | 133,951 |
| 2024-08-12 | 901,813 | 132,097 |
| 2024-08-05 | 934,812 | 126,937 |
| 2024-07-29 | 946,651 | 130,920 |
| 2024-07-22 | 927,865 | 127,558 |
| 2024-07-15 | 906,614 | 120,407 |
| 2024-07-08 | 908,326 | 121,308 |
| 2024-07-01 | 850,626 | 110,177 |
| 2024-06-24 | 903,035 | 126,667 |
| 2024-06-17 | 877,678 | 120,219 |
| 2024-06-10 | 896,550 | 126,833 |
| 2024-06-03 | 894,700 | 137,125 |
| 2024-05-27 | 865,170 | 121,337 |
| 2024-05-20 | 903,798 | 125,524 |
| 2024-05-13 | 899,366 | 129,616 |
| 2024-05-06 | 848,750 | 119,424 |
| 2024-04-29 | 805,088 | 111,614 |
| 2024-04-22 | 896,884 | 129,437 |
| 2024-04-15 | 872,671 | 117,654 |
| 2024-04-08 | 855,696 | 116,291 |
| 2024-04-01 | 837,333 | 111,832 |
| 2024-03-25 | 796,867 | 103,650 |
| 2024-03-18 | 907,330 | 123,945 |
| 2024-03-11 | 950,338 | 119,767 |
| 2024-03-04 | 861,175 | 122,707 |
| 2024-02-26 | 834,703 | 119,543 |
| 2024-02-19 | 801,014 | 105,679 |
| 2024-02-12 | 763,569 | 88,621 |
| 2024-02-05 | 772,096 | 94,664 |
| 2024-01-29 | 756,758 | 91,631 |
| 2024-01-22 | 739,444 | 89,393 |
| 2024-01-15 | 735,646 | 86,634 |
| 2024-01-08 | 706,578 | 85,407 |
| 2024-01-01 | 521,351 | 56,768 |
| 2023-12-25 | 368,193 | 34,376 |
| 2023-12-18 | 633,006 | 71,969 |
| 2023-12-11 | 705,145 | 81,194 |
| 2023-12-04 | 705,196 | 83,568 |
| 2023-11-27 | 711,408 | 81,383 |
| 2023-11-20 | 642,181 | 75,083 |
| 2023-11-13 | 674,777 | 85,134 |
| 2023-11-06 | 689,257 | 84,269 |
| 2023-10-30 | 481,510 | 63,675 |
| 2023-10-23 | 695,320 | 76,227 |
| 2023-10-16 | 677,396 | 74,870 |
| 2023-10-09 | 614,058 | 72,667 |
| 2023-10-02 | 636,440 | 75,782 |
| 2023-09-25 | 617,622 | 74,263 |
| 2023-09-18 | 616,846 | 66,121 |
| 2023-09-11 | 598,476 | 65,738 |
| 2023-09-04 | 553,423 | 65,932 |
| 2023-08-28 | 561,460 | 67,834 |
| 2023-08-21 | 570,746 | 72,248 |
| 2023-08-14 | 570,859 | 65,665 |
| 2023-08-07 | 567,975 | 68,256 |
| 2023-07-31 | 546,374 | 68,543 |
| 2023-07-24 | 537,022 | 70,598 |
| 2023-07-17 | 557,065 | 71,932 |
| 2023-07-10 | 535,161 | 65,654 |
| 2023-07-03 | 480,749 | 63,318 |
| 2023-06-26 | 493,875 | 69,183 |
| 2023-06-19 | 500,861 | 65,355 |
| 2023-06-12 | 501,701 | 65,931 |
| 2023-06-05 | 475,713 | 64,315 |
| 2023-05-29 | 464,965 | 61,213 |
| 2023-05-22 | 483,360 | 62,309 |
| 2023-05-15 | 472,851 | 62,902 |
| 2023-05-08 | 471,815 | 66,636 |
| 2023-05-01 | 442,836 | 56,629 |
| 2023-04-24 | 464,910 | 61,581 |
| 2023-04-17 | 452,145 | 59,527 |
| 2023-04-10 | 423,795 | 56,823 |
| 2023-04-03 | 406,788 | 53,540 |
| 2023-03-27 | 412,743 | 56,749 |
| 2023-03-20 | 401,730 | 54,738 |
| 2023-03-13 | 401,663 | 61,065 |
| 2023-03-06 | 385,073 | 61,761 |
| 2023-02-27 | 382,511 | 59,141 |
| 2023-02-20 | 367,518 | 55,657 |
| 2023-02-13 | 359,254 | 51,734 |
| 2023-02-06 | 353,011 | 50,948 |
| 2023-01-30 | 354,317 | 48,698 |
| 2023-01-23 | 335,159 | 46,672 |
| 2023-01-16 | 330,933 | 46,081 |
| 2023-01-09 | 319,447 | 45,086 |
| 2023-01-02 | 264,877 | 35,528 |
| 2022-12-26 | 166,695 | 20,019 |
| 2022-12-19 | 266,062 | 37,219 |
| 2022-12-12 | 301,251 | 42,969 |
| 2022-12-05 | 296,261 | 40,965 |
| 2022-11-28 | 286,902 | 39,492 |
| 2022-11-21 | 263,380 | 35,641 |
| 2022-11-14 | 284,700 | 39,203 |
| 2022-11-07 | 279,452 | 39,200 |
| 2022-10-31 | 275,317 | 37,049 |
| 2022-10-24 | 284,196 | 38,550 |
| 2022-10-17 | 277,260 | 33,192 |
| 2022-10-10 | 262,620 | 27,432 |
| 2022-10-03 | 252,494 | 28,418 |
| 2022-09-26 | 256,058 | 29,828 |
| 2022-09-19 | 250,362 | 26,845 |
| 2022-09-12 | 269,563 | 25,766 |
| 2022-09-05 | 265,103 | 23,661 |
| 2022-08-29 | 246,110 | 23,564 |
| 2022-08-22 | 237,370 | 24,147 |
| 2022-08-15 | 205,675 | 21,163 |
| 2022-08-08 | 209,877 | 24,357 |
| 2022-08-01 | 214,261 | 21,130 |
| 2022-07-25 | 204,704 | 20,201 |
| 2022-07-18 | 169,582 | 17,026 |
| 2022-07-11 | 191,371 | 20,304 |
| 2022-07-04 | 185,935 | 19,871 |
| 2022-06-27 | 190,902 | 21,279 |
| 2022-06-20 | 180,240 | 18,659 |
| 2022-06-13 | 170,963 | 20,085 |
| 2022-06-06 | 164,708 | 19,768 |
| 2022-05-30 | 156,195 | 19,157 |
| 2022-05-23 | 157,583 | 17,269 |
| 2022-05-16 | 162,496 | 18,488 |
| 2022-05-09 | 163,589 | 19,243 |
| 2022-05-02 | 152,526 | 18,245 |
| 2022-04-25 | 166,040 | 19,631 |
| 2022-04-18 | 143,777 | 16,675 |
| 2022-04-11 | 139,538 | 13,360 |
| 2022-04-04 | 151,071 | 15,276 |
| 2022-03-28 | 149,246 | 15,600 |
| 2022-03-21 | 135,647 | 16,525 |
| 2022-03-14 | 134,223 | 13,841 |
| 2022-03-07 | 129,751 | 11,364 |
| 2022-02-28 | 121,155 | 10,625 |
| 2022-02-21 | 121,374 | 12,461 |
| 2022-02-14 | 130,692 | 9,735 |
| 2022-02-07 | 128,381 | 8,596 |
| 2022-01-31 | 119,824 | 7,622 |
| 2022-01-24 | 117,264 | 7,504 |
| 2022-01-17 | 116,478 | 5,460 |
| 2022-01-10 | 115,610 | 4,634 |
| 2022-01-03 | 99,523 | 4,088 |
| 2021-12-27 | 63,286 | 2,088 |
| 2021-12-20 | 77,500 | 2,573 |
| 2021-12-13 | 104,490 | 3,378 |
| 2021-12-06 | 104,834 | 3,322 |
| 2021-11-29 | 101,060 | 2,885 |
| 2021-11-22 | 88,285 | 2,101 |
| 2021-11-15 | 100,212 | 1,733 |
| 2021-11-08 | 98,826 | 1,139 |
| 2021-11-01 | 94,997 | 628 |
| 2021-10-25 | 92,255 | 351 |
| 2021-10-18 | 87,264 | 469 |
| 2021-10-11 | 87,742 | 10 |
| 2021-10-04 | 84,329 | 4 |
| 2021-09-27 | 82,661 | 13 |
| 2021-09-20 | 76,645 | 11 |
| 2021-09-13 | 73,825 | 18 |
| 2021-09-06 | 69,193 | 2 |
| 2021-08-30 | 69,794 | 5 |
| 2021-08-23 | 70,930 | 12 |
| 2021-08-16 | 66,582 | 9 |
| 2021-08-09 | 65,298 | 4 |
| 2021-08-02 | 63,145 | 4 |
| 2021-07-26 | 6,696 | 0 |
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