Dev Tools · 11h ago
Vercel acquires Better Auth to bolster open-source authentication and agent identity
Vercel has acquired Better Auth, the open-source TypeScript authentication library with 4.7M+ weekly npm downloads and 850+ contributors. Founder Bereket Engida and the core team will join Vercel to continue developing Better Auth and its new Agent Auth protocol. The library remains free and open source under MIT, with the same community governance.
Meridian48 take
The acquisition signals Vercel's bet on agentic infrastructure, but the real test is whether Better Auth can maintain its community-driven ethos under a corporate umbrella.
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