Balázs Orbán
- Lead maintainer of NextAuth.js, the most widely used authentication library for Next.js
- Created Auth.js, the framework-agnostic successor covering SvelteKit, Express, and others
- Previously on the Next.js core team at Vercel
Bio
Balázs Orbán became lead maintainer of NextAuth.js after its original creator stepped back, grew it into the default authentication library for Next.js applications, and created Auth.js, the framework-agnostic successor that brought the same model to SvelteKit, Express, and other runtimes. He was previously on the Next.js core team at Vercel.
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Where their work shows up
For a large share of web developers, Auth.js is the entire identity layer: the place they first meet an OAuth provider, a session cookie, and a JWT. Library defaults, where the session lives, how it is signed, how long it lasts, end up deciding the security posture of thousands of applications whose authors will never read a specification. See the Auth.js profile, authentication vs authorization, and the developer recipes.
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