--- title: "Better-Auth: Headless Authentication for Your TanStack Start App" url: https://daily.dev/posts/better-auth-headless-authentication-for-your-tanstack-start-app-szckdrvcx source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atev8Nxpw7c type: video:youtube source: "Jack Herrington" published: 2025-04-21T14:23:54.744Z updated: 2026-05-28T02:16:23.532Z tags: ["authentication", "github", "react", "trpc", "typescript"] reading_time: 16 upvotes: 22 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Better-Auth: Headless Authentication for Your TanStack Start App **[Jack Herrington](https://daily.dev/sources/jherr)** · 16 min read · 22 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to add authentication to a TanStack Start application using Better-Auth. This guide covers the setup process, including signing in and out, authenticating routes, and handling API and TRPC routes. The tutorial also explains how to set up social logins with GitHub and discusses creating secure routes and server functions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#trpc](https://daily.dev/tags/trpc), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/better-auth-headless-authentication-for-your-tanstack-start-app-szckdrvcx)