# How can you connect firebase to discourse?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807 "2022-05-23T07:52:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Allen\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Allen_Chen)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/1 "2022-05-23T07:52:23Z")
I’m trying to connect firebase auth with Discourse so that users when login or sign up gets registered in the firebase auth and they can login with the same details.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/2 "2022-05-23T08:18:53Z")
Switch your Firebase app to Identity Platform authentication and use the official Discourse OIDC plugin?
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### Author:  [@Allen\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Allen_Chen)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/3 "2022-05-25T15:43:45Z")
wouldn’t that use Identity Platform instead of firebase database?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/4 "2022-05-25T20:05:30Z")
> **[Differences between Identity Platform and Firebase Authentication | Google...](https://docs.cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/product-comparison)**
“Identity Platform is fully compatible with both Google Cloud and Firebase products. If you are currently using Firebase Authentication and you upgrade to Identity Platform, your app will continue to work with existing Firebase services.”
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### Author:  [@Allen\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Allen_Chen)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/5 "2022-05-27T08:57:07Z")
where can I find the Discourse OIDC plugin?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/6 "2022-05-27T09:17:56Z")
This one?
> [@Discourse OpenID Connect (OIDC)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-authentication-plugin/103632):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse OpenID Connect allows an OpenID Connect provider to be used as an authentication provider for Discourse.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features The plugin aims to provide a minimal implementation of [the specification](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-basic-1_0.html). Specifically, it supports the “Authorization Code Flow”. To get started, follow [the plugin installation instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157), or contact your hosti…
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### Author:  [@Allen\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Allen_Chen)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/7 "2022-06-02T14:38:54Z")
What do I need to put here?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-connect-firebase-to-discourse/227807/8 "2022-06-02T14:40:38Z")
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