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title: GitHub App installations
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allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
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shortTitle: Installations
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intro: 'Use the REST API to get information about {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} installations and perform actions within those installations.'
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topics:
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- API
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miniTocMaxHeadingLevel: 3
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versions:
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fpt: '*'
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ghes: '*'
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ghae: '*'
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ghec: '*'
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---
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## About {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} installations
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A {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} installation refers to any user or organization account that has installed the app. For information on how to authenticate as an installation and limit access to specific repositories, see "[Authenticating as an installation](/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-an-installation)."
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To list all GitHub App installations for an organization, see "[List app installations for an organization](/rest/orgs/orgs#list-app-installations-for-an-organization)."
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