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🟢 Create GitHub Account

Sign up for a free GitHub account. GitHub is a cloud-based hosting service that makes it easy to store and share your evolving code projects. There are a large number of features and GitHub (and Git) is widely used in industry.

Go to https://github.com/ and create a new account.

Additional steps below.

Sign up for GitHub

NOTE: School emails may be temporary - you may wish to use a more permanent email.

  1. Open a browser (Safari or Chrome)
  2. Go to https://github.com/
  3. Select Sign up
  4. Enter your email
  5. Create a password
  6. Pick a username (your projects will appear under this name/alias)
  7. Verify your email (they will send a link)

Set Up Security

GitHub asks for 2-factor authentication, which just means confirming sign-in with a short code sent to your device.

  1. Choose Text message (SMS) or Authenticator app.
  2. An authenticator app is a small app on your mobile device that shows a short code.
  3. Common ones are Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator.
  4. If you already have one on your phone, you can use it.
  5. Enter the code they send you
  6. If shown recovery codes:
  7. Select Download to save.

Google Authenticator app icon

Microsoft Authenticator app icon