{"id":4290,"date":"2018-01-19T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/01\/19\/how-to-create-a-new-account-with-github\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:36:02","slug":"how-to-create-a-new-account-with-github","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/git\/how-to-create-a-new-account-with-github\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a New Account with GitHub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned in our <a href=\"\/support\/website\/git\/\">Introduction to Git<\/a>, there are many popular Git hosting solutions available, some proprietary and some free. One of the most popular free Git hosts is GitHub. In this article, we will show you how to <strong>create a new account with GitHub<\/strong>, which you can use to host your remote repositories and even host simple websites for your projects.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Create a New Account with Github<\/h2>\n<p>This articles assumes that you do not have a Github account yet, and you are ready to create one.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><!-- proceed-to-github.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/proceed-to-github.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/proceed-to-github.png\" alt=\"GitHub website\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Proceed to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\">Github.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- click-sign-up.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/click-sign-up.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/click-sign-up.png\" alt=\"click link to sign up\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Click the <b>Sign Up<\/b> link at the top right<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- fill-in-form.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/fill-in-form.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/fill-in-form.png\" alt=\"create GitHub account\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Fill in your desired <em>Username<\/em>, <em>Email Address<\/em>, and <em>Password<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- create-an-account.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/create-an-account.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/create-an-account.png\" alt=\"green Create an account button\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Click <b>Create an account<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- free-account.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/free-account.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/free-account.png\" alt=\"Choose GitHub plan\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>To proceed with a free personal account, click <b>Continue<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- skip-this-step.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/skip-this-step.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/git\/skip-this-step.png\" alt=\"GitHub survey\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Optional: fill out the survey or click <b>skip this step<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well done. You have successfully created your personal Github account. Now you can begin creating projects and distributing your work. From here, Github will provide links to read documentation or to jump into starting a new project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned in our Introduction to Git, there are many popular Git hosting solutions available, some proprietary and some free. One of the most popular free Git hosts is GitHub. 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