About installing your own GitHub App

After creating a GitHub App, you can install it based on its visibility.

• Only on this account: The GitHub App can only be installed on the account that created it.
• Any account: You can install this GitHub App on any account you control.

Installing your own GitHub App

1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture.

2. Navigate to your account settings.

   • For an app owned by a personal account, clickSettings.
   • For an app owned by an organization:
     1. ClickYour organizations.
     2. To the right of the organization, clickSettings.

3. In the left sidebar, click Developer settings.

4. In the left sidebar, clickGitHub Apps.

5. Next to the GitHub App that you want to install, clickEdit.

6. ClickInstall App.

7. ClickInstall next to the location where you want to install the GitHub App.

8. If the app requires repository permissions, selectAll repositories orOnly select repositories. The app will always have at least read-only access to all public repositories on GitHub.

   If the app does not require repository permissions, these options will be omitted.

9. If you selectedOnly select repositories in the previous step, under theSelect repositories dropdown, select the repositories that you want the app to access.

   If the app creates any repositories, the app will automatically be granted access to those repositories as well.

10. ClickInstall.