--- title: Ways to Add Authentication to Your React Apps | daily.dev description: Authentication is an integral part of any public-facing application. It is used to verify if the user on a platform is who they say they are. Several plugins,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ways-to-add-authentication-to-your-react-apps-9lalaylta twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ways to Add Authentication to Your React Apps | daily.dev og:description: Authentication is an integral part of any public-facing application. It is used to verify if the user on a platform is who they say they are. Several plugins,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ways-to-add-authentication-to-your-react-apps-9lalaylta og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9LaLaylTa.png og:image:alt: Ways to Add Authentication to Your React Apps 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. # Ways to Add Authentication to Your React Apps **[Code Like A Girl](https://daily.dev/sources/colkgirl)** · [@soumi7](https://daily.dev/soumi7) · 5 min read · 103 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Authentication is an integral part of any public-facing application. It is used to verify if the user on a platform is who they say they are. Several plugins, widgets, and apps are available for authenticating users on your React app. This article will look at two of these in detail: Frontegg and Okta. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kevinheleodoro** · 0 upvotes > I spent a few hours last week digging through resources to get a better understanding of adding authentication. Great article! Wish I had seen it last week. **@inkblot** · 0 upvotes > neat write up to make adding authentication easy **@alguerocode** · 0 upvotes > Nice **@randyknight** · 0 upvotes > Great ways to add authentication to React apps. Thanks for the info! 😎 **@webdevsop** · 0 upvotes > Awesome ## 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 · 1 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 - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#okta](https://daily.dev/tags/okta) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ways-to-add-authentication-to-your-react-apps-9lalaylta) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ways to Add Authentication to Your React Apps","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ways-to-add-authentication-to-your-react-apps-9lalaylta","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ways-to-add-authentication-to-your-react-apps-9lalaylta"},"datePublished":"2022-02-12T16:09:52.860Z","dateModified":"2022-02-13T07:24:52.699Z","description":"Authentication is an integral part of any public-facing application. 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