--- 💼 **Clerk is hiring!** Would you like to work on Open Source software and help maintain this repository? [Apply today](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clerk)! --- ## 🚀 Get started with Clerk 1. [Sign up for an account](https://dashboard.clerk.com/sign-up?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme). 1. Create an application in your Clerk Dashboard. 1. Spin up a new codebase with one of the [quickstart guides](https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme). This repository contains the SDKs for environment/platforms that Clerk supports. For example, if you want to use Clerk with Next.js, you can install: ```sh npm install @clerk/nextjs # or yarn add @clerk/nextjs # or pnpm add @clerk/nextjs ``` ## 🎓 Learning Clerk Clerk's full documentation is available at [clerk.com/docs](https://clerk.com/docs?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme). - **We recommend starting with the [quickstart guides](https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme).** They'll help you quickly add Clerk to your application. If you're starting a new project and aren't sure what to pick, check out our most popular quickstart: [Next.js](https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/nextjs?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme). - Clerk offers a comprehensive suite of components designed to seamlessly integrate authentication and multi-tenancy into your application. To learn more about **Clerk's components**, check out [the docs](https://clerk.com/docs/components/overview?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme). - Clerk's **organizations** feature provides powerful multi-tenancy capabilities, allowing you to group users, manage roles and permissions, and control access to resources. Perfect for B2B applications, enterprise software, and any multi-tenant system. Learn more [in the docs](https://clerk.com/docs/organizations/overview?utm_source=github&utm_medium=clerk_js_repo_readme). ## 🚢 Release notes Curious what we shipped recently? You can browse the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/clerk/javascript/releases) page or look at the individual `CHANGELOG.md` files inside each package (e.g. [`clerk-js CHANGELOG`](https://github.com/clerk/javascript/blob/main/packages/clerk-js/CHANGELOG.md)). ## 🤝 How to contribute We'd love to have you as part of the Clerk community! 💜 If you'd like to contribute in any way, please read [our contribution guidelines](https://github.com/clerk/javascript/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). They'll show you how to submit issues, make changes to the SDKs, or open pull requests. If you want to add or edit localizations (e.g. how a button text is translated to your language), you can check out the [`localizations` README](./packages/localizations/README.md). ## 📝 License This project is licensed under the **MIT license**. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/clerk/javascript/blob/main/LICENSE) for more information.