--- title: Next.js authentication using Clerk, Drizzle ORM, and Neon description: A step-by-step guide to building a Next.js application with Clerk for authentication and user management, Drizzle ORM for type-safe database queries, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-authentication-using-clerk-drizzle-orm-and-neon-57usdhzfm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Next.js authentication using Clerk, Drizzle ORM, and Neon | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to building a Next.js application with Clerk for authentication and user management, Drizzle ORM for type-safe database queries, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-authentication-using-clerk-drizzle-orm-and-neon-57usdhzfm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/57USdHZfm.png og:image:alt: Next.js authentication using Clerk, Drizzle ORM, and Neon og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Next.js authentication using Clerk, Drizzle ORM, and Neon **[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to building a Next.js application with Clerk for authentication and user management, Drizzle ORM for type-safe database queries, and Neon's serverless Postgres for data storage. Covers setting up Neon and Clerk accounts, configuring the Neon serverless driver with Drizzle ORM, generating and applying database migrations with Drizzle Kit, adding Clerk middleware and ClerkProvider to Next.js, and storing user-associated data via Next.js Server Actions. A complete sample app is available on GitHub with Vercel deployment support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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