FrectonzBloat
139/500Where it landed on the scale
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Summary
A small, working MIT-licensed plugin with 14 releases in its first week, tied to a real local identity system and a hackathon. It has no pricing, no docs beyond the README, and nothing has shipped since August 2025, so it reads as a useful free utility rather than a business.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
Developers building Ethiopian apps have a real reason to want Fayda login, but a free open-source plugin has no way to charge, and it's unclear who would pay for it.
32/100
Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.
Receipts (3)
The plugin came out of the Fayda hackathon, so there's real demand from developers integrating national ID login.
“This is nice. I made the plugin because I am helping as a facilitator on the Fayda hackathon. That's how I got the credentials to make the auth config.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 2 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
It's MIT-licensed with no pricing or payment path, so there's no route to revenue.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
Test credentials are only for development, with a localhost callback, so production use depends on getting approval from the Fayda program.
“Developement Credentials Use this FAN to test your app 6230247319356120. This creds have the callback URL configured to http://localhost:3000/callback so you will need to set up a redirect, that forwards the request to better auth's callback handler. You can read more about this here.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 3 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
The edge is being early with a working Fayda integration and access to credentials through the hackathon. It's a thin plugin over Better Auth that others could rewrite once they have Fayda access.
24/100
Rubric 21–40The only edge is execution, or being first.
Receipts (2)
Access to Fayda credentials came through facilitating the hackathon, which is an advantage but not a lasting one.
“This is nice. I made the plugin because I am helping as a facilitator on the Fayda hackathon. That's how I got the credentials to make the auth config.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 2 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Open-source MIT code that anyone can fork, with no proprietary data or network effects.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
Work ran for about five months, but nearly all the shipping happened in the first week of August 2025, and there's been nothing for over a year.
14/100
- Sustained shipping10/60
Worked on across 5 months.
- Consistency4/40
Updates in 3 of 6 months.
- Quiet
No update for 427 days, so scaled to 20%.
Receipts (2)
Earliest post about it.
“Devtopia #002 is out. In this episode, we are going to be talking to Elroe. She is one of the main engineers working on the core platform at National ID (Fayda). We discussed a variety of topics, from how she got started programming to the various issues they faced in the deployment of the Fayda project. [video]”
Post · @thefrectonz · 8 Mar 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“Developement Credentials Use this FAN to test your app 6230247319356120. This creds have the callback URL configured to http://localhost:3000/callback so you will need to set up a redirect, that forwards the request to better auth's callback handler. You can read more about this here.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 3 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A real, installable plugin exists with 14 releases and a documented setup, though it's narrow and the docs focus on development credentials.
54/100
- It's live20/20
https://github.com/frectonz/fayda responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.
- Real product25/35
A published npm plugin with 14 releases and a README covering redirect configuration works for its narrow purpose, but it's thin and only documented for development credentials.
- Own home0/10
No home found.
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2025-08-06.
- Operations4/15
There's a README with setup notes and a reference implementation repo, but no backend, status page, or API of its own. The reference repo is now archived.
Receipts (5)
https://github.com/frectonz/fayda responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
It's installable with npm install fayda.
“the final form npm install fayda [fayda]”
Post · @thefrectonz · 3 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
14 versioned releases show the plugin was iterated into a usable state.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
Development credentials and redirect setup are documented, which shows it was tested end to end.
“Developement Credentials Use this FAN to test your app 6230247319356120. This creds have the callback URL configured to http://localhost:3000/callback so you will need to set up a redirect, that forwards the request to better auth's callback handler. You can read more about this here.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 3 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
A reference implementation repo shows how to use it.
“Reference implementation. [better-auth-fayda]”
Post · @thefrectonz · 2 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
It's distributed through npm and GitHub, but there's no pricing, revenue, support contact, or policy pages, and nothing suggests the author plans to keep maintaining it.
15/100
- Distribution10/30
Versioned downloadable releases (14 on GitHub).
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
- Revenue0/5
Nothing in the posts mentions customers, payments, or revenue.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support0/8
No support contact found.
- Commitment5/20
One builder shipped a burst of releases in a week and added a reference repo, but there's no roadmap, community channel, or team, and nothing has shipped since August 2025.
Receipts (4)
Versioned downloadable releases (14 on GitHub).
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
A free MIT library with no payment provider or pricing.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
Last push was 2025-08-06, and 14 releases came mostly in the first days.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/frectonz/fayda (opens in a new tab)
Facilitating the hackathon shows engagement with the Fayda community, but no dedicated project channel.
“This is nice. I made the plugin because I am helping as a facilitator on the Fayda hackathon. That's how I got the credentials to make the auth config.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 2 Aug 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)