FirebaseExtended / FirebaseExtended/reactfire
Spike: Next.js / React Server Components usage guide
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Description
reactfire works with Next.js but the full SSR/RSC story needs exploration before we can write authoritative guidance. Known pieces:
**Solved (client-side patterns):**
- Context providers need `'use client'` for App Router
- Browser-only SDKs (Analytics, etc.) also need `ssr: false` via `next/dynamic` to prevent SSR initialization — see #530
**Needs exploration:**
- How to use Firestore with React Server Components, including serialization constraints (Firestore objects can't cross the RSC boundary as-is)
- Reference: https://firebase.blog/posts/2026/06/firestore-serialization-react
- General guidance for which reactfire hooks are RSC-compatible vs. client-only
Outcome: a "Using reactfire with Next.js / RSC" section in docs covering both the simple `'use client'` pattern and the Firestore SSR serialization approach.
Related: #530, #334
Contributor guide
Research direction
Review related issues #530 and #334, then read the linked Firestore serialization reference. Explore Firestore use with React Server Components and determine which reactfire hooks are RSC-compatible versus client-only. Done means adding a “Using reactfire with Next.js / RSC” documentation section covering the 'use client' pattern and Firestore SSR serialization approach.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- firebase, next.js, react, typescript
- Domain
- documentation, frontend
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100