---
title: Neon Auth
subtitle: 'Authentication, user management, and real-time Postgres sync'
enableTableOfContents: true
tag: beta
updatedOn: '2025-10-10T13:19:39.265Z'
---

Neon Auth brings authentication and user management natively to your Neon Postgres database.

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<Admonition type="tip" title="AI Rules available">
Working with AI coding assistants? Check out our [AI rules for Neon Auth](/docs/ai/ai-rules-neon-auth) to help your AI assistant generate better code for implementing authentication with Neon.
</Admonition>

## Why Neon Auth?

Neon Auth helps you move faster by handling the auth stack for you:

- **Add auth to your app in minutes** — SDKs for Next.js and React
- **No more custom sync code** — user profiles are always up-to-date in your database, ready for SQL joins and analytics.
- **Built-in support for teams, roles, and permissions**.

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## Get started

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<a href="/docs/neon-auth/quick-start/nextjs" description="Quickstart for Next.js" icon="sparkle">Next.js Quickstart</a>
<a href="/docs/neon-auth/quick-start/react" description="Quickstart for React" icon="sparkle">React Quickstart</a>
<a href="/docs/neon-auth/quick-start/javascript" description="Quickstart for JavaScript" icon="sparkle">JavaScript Quickstart</a>
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## Explore Neon Auth

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<a href="/docs/guides/neon-auth-how-it-works" description="How Neon Auth keeps your user data in sync" icon="sql">How it Works</a>
<a href="/docs/neon-auth/demo" description="See Neon Auth in action" icon="screen">Demo & Tutorial</a>
<a href="/docs/neon-auth/best-practices" description="Tips, patterns, and troubleshooting" icon="warning">Best Practices</a>
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## Build with Neon Auth

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<a href="/docs/neon-auth/components/components" description="Components for building with Neon Auth" icon="code">Components</a>
<a href="/docs/neon-auth/sdk/nextjs/overview" description="Next.js SDK and API reference" icon="code">Next.js SDK</a>
<a href="/docs/neon-auth/sdk/react/overview" description="React SDK and API reference" icon="code">React SDK</a>
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## Templates & Demo Apps

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<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase-labs/neon-auth-demo-app" description="Explore the open-source Next.js demo app" icon="github">Next.js Demo App</a>
<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase-labs/neon-auth-react-template" description="Starter template for React + Neon Auth" icon="github">React Template</a>
<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase-labs/neon-auth-ts-template" description="Vanilla TypeScript + Neon Auth template" icon="github">Vanilla TS Template</a>
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