Stack Auth
Open-source Auth0/Clerk Alternative
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Michael Seibel

Stack Auth (YC S24) - Open-source Auth0/Clerk alternative

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Stack Auth is managed user authentication & authorization. It is developer-friendly and fully open-source & self-hostable. Within 5 minutes, you can setup Stack and use its components such as <SignIn /> and <AccountSettings />.

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Sahiiii
Hey, Congratulations on your launch! This is an awesome idea but are the components customizable and how's this different from the other products that are already in the market?
Konstantin Wohlwend
Maker
@zara_bottom Hey Zara, thanks! Indeed the components are quite customizable. They are shadcn/ui components by default but you can do a lot of things; you can check out the Customization section of our docs! https://docs.stack-auth.com Regarding other products, it depends on the exact competitor you're talking about, but for each the reason is a combination of one of these three: We are open-source, we have features beyond authentication (eg. RBAC, organizations, user management), and we are very developer-friendly.
Philip Miglinci
Congrats on the Launch πŸŽ‰ Looking forward to consider StackAuth in my next next.js project :-)
blank
Hey @fomalhaut, this looks fantastic! πŸŽ‰ Solving the pain points around authentication and user management is crucial, especially for developers who want to focus on building their product rather than getting bogged down in the backend complexities. I love that Stack Auth is fully open-source and self-hostable – that aligns perfectly with the growing trend of wanting more control over our tech stacks and avoiding vendor lock-in. The fact that you can get started in just five minutes is a huge bonus too! It definitely speaks to the kind of efficiency we all crave in our development workflows. I’d love to see more about the integration flow and any unique features you’re rolling out. Have you thought about a community toolkit or examples to help new users get to grips with RBAC and user management? Looking forward to trying it out in my projects and joining the Discord as well!
Zai Shi
Maker
@blankwebdev thanks! About community toolkit: we do have future plans integrating Slack/Discord/Telegram auth so people can build community management tools more easily! About examples: our GitHub has an "examples" folder, and there are also some community built projects in the readme
Kyrylo Silin
Hey Zai and Konsti, How does your self-hosting option compare to managed hosting in terms of setup complexity and ongoing maintenance? Do you have plans to support additional authentication methods beyond the standard ones? Congrats on the launch!
Konstantin Wohlwend
Maker
@kyrylosilin Self-hosting definitely takes a bit more effort to setup than managed, but its dependencies are nicely dockerized which makes things much easier. If you wanna go this route, I'd recommend you to join our Discord β€” there are a number of people self-hosting there. Which authentication methods do you have in mind? Generally we'll support anything if there's demand for it!
Tiger L
Kudos to the Stack Auth team on this launch. With a decade in tech development, I've dealt with my fair share of complex authentication systems. Would love to try integrating this into my projects.
Konstantin Wohlwend
Maker
@tigerl Glad you think so! Feel free to reach out to us with any questions or feedback.
Jack Michalak
Great to see this, I had been very frustrated with the auth options recently, and it's exciting it's open source as well.
Michael Russell
I've moved my webapp from Clerk to Stack Auth in hours. It's great to have an open-source alternative. The team has been very responsive and I'm happy to be an early adopter. Best of luck guys!
Viraj P
Hi Stack Auth team! Congrats on the launch. How does Stack Auth’s open-source approach provide flexibility and control compared to proprietary solutions like Auth0 and Firebase Auth?
Konstantin Wohlwend
Maker
@virajpatel Hey Viraj! Architecturally, we are very similar to those solutions, so you still get the same control; we still have a managed service that will deal with all the trouble for you. The main difference is that we are open-source and self-hostable, so anyone can run and inspect the managed service by themselves.
charlesγ€€shiro
Congrats on the release. The product is easy to operate!
Mr. Γ…nand
Congratulations on the launch!πŸŽ‰ Looks super promising, going to give it a try soon.
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