Authentication Overview

Overview

shipkit uses Better Auth and supports multiple sign-in methods.

References

• Better Auth website
• Better Auth docs

Supported methods

• Magic Link (Resend)
• Google OAuth
• GitHub OAuth

Shared setup

Configure these base variables before provider-specific setup:

BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=your_generated_secret
BETTER_AUTH_URL=https://shipkit.one
NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL=https://shipkit.one

Generate a secret locally:

openssl rand -base64 32

Production checklist

1. Set the base auth variables above.
2. Configure provider-specific env vars.
3. Deploy and verify each login flow.