# Clerk Vue SDK

The Clerk Vue SDK gives you access to prebuilt components, composables, and helpers to make user authentication easier. Refer to the [quickstart guide](https://clerk.com/docs/vue/getting-started/quickstart.md) to get started.

## `clerkPlugin`

To configure Clerk with Vue, you must initialize `clerkPlugin`. See the [quickstart](https://clerk.com/docs/vue/getting-started/quickstart.md#add-clerk-plugin-to-your-app) for more information.

## `updateClerkOptions()`

The `updateClerkOptions()` function is used to update Clerk's options at runtime. It can be called at any time after [Clerk has been initialized](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/vue/clerk-plugin.md). See the [reference documentation](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/vue/update-clerk-options.md) for more information.

## Custom composables

The Vue SDK provides access to custom composables that include access to the [Clerk](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/objects/clerk.md) object, [User object](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/objects/user.md), [Organization object](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/objects/organization.md), and a set of useful helper methods for signing in and signing up.

- [useUser()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-user.md)
- [useClerk()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-clerk.md)
- [useAuth()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-auth.md)
- [useSignIn()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-sign-in.md)
- [useSignUp()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-sign-up.md)
- [useSession()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-session.md)
- [useSessionList()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-session-list.md)
- [useOrganization()](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/composables/use-organization.md)

## Objects

Learn about the [key Clerk objects](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/objects/overview.md) that power many of Clerk's SDKs.

## Types

See the [reference docs on types](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/types/overview.md) to get more information about the different types available for typing your application.

## Framework-specific SDKs

> If you're building a standard Vue application (client-side only), use `@clerk/vue`. If you're using Nuxt, use the dedicated `@clerk/nuxt` package which includes backend integration.

Clerk offers framework-specific SDKs that are customized to provide the better developer experience and integration with each framework's features. Choose the appropriate SDK based on your framework:

| Framework | Package       | Docs                                                          |
| --------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Nuxt      | `@clerk/nuxt` | [Nuxt SDK](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/nuxt/overview.md) |

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