10th June 2024 | Engineering

Authentication is the first touchpoint when a user tries the product and hence it needs to be smooth and frictionless.

Why Clerk?

• Great DX - Out of the box integrations for React, Node, NextJS.
• Supports modern authentication strategies like - Social logins, Magic links, Passkeys.
• Customizable prebuilt UI components
• Generous startup credits

Approach

Our goals for Authentication & Authorization:

• Quick installation & customization - yet we dont want to be locked in
• We should have full control over tokens and users

These goals meant we adopted an alternative approach to whats mentioned in Clerk’s NextJS documentation

Numiro authentication flow using Clerk