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Account & Your First Repository

Sign up, then create a new repository on GitHub.

Creating an account

Sign up at github.com with a username, email and password. The free tier covers unlimited public and private repositories.

Create a repository

On GitHub, click New repository, name it, choose public/private, and optionally add a README. The gh CLI does the same from your terminal.

gh repo create my-app --public --add-readme

Naming & visibility

Pick a clear, lowercase-with-hyphens name — you can change visibility (public/private) later under Settings.