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leopoldsw/cloudflare-auth

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107TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A self-hosted login and account toolkit for apps built on Cloudflare Workers, giving you full ownership of user data.

Mindmap

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  root((cloudflare-auth))
    What it does
      Adds login to Workers apps
      Email password and magic links
      Session and password security
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Cloudflare Workers
      Cloudflare D1
      Hono
    Use cases
      Add signup and login to a Workers app
      Self host user authentication data
      Test login flows locally
    Audience
      Developers
      Vibe coders building on Cloudflare

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add email, username, or magic-link login to an app running on Cloudflare Workers.

USE CASE 2

Keep full ownership of your user data by hosting authentication in your own Cloudflare account.

USE CASE 3

Test login flows locally without sending real emails during development.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptCloudflare WorkersCloudflare D1Hono

How does it compare?

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Setup takes about five minutes with the provided command-line tool.

No license information was found in the explanation.

In plain English

Cloudflare Auth is an open-source toolkit that lets developers add user login and account management to their own apps running on Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare's serverless platform for running code at the network edge. The key selling point is that you own everything: the code, the database, the user data, and the configuration all live in your own Cloudflare account. The toolkit supports several ways for users to sign in: email and password, username login, and magic links (a passwordless method where a one-time login link is emailed to the user). It also includes email verification, password reset, and secure session management using Cloudflare's built-in database service called D1. Getting started takes about five minutes using a command-line setup tool. You run a single setup command, install the package, run a local database migration, and start a development server. During development, any emails with login links are printed to your terminal instead of actually being sent, making local testing easy. When you are ready to go live, a deploy command handles migration checks and pushes everything to Cloudflare's infrastructure. A built-in health check command called "doctor" can identify configuration problems before deployment. The security design is notably careful: passwords are stored using modern hashing techniques, session tokens are hashed so raw credentials are never stored, and magic links can only be used once and only via a direct form submission rather than a simple link click. This first version supports two integration styles for building apps: the Hono web framework and plain Cloudflare Workers. Social logins (like Google or GitHub), multi-factor authentication, and organization management are explicitly out of scope for this release.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me set up cloudflare-auth in my Cloudflare Workers project using the setup command.
Prompt 2
Explain how magic link login works in cloudflare-auth and why it requires a form submission.
Prompt 3
Show me how to deploy cloudflare-auth to production and check for configuration issues with doctor.
Prompt 4
Walk me through integrating cloudflare-auth with the Hono web framework.

Frequently asked questions

What is cloudflare-auth?

A self-hosted login and account toolkit for apps built on Cloudflare Workers, giving you full ownership of user data.

What language is cloudflare-auth written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare D1.

What license does cloudflare-auth use?

No license information was found in the explanation.

How hard is cloudflare-auth to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is cloudflare-auth for?

Mainly developer.

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