[primitivesuave]

Better Auth is awesome and I didn't even realize they hadn't publicly launched yet - I'm using it in production apps, and have seen it being used in all kinds of real-world use cases. IMO it's the best open-source option for a TypeScript developer who wants to implement authentication.

About the dashboard - would this just be an interface to my existing Better Auth setup (e.g. if I had customized the underlying data storage) or are you hosting credentials yourself?

You have my sincerest gratitude for building this incredibly useful library and documenting it so well.

[bekacru]

Thanks for the kind words - really appreciate it! And yes, it connects directly to your existing setup (the dashboard is mostly just a UI). What you’re really “buying” from us are the additional features on the dashboard like bot protection, analytics, etc...when you need them. We’re still figuring out the pricing, but most likely, the base dashboard will just be free ;)

[primitivesuave]

Awesome! I used Better Auth for consulting work helping clients build MVPs, and if I could hand them a beautiful admin dashboard rather than linking it up to Retool or their BI tool of choice, they would instantly go for it - especially with all the bot protection and analytics features that I don't have time to build.

One of the reasons I prefer BA is because I retain a lot of flexibility with designing the rest of the system around the authentication. So for example, if I want to have an additional column per user, it's a lot easier to wrap my head around adding a new Postgres column than using some API for appending data to a user in Cognito/Auth0/Okta/etc in some rigid format.