# @firebase/firestore This is the [Cloud Firestore](https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/) component of the [Firebase JS SDK](https://www.npmjs.com/package/firebase). **This package is not intended for direct usage, and should only be used via the officially supported [firebase](https://www.npmjs.com/package/firebase) package.** If you are developing a Node.js application that requires administrative access to Cloud Firestore, use the [`@google-cloud/firestore`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google-cloud/firestore) Server SDK with your developer credentials. ## Documentation For comprehensive documentation please see the [Firebase Reference Docs][reference-docs]. [reference-docs]: https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/ ## Contributing See [Contributing to the Firebase SDK](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) for general information about contributing to the firebase-js-sdk repo and [Contributing to the Cloud Firestore Component](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for details specific to the Cloud Firestore code and tests.