Clerk, InstantDB, and Next.js App Router Demo

Introduction

Clerk is a developer-first authentication and user management solution. It provides pre-built React components and hooks for sign-in, sign-up, user profile, and organization management. Clerk is designed to be easy to use and customize, and can be dropped into any React or Next.js application.

InstantDB is a real-time, client-side database that allows developers to easily build collaborative, offline-enabled applications without worrying about backend infrastructure.

Integrating InstantDB with Clerk gives you the benefits of using an InstantDB database while leveraging Clerk's authentication, prebuilt components, and webhooks.

This repository demonstrates how to integrate InstantDB with a Clerk + Nextjs application. For more information, see the guide in the Clerk Docs.

Deploy

Easily deploy the template to Vercel with the button below. You will need to set the required environment variables in the Vercel dashboard.

Running the template

git clone https://github.com/clerk/clerk-instantdb-nextjs

To run the example locally, you need to:

1. Sign up for a Clerk account at https://clerk.com.

2. Go to the Clerk dashboard and create an application.

3. Set the required Clerk environment variables as shown in the example env.example file.

4. npm install the required dependencies.

5. Follow the Clerk + InstantDB integration guide to set up your Instant database.

6. npm run dev to launch the development server.

Learn more

To learn more about Clerk and Next.js, check out the following resources:

• Quickstart: Get started with Next.js and Clerk

• Clerk Documentation

• Next.js Documentation

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