--- title: "Exploring Authentication in Next.js" url: https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-authentication-in-next-js-2p3p5kxc8 source_url: https://www.robinwieruch.de/next-authentication/ type: article source: "Robin Wieruch" author: "Robin Wieruch" published: 2024-04-02T08:56:24.271Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z tags: ["authentication", "nextjs", "prisma"] reading_time: 17 upvotes: 43 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exploring Authentication in Next.js **[Robin Wieruch](https://daily.dev/sources/robinwieruch)** · [@rwieruch](https://daily.dev/rwieruch) · 17 min read · 43 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post explores the process of implementing authentication in Next.js using Next's App Router, React Server Components (RSC), and Server Actions. It covers the creation of sign-up and sign-in pages, as well as the use of Lucia Auth for session management. The post also discusses the use of Prisma for database access and provides guidance on protecting routes and displaying different navigation items based on the user's authentication status. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#prisma](https://daily.dev/tags/prisma) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-authentication-in-next-js-2p3p5kxc8)