docs: add notice

Bekacru · Bekacru · commit e8637d413a3a · 2025-09-26T10:48:31.000-07:00
diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-> [!NOTE]
-> The Auth.js/NextAuth.js project is not provided by, nor otherwise affiliated with Vercel Inc. or its subsidiaries. Any contributions to this project by individuals affiliated with Vercel are made in their personal capacity.
-
 <p align="center">
   <br/>
   <a href="https://authjs.dev" target="_blank"><img width="96px" src="https://authjs.dev/img/logo-sm.png" /></a>
@@ -20,15 +17,10 @@
   <p align="center">
     Auth.js is a set of open-source packages that are built on standard Web APIs for authentication in modern applications with any framework on any platform in any JS runtime.
   </p>
-  <p align="center">
-    Need help? See <a href="https://authjs.dev">authjs.dev</a> for the documentation, or <a href="https://discord.authjs.dev">
-    join our community on Discord&nbsp;
-      <img src="https://assets-global.website-files.com/6257adef93867e50d84d30e2/636e0a69f118df70ad7828d4_icon_clyde_blurple_RGB.svg" height=12 alt="TypeScript" />
-    </a>
-    .
-  </p>
 </p>
 
+> Auth js is now part of [Better Auth](https://better-auth.com/blog/authjs-joins-better-auth). We recommend new projects to start with Better Auth unless there are some very specific feature gaps (most notably stateless session management without a database).
+
 ## Features
 
 ### Flexible and easy to use
@@ -79,154 +71,6 @@ If you think you have found a vulnerability (or are not sure) in Auth.js or any
 <a href="https://vercel.com?utm_source=nextauthjs&utm_campaign=oss"></a>
 </div>
 
-### Sponsors
-
-We have an [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/nextauth) for companies and individuals looking to contribute financially to the project!
-
-<!--sponsors start-->
-<table>
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://clerk.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=authjs&utm_content=sponsor" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49538330?s=200&v=4" alt="Clerk Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Clerk</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://a0.to/signup/nextauthjs" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2824157?v=4" alt="Auth0 Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Auth0</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://fusionauth.io" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/41974756?s=200&v=4" alt="FusionAuth Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>FusionAuth</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://stytch.com" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69983493?s=200&v=4" alt="Stytch Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Stytch</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://prisma.io" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17219288?s=200&v=4" alt="Prisma Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Prisma</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://neon.tech" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77690634?v=4" alt="Neon Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Neon</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://www.beyondidentity.com" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69811361?s=200&v=4" alt="Beyond Identity Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Beyond Identity</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://lowdefy.com" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47087496?s=200&v=4" alt="Lowdefy Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Lowdefy</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://www.descope.com" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97479186?s=200&v=4" alt="Descope Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Descope</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://badass.dev" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/136839242?v=4" alt="Badass Courses Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Badass Courses</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://github.com/encoredev/encore" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/50438175?v=4" alt="Encore Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Encore</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://sent.dm/?ref=auth.js" target="_blank">
-          <img width="108" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/153308555?v=4" alt="Sent.dm Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Sent.dm</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://arcjet.com/?ref=auth.js" target="_blank">
-          <img width="108" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24397786?s=200&v=4" alt="Arcjet Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Arcjet</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://route4me.com/?ref=auth.js" target="_blank">
-          <img width="108" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7936820?v=4" alt="Route4Me Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Route4Me</div>
-        <sub>💵</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://www.netlight.com/" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1672348?s=200&v=4" alt="Netlight logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Netlight</div>
-        <sub>☁️</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://checklyhq.com" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25982255?s=200&v=4" alt="Checkly Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Checkly</div>
-        <sub>☁️</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://superblog.ai/" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/cdc4a3833bd878933fcc131655878dbf226ac1c5/10cd6/images/logo_bolt_small.png" alt="superblog Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>superblog</div>
-        <sub>☁️</sub>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top">
-        <a href="https://vercel.com" target="_blank">
-          <img height="96" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14985020?s=200&v=4" alt="Vercel Logo" />
-        </a><br />
-        <div>Vercel</div>
-        <sub>☁️</sub>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
-
-- 💵 Financial Sponsor
-- ☁️ Infrastructure Support
-
-<br />
-<!--sponsors end-->
-
 ## Contributing
 
 We're open to all community contributions! If you'd like to contribute in any way, please first read
diff --git a/apps/examples/nextjs-pages/README.md b/apps/examples/nextjs-pages/README.md
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ npm run start
 
 Follow the [Deployment documentation](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/deployment)
 
-## Acknowledgements
-
-<a href="https://vercel.com?utm_source=nextauthjs&utm_campaign=oss">
-<img width="170px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/main/docs/public/img/etc/powered-by-vercel.svg" alt="Powered By Vercel" />
-</a>
-<p align="left">Thanks to Vercel sponsoring this project by allowing it to be deployed for free for the entire NextAuth.js Team</p>
-
 ## License
 
 ISC
diff --git a/apps/examples/nextjs/README.md b/apps/examples/nextjs/README.md
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ pnpm run start
 
 Follow the [Deployment documentation](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/deployment)
 
-## Acknowledgements
-
-<a href="https://vercel.com?utm_source=nextauthjs&utm_campaign=oss">
-<img width="170px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/main/docs/public/img/etc/powered-by-vercel.svg" alt="Powered By Vercel" />
-</a>
-<p align="left">Thanks to Vercel sponsoring this project by allowing it to be deployed for free for the entire NextAuth.js Team</p>
-
 ## License
 
 ISC
diff --git a/apps/examples/solid-start/README.md b/apps/examples/solid-start/README.md
@@ -76,10 +76,3 @@ export default defineConfig(() => {
 ### Finishing up
 
 Create a GitHub repo and push the code to it, then deploy it to Vercel.
-
-## Acknowledgements
-
-<a href="https://vercel.com?utm_source=nextauthjs&utm_campaign=oss">
-<img width="170px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/main/docs/public/img/etc/powered-by-vercel.svg" alt="Powered By Vercel" />
-</a>
-<p align="left">Thanks to Vercel sponsoring this project by allowing it to be deployed for free for the entire Auth.js Team</p>
diff --git a/docs/components/Footer/index.tsx b/docs/components/Footer/index.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ export function Footer({ className = "" }) {
           <h3 className="mb-4 text-lg font-black">Acknowledgements</h3>
           <ul className="flex flex-col gap-2">
             <a href="/contributors">Contributors</a>
-            <a href="/sponsors">Sponsors</a>
           </ul>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/docs/pages/_meta.js b/docs/pages/_meta.js
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ export default {
       typesetting: "article",
     },
   },
-  sponsors: {
-    title: "Sponsors",
-    type: "page",
-    display: "hidden",
-    theme: {
-      typesetting: "article",
-    },
-  },
   404: {
     title: "404",
     type: "page",
diff --git a/docs/pages/concepts/index.mdx b/docs/pages/concepts/index.mdx
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ Auth.js is an open-source project built by individual contributors who are volun
 
 If you would like Auth.js to support a particular feature, the best way to help make it happen is to raise a feature request describing the feature and offer to work with other contributors to develop and test it.
 
-If you are not able to develop a feature yourself, you can offer to sponsor someone to work on it.
-
 </Accordion>
 <Accordion title="I disagree with a design decision, how can I change your mind?">
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/sponsors.mdx b/docs/pages/sponsors.mdx
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
