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better-auth is the safest overall pick in this comparison
Measured metrics — each value links to its source.
| Signal | passport | better-auth |
|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 0 releases in last 90 days | 0 releases in last 90 days |
| Last release | 1020 days ago | 2 days ago |
| Open issues | 355 open issues | 321 open issues |
| Bus factor | top contributor makes 93.55% 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 | 3 PRs opened in the last 90 days | 20 PRs opened in the last 90 days |
| OpenSSF score | 2.8/10 | not scored |
| Vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities | 0 known vulnerabilities |
Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).
| Week | passport | better-auth |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 7,229,390 | 7,272,664 |
| 2026-08-24 | 8,245,436 | 7,484,021 |
| 2026-08-17 | 7,997,194 | 7,188,923 |
| 2026-08-10 | 6,790,968 | 4,676,413 |
| 2026-08-03 | 7,930,603 | 6,411,281 |
| 2026-07-27 | 8,116,565 | 6,610,694 |
| 2026-07-20 | 7,353,035 | 6,320,223 |
| 2026-07-13 | 7,637,289 | 5,875,348 |
| 2026-07-06 | 5,664,428 | 4,098,530 |
| 2026-06-29 | 7,216,195 | 4,617,448 |
| 2026-06-22 | 7,507,671 | 4,236,210 |
| 2026-06-15 | 7,851,098 | 4,577,424 |
| 2026-06-08 | 7,573,325 | 4,154,014 |
| 2026-06-01 | 5,867,877 | 3,307,241 |
| 2026-05-25 | 6,691,615 | 3,293,933 |
| 2026-05-18 | 7,116,134 | 3,224,847 |
| 2026-05-11 | 7,179,352 | 3,182,185 |
| 2026-05-04 | 6,807,010 | 2,755,302 |
| 2026-04-27 | 6,492,074 | 2,531,326 |
| 2026-04-20 | 6,548,773 | 2,404,634 |
| 2026-04-13 | 6,414,726 | 2,265,858 |
| 2026-04-06 | 6,070,827 | 2,134,663 |
| 2026-03-30 | 5,854,491 | 2,110,947 |
| 2026-03-23 | 6,169,155 | 2,035,745 |
| 2026-03-16 | 6,030,257 | 1,813,095 |
| 2026-03-09 | 6,228,842 | 1,742,314 |
| 2026-03-02 | 6,296,588 | 1,581,175 |
| 2026-02-23 | 6,325,817 | 1,378,096 |
| 2026-02-16 | 5,730,524 | 1,219,571 |
| 2026-02-09 | 5,929,616 | 1,187,724 |
| 2026-02-02 | 5,791,938 | 1,155,140 |
| 2026-01-26 | 5,432,474 | 1,034,883 |
| 2026-01-19 | 5,351,468 | 936,539 |
| 2026-01-12 | 5,416,692 | 877,170 |
| 2026-01-05 | 4,735,813 | 755,657 |
| 2025-12-29 | 2,893,791 | 553,926 |
| 2025-12-22 | 3,045,309 | 511,188 |
| 2025-12-15 | 4,696,499 | 680,191 |
| 2025-12-08 | 4,796,342 | 678,361 |
| 2025-12-01 | 4,914,521 | 685,782 |
| 2025-11-24 | 4,501,257 | 567,850 |
| 2025-11-17 | 4,597,468 | 510,149 |
| 2025-11-10 | 4,341,989 | 478,769 |
| 2025-11-03 | 4,377,186 | 458,702 |
| 2025-10-27 | 4,259,269 | 426,871 |
| 2025-10-20 | 3,517,966 | 363,484 |
| 2025-10-13 | 4,123,517 | 404,397 |
| 2025-10-06 | 4,046,887 | 383,404 |
| 2025-09-29 | 3,966,552 | 362,014 |
| 2025-09-22 | 3,958,564 | 328,855 |
| 2025-09-15 | 4,048,678 | 314,830 |
| 2025-09-08 | 4,052,380 | 300,389 |
| 2025-09-01 | 3,763,308 | 290,116 |
| 2025-08-25 | 4,089,671 | 257,689 |
| 2025-08-18 | 3,815,455 | 243,793 |
| 2025-08-11 | 3,634,497 | 239,058 |
| 2025-08-04 | 3,736,796 | 231,553 |
| 2025-07-28 | 3,885,452 | 215,662 |
| 2025-07-21 | 3,690,351 | 208,015 |
| 2025-07-14 | 3,675,301 | 178,262 |
| 2025-07-07 | 3,746,185 | 173,905 |
| 2025-06-30 | 3,672,166 | 164,327 |
| 2025-06-23 | 4,056,076 | 158,197 |
| 2025-06-16 | 3,815,708 | 145,489 |
| 2025-06-09 | 3,607,959 | 135,836 |
| 2025-06-02 | 3,633,319 | 119,001 |
| 2025-05-26 | 3,449,157 | 110,525 |
| 2025-05-19 | 3,617,952 | 105,193 |
| 2025-05-12 | 3,564,125 | 95,196 |
| 2025-05-05 | 3,387,242 | 85,901 |
| 2025-04-28 | 3,123,314 | 76,612 |
| 2025-04-21 | 3,199,385 | 78,279 |
| 2025-04-14 | 3,159,708 | 75,206 |
| 2025-04-07 | 3,350,322 | 68,933 |
| 2025-03-31 | 3,237,632 | 67,001 |
| 2025-03-24 | 3,196,554 | 57,572 |
| 2025-03-17 | 3,216,973 | 55,579 |
| 2025-03-10 | 3,142,298 | 51,695 |
| 2025-03-03 | 3,055,065 | 54,138 |
| 2025-02-24 | 3,085,840 | 54,142 |
| 2025-02-17 | 2,968,166 | 45,778 |
| 2025-02-10 | 3,103,184 | 41,658 |
| 2025-02-03 | 2,983,260 | 36,523 |
| 2025-01-27 | 2,766,446 | 27,316 |
| 2025-01-20 | 2,683,030 | 24,719 |
| 2025-01-13 | 2,734,423 | 24,302 |
| 2025-01-06 | 2,609,030 | 20,220 |
| 2024-12-30 | 1,468,151 | 19,009 |
| 2024-12-23 | 1,393,892 | 12,729 |
| 2024-12-16 | 2,607,822 | 14,415 |
| 2024-12-09 | 2,757,016 | 11,789 |
| 2024-12-02 | 2,842,348 | 10,484 |
| 2024-11-25 | 2,699,636 | 9,279 |
| 2024-11-18 | 2,981,980 | 7,964 |
| 2024-11-11 | 2,771,701 | 8,059 |
| 2024-11-04 | 2,773,658 | 8,755 |
| 2024-10-28 | 2,610,139 | 4,653 |
| 2024-10-21 | 2,793,782 | 6,196 |
| 2024-10-14 | 2,611,763 | 7,226 |
| 2024-10-07 | 2,671,540 | 3,278 |
| 2024-09-30 | 2,620,356 | 4,973 |
| 2024-09-23 | 2,751,396 | 2,396 |
| 2024-09-16 | 2,689,089 | 1,097 |
| 2024-09-09 | 2,698,328 | 2,550 |
| 2024-09-02 | 2,497,885 | 1,780 |
| 2024-08-26 | 2,566,013 | 10 |
| 2024-08-19 | 2,525,951 | 1 |
| 2024-08-12 | 2,371,130 | 0 |
| 2024-08-05 | 2,471,554 | 0 |
| 2024-07-29 | 2,511,108 | 2 |
| 2024-07-22 | 2,529,706 | 0 |
| 2024-07-15 | 2,582,422 | 1 |
| 2024-07-08 | 2,514,891 | 2 |
| 2024-07-01 | 2,291,163 | 1 |
| 2024-06-24 | 2,504,058 | 9 |
| 2024-06-17 | 2,457,544 | 0 |
| 2024-06-10 | 2,497,384 | 3 |
| 2024-06-03 | 2,536,033 | 2 |
| 2024-05-27 | 2,377,249 | 12 |
| 2024-05-20 | 2,403,341 | 85 |
| 2024-05-13 | 2,486,343 | 37 |
| 2024-05-06 | 2,302,320 | 4 |
| 2024-04-29 | 2,240,260 | 3 |
| 2024-04-22 | 2,483,929 | 53 |
| 2024-04-15 | 2,471,595 | 0 |
| 2024-04-08 | 2,367,627 | 0 |
| 2024-04-01 | 2,346,218 | 0 |
| 2024-03-25 | 2,139,355 | 0 |
| 2024-03-18 | 2,468,508 | 0 |
| 2024-03-11 | 2,526,862 | 0 |
| 2024-03-04 | 2,472,681 | 0 |
| 2024-02-26 | 2,521,679 | 0 |
| 2024-02-19 | 2,411,043 | 0 |
| 2024-02-12 | 2,290,582 | 0 |
| 2024-02-05 | 2,310,630 | 0 |
| 2024-01-29 | 2,391,759 | 0 |
| 2024-01-22 | 2,345,256 | 0 |
| 2024-01-15 | 2,254,468 | 0 |
| 2024-01-08 | 2,240,382 | 0 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1,641,776 | 0 |
| 2023-12-25 | 1,103,497 | 0 |
| 2023-12-18 | 2,040,172 | 0 |
| 2023-12-11 | 2,254,104 | 0 |
| 2023-12-04 | 2,268,189 | 0 |
| 2023-11-27 | 2,250,442 | 0 |
| 2023-11-20 | 2,023,216 | 0 |
| 2023-11-13 | 2,263,259 | 0 |
| 2023-11-06 | 2,183,293 | 0 |
| 2023-10-30 | 1,497,709 | 0 |
| 2023-10-23 | 2,160,578 | 0 |
| 2023-10-16 | 2,202,030 | 0 |
| 2023-10-09 | 2,047,593 | 0 |
| 2023-10-02 | 2,056,130 | 0 |
| 2023-09-25 | 2,121,198 | 0 |
| 2023-09-18 | 2,092,571 | 0 |
| 2023-09-11 | 2,109,692 | 0 |
| 2023-09-04 | 2,016,157 | 0 |
| 2023-08-28 | 2,053,087 | 0 |
| 2023-08-21 | 2,023,795 | 0 |
| 2023-08-14 | 1,912,451 | 0 |
| 2023-08-07 | 2,001,136 | 0 |
| 2023-07-31 | 2,042,702 | 0 |
| 2023-07-24 | 2,074,464 | 0 |
| 2023-07-17 | 2,071,472 | 0 |
| 2023-07-10 | 2,132,576 | 0 |
| 2023-07-03 | 1,901,445 | 0 |
| 2023-06-26 | 2,013,702 | 0 |
| 2023-06-19 | 2,022,534 | 0 |
| 2023-06-12 | 2,046,177 | 0 |
| 2023-06-05 | 1,974,462 | 0 |
| 2023-05-29 | 1,867,073 | 0 |
| 2023-05-22 | 1,994,254 | 0 |
| 2023-05-15 | 2,007,003 | 0 |
| 2023-05-08 | 1,954,551 | 0 |
| 2023-05-01 | 1,807,635 | 0 |
| 2023-04-24 | 2,033,560 | 0 |
| 2023-04-17 | 1,963,786 | 0 |
| 2023-04-10 | 1,866,494 | 0 |
| 2023-04-03 | 1,887,751 | 0 |
| 2023-03-27 | 2,005,906 | 0 |
| 2023-03-20 | 2,046,441 | 0 |
| 2023-03-13 | 2,089,812 | 0 |
| 2023-03-06 | 2,067,814 | 0 |
| 2023-02-27 | 2,105,962 | 0 |
| 2023-02-20 | 1,988,956 | 0 |
| 2023-02-13 | 1,997,648 | 0 |
| 2023-02-06 | 2,024,623 | 0 |
| 2023-01-30 | 1,919,853 | 0 |
| 2023-01-23 | 1,784,505 | 0 |
| 2023-01-16 | 1,728,357 | 0 |
| 2023-01-09 | 1,779,978 | 0 |
| 2023-01-02 | 1,449,692 | 0 |
| 2022-12-26 | 956,498 | 0 |
| 2022-12-19 | 1,522,918 | 0 |
| 2022-12-12 | 1,787,517 | 0 |
| 2022-12-05 | 1,791,915 | 0 |
| 2022-11-28 | 1,825,398 | 0 |
| 2022-11-21 | 1,628,362 | 0 |
| 2022-11-14 | 1,842,237 | 0 |
| 2022-11-07 | 1,792,909 | 0 |
| 2022-10-31 | 1,698,844 | 0 |
| 2022-10-24 | 1,722,374 | 0 |
| 2022-10-17 | 1,731,203 | 0 |
| 2022-10-10 | 1,678,308 | 0 |
| 2022-10-03 | 1,663,432 | 0 |
| 2022-09-26 | 1,717,241 | 0 |
| 2022-09-19 | 1,657,897 | 0 |
| 2022-09-12 | 1,714,208 | 0 |
| 2022-09-05 | 1,614,327 | 0 |
| 2022-08-29 | 1,630,772 | 0 |
| 2022-08-22 | 1,668,313 | 0 |
| 2022-08-15 | 1,591,306 | 0 |
| 2022-08-08 | 1,594,226 | 0 |
| 2022-08-01 | 1,633,204 | 0 |
| 2022-07-25 | 1,654,099 | 0 |
| 2022-07-18 | 1,341,369 | 0 |
| 2022-07-11 | 1,583,264 | 0 |
| 2022-07-04 | 1,500,931 | 0 |
| 2022-06-27 | 1,587,153 | 0 |
| 2022-06-20 | 1,536,306 | 0 |
| 2022-06-13 | 1,556,158 | 0 |
| 2022-06-06 | 1,574,359 | 0 |
| 2022-05-30 | 1,558,948 | 0 |
| 2022-05-23 | 1,536,085 | 0 |
| 2022-05-16 | 1,573,759 | 0 |
| 2022-05-09 | 1,551,892 | 0 |
| 2022-05-02 | 1,402,553 | 0 |
| 2022-04-25 | 1,564,824 | 0 |
| 2022-04-18 | 1,452,121 | 0 |
| 2022-04-11 | 1,441,382 | 0 |
| 2022-04-04 | 1,563,336 | 0 |
| 2022-03-28 | 1,555,859 | 0 |
| 2022-03-21 | 1,529,686 | 0 |
| 2022-03-14 | 1,491,557 | 0 |
| 2022-03-07 | 1,499,868 | 0 |
| 2022-02-28 | 1,471,000 | 0 |
| 2022-02-21 | 1,466,831 | 0 |
| 2022-02-14 | 1,595,396 | 0 |
| 2022-02-07 | 1,582,158 | 0 |
| 2022-01-31 | 1,486,483 | 0 |
| 2022-01-24 | 1,553,207 | 0 |
| 2022-01-17 | 1,512,775 | 0 |
| 2022-01-10 | 1,493,376 | 0 |
| 2022-01-03 | 1,256,393 | 0 |
| 2021-12-27 | 874,104 | 0 |
| 2021-12-20 | 1,184,184 | 0 |
| 2021-12-13 | 1,428,800 | 0 |
| 2021-12-06 | 1,419,170 | 0 |
| 2021-11-29 | 1,500,975 | 0 |
| 2021-11-22 | 1,343,648 | 0 |
| 2021-11-15 | 1,462,340 | 0 |
| 2021-11-08 | 1,428,949 | 0 |
| 2021-11-01 | 1,363,739 | 0 |
| 2021-10-25 | 1,416,641 | 0 |
| 2021-10-18 | 1,471,252 | 0 |
| 2021-10-11 | 1,398,153 | 0 |
| 2021-10-04 | 1,426,655 | 0 |
| 2021-09-27 | 1,395,007 | 0 |
| 2021-09-20 | 1,360,078 | 0 |
| 2021-09-13 | 1,294,152 | 0 |
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