# Login via Github (and possibly OpenID)

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/login-via-github-and-possibly-openid/6033>\
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/login-via-github-and-possibly-openid/6033 "2022-10-12T15:22:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Utopiah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/utopiah/32/3083_2.png) [@Utopiah](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Utopiah)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/login-via-github-and-possibly-openid/6033/1 "2022-10-12T15:22:43Z")

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I setup few weeks ago my instance and I’m quite happy with it. Yet, for now, it feels lonely so I’m wondering how to facilitate participation [#6 - Verify if adding issues on this Gitea instance is easy for others - text-code-xr-engine - Gitea: Git with a cup of tea](https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/text-code-xr-engine/issues/6)

When I use [try.gitea.io](http://try.gitea.io) I see both Login via Github and OpenID which looks like exactly what I need.

Unfortunately I searched in the documentation and this forum but somehow couldn’t figure out if it was a simple configuration variable, a plugin or something else.

Any pointer appreciated and thanks to all for the amazing work!

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**Author:** ![Utopiah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/utopiah/32/3083_2.png) [@Utopiah](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Utopiah)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/login-via-github-and-possibly-openid/6033/2 "2022-10-17T20:12:16Z")

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If anybody get stuck :

1. logging as admin
2. go to `admin/auths`
3. add an aouth2 type one
4. use a simple name as it’s used in the callback URL
5. select Github as provider
6. fill the required fields, notice the documentation at the bottom
7. test, voila!