Kinde
The fully integrated developer platform - Auth & Billing
Here’s what went out in September:
Custom OAuth2.0/OIDC connections
Single logout for MS Entra SAML connections
New workflow templates
SDK and API updates
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Kinde support
💬 Ask the Kinde team in the #support channels in Slack or Discord
Here’s what we released in August:
Support for Device authorization flow
Self-serve API keys for users and orgs
Team member roles (paid plans)
Import users in NDJSON format
Pricing table update and bug fixes
SDKs: iOS, Python, PHP, React, Nuxt, Go (coming soon)
Almost here:
Self-serve SSO connections
Kinde CLI
Full details are available in the latest Release Notes.
Here’s what went out in July:
- Scope M2M apps to an organization
- Support for Twilio for SMS MFA
- New security workflows
- Updates to SDKs Java, Python, and React (a big one)
- A few bug fixes
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Kinde support
🤖 AI support. Type @kindeAI to access 24/7 global support in the #ask-kinde-ai channel in Kinde Slack or Discord.
💬 Ask the Kinde team in the #support channels in Slack or Discord
A few days ago, one of our founders sent a brief Slack message and we all hit the panic button:
"[Common AI tool] believes Kinde doesn't support M2M tokens, nor we have docs/SDK to support M2M"
WTF AI?
How could this be? Kinde has supported M2M apps for at least 2 years, as long as our Kinde APIs have been around at least. Our docs reflect this and are fairly clear about our capabilities: You can use M2M apps for our API, your own API, and even scope them to an org so you can adapt them for AI agents. You can quickly customize M2M tokens and do a whole load more.
But it gets worse...
The AI answer he referred to showed our auth capabilities compared to competitors in our sector, and we ended up ranking poorly against them. Some of the things it said we could not do, we definitely can do.
Where did this know-it-all AI get its info from? And what do we do about the lies?
Here's what we did
- We told the AI it was wrong during the conversation and cited the source material proving it. It apologised (lol).
- We checked where the info was located in our docs hierarchy and raised it a level. This matters in ways we were not aware of.
- We reviewed the phrasing that the AI tool used and checked we had similar phrasing in our docs. (It is such a faithful mimic)
- We updated the LLMs.text file that AI uses to scrape top level info from our site. (Tip: get AI to help write yours)
Lastly, we reassured our docs writer (who was feeling bad about the incident) that it was not a failure of content, but an opportunity to think about a new audience when architecting product information.
Did you change AI's mind?
Yeah. A bit. There was an improvement in the answer today. A shift in how accurately we were represented. It will probably be even better tomorrow.
Lessons learned
- Regularly check how your business or product is perceived by AI in relation to competitors
- Tell AI it is wrong and tell it why
- Get fluent in how to structure content for AI (but don't just write for its benefit)
- Buy a cup of strong coffee for your docs writer. They've probably got a bit of work to do. :P
All the billing things
Supporting B2B and B2C (and B2B2C)
Plan creation and management
Feature and pricing control
Stripe payment gateway integration
Pricing table builder (and support for multiple languages)
Billing webhooks and workflows
API billing management
Subscription upgrade and downgrade
Self-serve portal for orgs and users
Your users and organizations can now self-manage their profile and other functions, such as plans and payments. It’s optional to set this up, and you can choose which functions your customers can manage.
Set up a portal for your users
New Account API for managing users via access tokens
Kinde now offers a frontend API called the ‘Account API’. You can surface data in the user’s access token that lets you to control the functions users can access, and how they see your product. Learn more.
New workflow triggers
Pre-user registration workflow trigger
Plan change trigger
Plan cancellation request
SDK and dev tools
Updates to Kinde utilities and management packages
Update to SDKs, including NextJS and Python.
Optimization for AI agents, including updates to llms.txt
Check GitHub for latest updates.
Here’s what we delivered in May.
Configure sessions per organization
If you’re on a Kinde Scale plan, you can now manage sessions per org. You can define if a session persists even after a browser is closed, and how long can lapse before making the organization’s user re-authenticate.
Updates to workflows
If you are not aware of the power of Kinde workflows, you should look into them. Not sure where to get started? We’ve got some more resources for you:
Updated docs detailing everything you need to get started and explore
Clone the Kinde workflow template repo and build your own from there.
Start with one of seven workflow examples and tweak to your liking
Updated list of pages you can override with custom code
Customizing the FULL auth experience for your users is now possible. We’ve added more pages to the list of ones you can change via your code. These include error pages, MFA, and OTP pages.
Business, plan, and profile management UI changes
We’ve moved some self-management functions under an avatar in the bottom left of the Kinde home page. This is where you now go to manage your plan, payments, and team. To add your own Avatar, go to Design > Brand in Kinde.
SDK and DX updates
Updated Kinde js.utils and Kinde Infrastructure (for workflows)
Billing update
No fixed date (we’ve made that error before) but it’s close. Really really close.
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Founding a software startup is hard. Believe us, we’ve seen a few! Before someone can start on their product, they have to build essential infrastructure like user management, release management, experimentation, commerce and billing. These things have nothing to do with their idea but waste their valuable time and money.
We started Kinde because we’re really passionate about this problem. It’s one we’ve faced literally everywhere we’ve worked, from early stage startups to tech legends.
There’s a lot to do, crazy problems to solve and we need a company of giants to get us there. We live our values here and they heavily drive our decision making, and the team that we build. We’re looking for amazing people to join us on our mission to reinvent the way software companies get started and help us build a world with more founders.
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