Building with AuthKit
It's fast. Really fast.
I recently integrated AuthKit into my projects and wanted to share my experience and takeaways.
Elite developer experience
It's clear that the team at WorkOS prioritizes the developer experience. From the intuitive, open-source SDKs, concise quickstart guides, and accessible API reference, it's extremely easy to learn how to implement their solution and dig into any granular technical details.
In today's agent-assisted world, this is powerful. Accessible information translates into stronger and quicker implementations.
I wrapped up the python quickstart guide (conveniently available in markdown) and API reference into an Agent Skill (available here). In a few minutes, my coding agent was an expert on their latest version and best practices, accelerating my planning and implementation.
To give you a rough idea of the implementation time, here are anecdotes from 2 projects that I integrated with Authkit:
| Project Type | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | Python FastAPI for a REST API | 30 minutes |
| Brownfield | Converting a platform with home-cooked JWT auth to AuthKit | 4 hours |
Built for speed
I used their hosted Auth UI solution. Therefore, I had access to a ton of auth options, batteries-included, immediately after setup.
With no added development time, I was up and running with email/password and sign in with google, apple, microsoft, and github. Via the admin dashboard I could easily manage sign in methods with the flick of a toggle.
Insane value
AuthKit is free for the first 1M active users. I repeat. 1. Million. Users.
For small to medium solutions, that is an incredible value. You get easy to install, production-ready auth out-of-the-box for free.
WorkOS charges for more advanced features, but these are primarily enterprise-level features (advanced security, monitoring, and SSO).
For a small to medium solution or early-stage platform this feels like a no-brainer.
Summary
It's been a total joy building with AuthKit. Its seamless dev experience, batteries-included sign-in methods, and generous free tier make it perfect for early-stage products that need a production-grade auth solution quickly.
Thank you for reading.