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Daniel Bark

Passkeyd - Passkey auth, minimalistic and self hosted

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This code bundle is your fast track to provide the best user experience for login and sign up. Passkeys is the future of authentication and this WebauthN boilerplate built with Next.js and Prisma enables you to fully self host a stellar auth solution.

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Daniel Bark
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Hey Product Hunt, I'm Daniel! I'm excited to finally share this project with you. My Story: I created Passkeyd because I think passkey authentication is a hidden gem and I'm surprised adoption is not moving quicker. Passkeyd is my best attempt to make a smooth and secure login experience simple to implement for everyone. I know many developers feel that implementing authentication is a necessary evil. I built this tool to help others avoid that hassle while getting the best authentication method out there. I’d love your feedback to help improve Passkeyd. Let me know what you think and how to make it even better. Thank you for checking out Passkeyd! Check out our demo and docs and then share your thoughts. Happy coding! 🖥️✨ Best, Daniel Bark
Daniel Bark
Maker
@ena_gluhakovic Hi Ena! Nice to meet you. It's a fun combination of a technical challange and such a clear win for the user experience. And like I mentioned in my post: "Why isn't passkeys everywhere yet?" :)
Anastasiia Stepko
Congratulations on your launch! I don't really get how exactly it will improve UX, could you please elaborate?
Daniel Bark
Maker
@anastasiia_stepko Hi Anastasiia! Sure! The UX of the auth flow is much better than both passwords and magic link. I'd say its on par with Oauth but only if the user is already logged in to one of the Oauth providers in the device default browser. The UX of WebAuthN is just typing in an account identifier and then performing a hardware key unlock (probably biometric like FaceID or TouchID).
Anastasiia Stepko
@daniel_bark Thank you, Daniel, it's really helpful!
Klim
@daniel_bark I always appreciate people that contribute to Open Source and wish you all the best. Unfortunately, IAM is not simple at all. It is possible to use your solution in the apps that doesn’t work with personal data. If I just need Account ID to link data to, this can be the way to go. There are a huge amount of missing components the is a requirement for a real production IAM. Passkeys could be the way to go, but it can’t be the only method. ps. Please, don’t use JWT for sessions
Daniel Bark
Maker
@klimsidorov Thanks for checking out the project and for your nuanced view.
Eileen Lim
Passkeyd simplifies the process of integrating passkey authentication. Congrats on the launch!
Elias Lind
Nice! Also, the founder looks like a really great person to be around.
Knogobert
That was an amazing experience, product looks great and thanks for the launch rebait! Is gonna help me get the best UX for logging in for users. Thanks!!
Daniel Engelke
Awesome project, we use Next.js extensively and I'm keen to give Passkeyd a try!
Tom Evan
I appreciate.
Tom Bruining
This is awesome Daniel - Honestly, authorization is a tricky problem to solve and the current solutions (NextAuth) in particular are a bit painful to work with at times. The rest of the market auth0, etc. are all ridiculously expensive.
Albert
congrats on the launch. your focus on enhancing user authentication experiences with Passkeyd seems promising. in your journey developing this tool, what were some of the most challenging aspects you faced in ensuring it remained simple yet secure for developers to implement?
Daniel Bark
Maker
Hi! @mashy The most challenging parts were how to design the flow of account recovery/lost device. Webauthn defines no protocol for backing up credential private keys, or for sharing them between authenticators. I chose a recovery key strategy. I also built an optional magic link recovery. This is only an option if you use email as account identifier and of course there are some security considerations when allowing this. Best of luck on your coming launch!
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