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title: "Hexclave (formerly Stack Auth)"
description: "Open-source user platform bundling auth, teams, RBAC, API keys, payments, emails and webhooks behind client and server SDKs."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/hexclave-formerly-stack-auth-vg-0850"
category: "Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling"
subcategory: "Auth and user platform"
license: "open-source"
author: "Hexclave (@stack_auth)"
source: "https://www.hexclave.com/"
---

# Hexclave (formerly Stack Auth)
Open-source user platform bundling auth, teams, RBAC, API keys, payments, emails and webhooks behind client and server SDKs.
## Facts
- Source: https://www.hexclave.com/
- Category: Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling / Auth and user platform
- Author: Hexclave (@stack_auth)
- Licence: open-source
- Tags: auth, rbac, teams, nextjs, self-hosted
## Why it's a gem
Self-hostable Clerk alternative; the auth piece alone has years of production use as Stack Auth.
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