# Building Clerk Authentication with SSO and PostgreSQL in Encore.ts

DevFeed: [Building Clerk Authentication with SSO and PostgreSQL in Encore.ts](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/clerk-encore-17781.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/clerk-tutorial>)

Author: Ivan Cernja

Published: 2025-11-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Single sign-on (SSO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sso.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Secrets Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/secrets-management.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tracing.md>)

Tags: [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [secrets-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets-management.md>), [sso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sso.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tracing.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial integrates Clerk authentication with Encore.ts. It covers session verification on protected endpoints, SSO and OAuth, PostgreSQL storage for user preferences, type-safe frontend API clients, secrets management, and local or cloud deployment.

## Source excerpt

Production-ready auth with SSO, organizations, and instant deployment