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  "slug": "hexclave",
  "name": "Hexclave (Stack Auth)",
  "url": "https://www.hexclave.com",
  "cat": "auth",
  "group": "back",
  "tagline": "Open-source Clerk alternative",
  "price": "Free to 10k MAU · $49/mo Team (50k) · $299/mo Growth · self-host free",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Open-source Clerk alternative, formerly Stack Auth, now a Y Combinator-backed company called Hexclave. Ships prebuilt React components, organizations, RBAC and user impersonation. Client SDKs are MIT-licensed and the server is AGPLv3 with commercial licensing available; the whole stack self-hosts for free.",
  "why": "The closest thing to Clerk's component-level developer experience that you can also run on your own infrastructure, which makes the escape hatch real rather than theoretical.",
  "warn": "Rebranded from Stack Auth during 2026, so docs, packages (<code>@stackframe/stack</code>) and URLs still mix both names. AGPLv3 on the server means self-hosting inside a closed-source product requires a commercial license.",
  "install": "npx @stackframe/init-stack@latest",
  "category": {
    "key": "auth",
    "name": "Auth & user management",
    "desc": "Free tiers exploded in 2026 — auth is effectively free for most solo builders now.",
    "group": "back",
    "groupName": "Give it a backend"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://www.hexclave.com/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T16:48:12.002+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
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}