Launch HN: Better Auth (YC X25) – Authentication Framework for TypeScript

Hi HN! We’re Bereket and KinfeMichael of Better Auth ( https://www.better-auth.com/ ), a comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript that lets you implement everything from simple auth flows to enterprise-grade systems directly on your own database, embedded in your backend. To be clear—we’re not building a 3rd party auth service. Our goal is to make rolling your own auth so ridiculously easy that you’ll never need one. Here are some YouTube videos explaining how it works (we did make our own video but weren’t happy with it and these videos do a great job): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtufpaMcLM - a really good overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QurjwJHCoHQ - also a good overview and dives a little deeper into the code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKqHrE0KyeE - short and clear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atev8Nxpw7c - with TanStack framework https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6rP9d3RWo8 - a full-on 2 hour tutorial Auth has been a pain point for many de ... Read full article.