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---
title: Creating an OAuth App
intro: '{% data reusables.shortdesc.creating_oauth_apps %}'
redirect_from:
- /apps/building-integrations/setting-up-and-registering-oauth-apps/registering-oauth-apps/
- /apps/building-oauth-apps/creating-an-oauth-app
- /developers/apps/creating-an-oauth-app
versions:
free-pro-team: '*'
enterprise-server: '*'
github-ae: '*'
topics:
- OAuth Apps
---
{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}
{% note %}
**Note:** {% data reusables.apps.maximum-oauth-apps-allowed %}
{% endnote %}
{% endif %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.developer_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.oauth_apps %}
4. Click **New OAuth App**.
![Button to create a new OAuth app](/assets/images/oauth-apps/oauth_apps_new_app.png)
{% note %}
**Note:** If you haven't created an app before, this button will say, **Register a new application**.
{% endnote %}
6. In "Application name", type the name of your app.
![Field for the name of your app](/assets/images/oauth-apps/oauth_apps_application_name.png)
{% warning %}
**Warning:** Only use information in your OAuth app that you consider public. Avoid using sensitive data, such as internal URLs, when creating an OAuth App.
{% endwarning %}
7. In "Homepage URL", type the full URL to your app's website.
![Field for the homepage URL of your app](/assets/images/oauth-apps/oauth_apps_homepage_url.png)
8. Optionally, in "Application description", type a description of your app that users will see.
![Field for a description of your app](/assets/images/oauth-apps/oauth_apps_application_description.png)
9. In "Authorization callback URL", type the callback URL of your app.
![Field for the authorization callback URL of your app](/assets/images/oauth-apps/oauth_apps_authorization_callback_url.png)
{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@3.0" %}
{% note %}
**Note:** OAuth Apps cannot have multiple callback URLs, unlike {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}.
{% endnote %}
{% endif %}
10. Click **Register application**.
![Button to register an application](/assets/images/oauth-apps/oauth_apps_register_application.png)