# Extend User Roles | Remix Firebase SaaS Starter Kit

> Learn how to extend the User Roles in the Remix Firebase SaaS Starter Kit

*Canonical: https://makerkit.dev/docs/remix-fire/development/user-roles*

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The MakerKit Starter has three default roles:

```tsx
export enum MembershipRole {
  Member,
  Admin,
  Owner,
}
```

We use an `enum`, but you can convert this to an object if you need more granular permissions.

The permissions are hierarchical, which means that if we had a role with a lower level (`Readonly`), we would add it before `Member`:

```tsx
export enum MembershipRole {
  Readonly,
  Member,
  Admin,
  Owner,
}
```

When writing permissions between users, we can check if the user performing the action has a greater role than the target user.

You can extend the role above easily by adding your own, for example:

```tsx
export enum MembershipRole {
  Readonly,
  AccountManager,
  Owner,
}
```

Afterward, remember to add the name and descriptions of these roles in the translations file `common.json`:

```json
"roles": {
  "owner": {
    "label": "Owner",
    "description": "Can change any setting, invite new members and manage billing"
  },
  "accountmanager": {
    "label": "Account Manager",
    "description": "Can change some settings, invite members, perform disruptive actions"
  },
  "readonly": {
    "label": "Readonly",
    "description": "Can only read information"
  }
}
```

Learn more about using user roles in your permissions system by checking the role against the user's membership role in your application logic.