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title: "React Native PDF collaboration library | Nutrient SDK"
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# PDF collaboration library for React Native

Nutrient Instant is our prebuilt solution for synchronizing annotations across multiple concurrent users, devices, or sessions. It offers developers a self-hosted solution that handles document viewing on any platform, data management, conflict resolution, version tracking, diffing, and merging. It’s a licensable component that’s included as part of [Document Engine](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine.md), which can be used together with Web SDK.

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## Key capabilities

- **Real time** — Sync edits and annotations to a server or across devices

- **Self-hosted** — Maintain complete control over your data

- **Device agnostic** — Consistent UX across web, mobile, and desktop clients

- **Conflict resolution** — Handle simultaneous concurrent edits

- **Secure authentication** — Easy integration with existing systems

- **Data management** — Separate layer for annotation and form data

- **User permissions** — Fine-grained control over what users can see or edit

## Guides for Instant synchronization

**[Get started with PSPDFKit Instant](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/get-started.md)**

How to get started with PSPDFKit Instant

**[Authentication](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/authentication.md)**

Learn how authentication works

**[Usage](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/usage.md)**

Learn about the Instant API and how to use it for displaying documents

**[Annotation sync](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/annotation-sync.md)**

How to configure annotation synchronization to Document Engine

**[Instant layers](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/instant-layers.md)**

Learn about Instant layers and how they can be used

**[Comments](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/comments.md)**

How to view, add, and delete comments in PDF documents

**[Offline support](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/offline-support.md)**

Learn how Instant works with offline devices or unstable connections

**[Document state](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/document-state.md)**

Learn how a document transitions to different states over its lifecycle

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## Related pages

- [Syncing PDF annotations in React Native](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/annotation-sync.md)
- [Client authentication in PSPDFKit Instant](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/authentication.md)
- [Adding Instant comments to PDFs in React Native](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/comments.md)
- [Create and manage PDF annotation layers in React Native](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/instant-layers.md)
- [Integrating real-time collaboration into your React Native application](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/get-started.md)
- [Nutrient Instant usage on React Native](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/usage.md)
- [Instant sync and document state in React Native](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/document-state.md)
- [Offline PDF annotations with sync on React Native](/guides/react-native/instant-synchronization/offline-support.md)