next-authvslucia

Winner: next-auth

next-auth is the safest overall pick in this comparison

next-auth66/100

lucia0/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: next-auth: 66/100, lucia: 0/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: next-auth: 0, lucia: 0.
GitHub activity: next-auth: 17 commits, lucia: 8 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: next-auth: 0, lucia: 0.
OpenSSF scores: next-auth: 6/10, lucia: -/10.

Caveats

The score favors next-auth, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.
Deprecated: lucia. Avoid for new projects.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	next-auth	lucia
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	9 days ago	647 days ago
Open issues	389 open issues	12 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 43.07% of commits	top contributor makes 90.58% of commits
Commit activity	17 commits in the last 90 days	8 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	15 PRs opened in the last 90 days	1 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	6/10	not scored
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

next-authlucia

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Week	next-auth	lucia
2026-07-20	5,577,497	287,662
2026-07-13	5,173,066	277,292
2026-07-06	4,735,611	186,946
2026-06-29	4,673,567	205,071
2026-06-22	4,134,605	214,584
2026-06-15	4,931,687	198,152
2026-06-08	4,658,859	209,542
2026-06-01	4,621,639	165,964
2026-05-25	4,338,289	214,569
2026-05-18	4,442,061	204,580
2026-05-11	4,246,501	192,022
2026-05-04	3,624,380	164,294
2026-04-27	3,801,192	157,537
2026-04-20	3,731,962	141,631
2026-04-13	3,617,951	131,569
2026-04-06	3,458,920	131,750
2026-03-30	3,227,707	126,383
2026-03-23	3,272,790	124,991
2026-03-16	3,119,100	119,078
2026-03-09	3,294,395	123,606
2026-03-02	3,413,206	112,012
2026-02-23	3,300,071	112,874
2026-02-16	3,522,984	101,570
2026-02-09	2,577,834	96,980
2026-02-02	2,524,712	101,815
2026-01-26	2,454,018	91,290
2026-01-19	2,282,392	87,423
2026-01-12	2,222,441	86,154
2026-01-05	2,089,083	77,779
2025-12-29	1,351,750	49,103
2025-12-22	1,399,329	48,842
2025-12-15	2,166,168	74,563
2025-12-08	2,369,127	79,692
2025-12-01	2,340,107	82,201
2025-11-24	1,969,025	68,641
2025-11-17	2,260,277	76,876
2025-11-10	2,246,798	74,437
2025-11-03	2,206,698	74,087
2025-10-27	2,285,871	69,651
2025-10-20	2,107,061	58,702
2025-10-13	1,991,382	67,470
2025-10-06	1,992,731	65,783
2025-09-29	1,946,258	64,833
2025-09-22	1,925,734	60,098
2025-09-15	1,928,566	60,339
2025-09-08	1,951,244	65,778
2025-09-01	1,796,381	55,584
2025-08-25	1,804,395	55,073
2025-08-18	1,771,334	53,982
2025-08-11	1,709,759	51,735
2025-08-04	1,682,746	59,291
2025-07-28	1,641,392	56,977
2025-07-21	1,560,470	53,971
2025-07-14	1,566,048	56,626
2025-07-07	1,589,168	55,169
2025-06-30	1,536,862	55,517
2025-06-23	1,638,204	53,848
2025-06-16	1,617,485	56,647
2025-06-09	1,517,209	48,094
2025-06-02	1,518,420	51,255
2025-05-26	1,424,217	45,277
2025-05-19	1,506,316	45,808
2025-05-12	1,420,916	39,309
2025-05-05	1,369,183	36,044
2025-04-28	1,288,467	36,442
2025-04-21	1,365,385	38,726
2025-04-14	1,337,618	36,815
2025-04-07	1,407,134	39,844
2025-03-31	1,380,708	41,081
2025-03-24	1,428,525	42,226
2025-03-17	1,405,322	42,486
2025-03-10	1,344,328	44,956
2025-03-03	1,292,968	42,951
2025-02-24	1,309,454	43,517
2025-02-17	1,290,992	39,230
2025-02-10	1,294,737	42,280
2025-02-03	1,287,817	38,656
2025-01-27	1,184,364	37,047
2025-01-20	1,198,565	39,239
2025-01-13	1,152,787	40,870
2025-01-06	1,082,035	39,590
2024-12-30	651,051	23,567
2024-12-23	635,092	23,418
2024-12-16	1,108,535	41,693
2024-12-09	1,175,770	44,212
2024-12-02	1,126,097	41,529
2024-11-25	1,104,388	41,927
2024-11-18	1,164,046	44,174
2024-11-11	1,109,526	44,793
2024-11-04	1,133,752	47,156
2024-10-28	1,103,506	47,432
2024-10-21	1,143,095	52,718
2024-10-14	1,066,318	49,390
2024-10-07	1,090,770	56,560
2024-09-30	1,039,997	50,693
2024-09-23	1,085,612	52,250
2024-09-16	1,044,765	53,052
2024-09-09	1,088,323	55,254
2024-09-02	1,003,091	50,713
2024-08-26	1,016,981	49,863
2024-08-19	965,542	45,476
2024-08-12	901,813	44,059
2024-08-05	934,812	43,361
2024-07-29	946,651	42,516
2024-07-22	927,865	43,312
2024-07-15	906,614	41,153
2024-07-08	908,326	38,839
2024-07-01	850,626	38,144
2024-06-24	903,035	39,775
2024-06-17	877,678	38,380
2024-06-10	896,550	36,189
2024-06-03	894,700	41,458
2024-05-27	865,170	37,312
2024-05-20	903,798	38,084
2024-05-13	899,366	42,551
2024-05-06	848,750	43,144
2024-04-29	805,088	44,521
2024-04-22	896,884	35,915
2024-04-15	872,671	30,405
2024-04-08	855,696	29,123
2024-04-01	837,333	30,596
2024-03-25	796,867	27,546
2024-03-18	907,330	26,891
2024-03-11	950,338	26,014
2024-03-04	861,175	24,679
2024-02-26	834,703	22,136
2024-02-19	801,014	19,931
2024-02-12	763,569	17,219
2024-02-05	772,096	15,995
2024-01-29	756,758	17,051
2024-01-22	739,444	15,959
2024-01-15	735,646	13,067
2024-01-08	706,578	12,023
2024-01-01	521,351	11,228
2023-12-25	368,193	8,687
2023-12-18	633,006	11,314
2023-12-11	705,145	9,337
2023-12-04	705,196	9,668
2023-11-27	711,408	8,856
2023-11-20	642,181	7,806
2023-11-13	674,777	8,627
2023-11-06	689,257	8,497
2023-10-30	481,510	7,671
2023-10-23	695,320	6,514
2023-10-16	677,396	7,015
2023-10-09	614,058	5,570
2023-10-02	636,440	5,521
2023-09-25	617,622	5,461
2023-09-18	616,846	4,807
2023-09-11	598,476	5,251
2023-09-04	553,423	4,833
2023-08-28	561,460	4,220
2023-08-21	570,746	2,947
2023-08-14	570,859	2,808
2023-08-07	567,975	2,589
2023-07-31	546,374	2,151
2023-07-24	537,022	1,799
2023-07-17	557,065	865
2023-07-10	535,161	1,140
2023-07-03	480,749	575
2023-06-26	493,875	437
2023-06-19	500,861	523
2023-06-12	501,701	603
2023-06-05	475,713	360
2023-05-29	464,965	44
2023-05-22	483,360	146
2023-05-15	472,851	143
2023-05-08	471,815	38
2023-05-01	442,836	80
2023-04-24	464,910	198
2023-04-17	452,145	114
2023-04-10	423,795	138
2023-04-03	406,788	59
2023-03-27	412,743	94
2023-03-20	401,730	65
2023-03-13	401,663	84
2023-03-06	385,073	122
2023-02-27	382,511	147
2023-02-20	367,518	119
2023-02-13	359,254	52
2023-02-06	353,011	69
2023-01-30	354,317	60
2023-01-23	335,159	69
2023-01-16	330,933	99
2023-01-09	319,447	116
2023-01-02	264,877	63
2022-12-26	166,695	55
2022-12-19	266,062	34
2022-12-12	301,251	66
2022-12-05	296,261	92
2022-11-28	286,902	57
2022-11-21	263,380	59
2022-11-14	284,700	37
2022-11-07	279,452	49
2022-10-31	275,317	48
2022-10-24	284,196	138
2022-10-17	277,260	41
2022-10-10	262,620	37
2022-10-03	252,494	32
2022-09-26	256,058	52
2022-09-19	250,362	93
2022-09-12	269,563	47
2022-09-05	265,103	145
2022-08-29	246,110	35
2022-08-22	237,370	40
2022-08-15	205,675	32
2022-08-08	209,877	175
2022-08-01	214,261	113
2022-07-25	204,704	46
2022-07-18	169,582	36
2022-07-11	191,371	34
2022-07-04	185,935	94
2022-06-27	190,902	96
2022-06-20	180,240	98
2022-06-13	170,963	39
2022-06-06	164,708	36
2022-05-30	156,195	72
2022-05-23	157,583	199
2022-05-16	162,496	48
2022-05-09	163,589	294
2022-05-02	152,526	46
2022-04-25	166,040	35
2022-04-18	143,777	101
2022-04-11	139,538	152
2022-04-04	151,071	51
2022-03-28	149,246	46
2022-03-21	135,647	107
2022-03-14	134,223	39
2022-03-07	129,751	54
2022-02-28	121,155	97
2022-02-21	121,374	99
2022-02-14	130,692	59
2022-02-07	128,381	127
2022-01-31	119,824	48
2022-01-24	117,264	80
2022-01-17	116,478	54
2022-01-10	115,610	49
2022-01-03	99,523	42
2021-12-27	63,286	44
2021-12-20	77,500	78
2021-12-13	104,490	25
2021-12-06	104,834	34
2021-11-29	101,060	83
2021-11-22	88,285	38
2021-11-15	100,212	102
2021-11-08	98,826	68
2021-11-01	94,997	81
2021-10-25	92,255	66
2021-10-18	87,264	48
2021-10-11	87,742	49
2021-10-04	84,329	114
2021-09-27	82,661	105
2021-09-20	76,645	101
2021-09-13	73,825	44
2021-09-06	69,193	128
2021-08-30	69,794	130
2021-08-23	70,930	103
2021-08-16	66,582	93
2021-08-09	65,298	203
2021-08-02	63,145	67
2021-07-26	6,696	73

next-auth details lucia details