# Creating an account on GitHub

Create a personal account to get started with GitHub.

## About your personal account on GitHub

To get started with GitHub.com, you need to a personal account and a verified email address.

When creating a free account on GitHub.com, you can also authenticate with Google or Apple - which are the supported social login providers.
For iOS users, even if you have enabled the setting "Hide My Email addresses" for your Apple account, using social login will result in creating a new GitHub account.

Jede Person, die GitHub nutzt, meldet sich mit einem Benutzerkonto an. Ihr Benutzerkonto ist Ihre Identität auf GitHub und hat einen Benutzernamen und ein Profil. Sieh dir beispielsweise das [Profil von @octocat](https://github.com/octocat) an.

Later, you can explore the different types of accounts that GitHub offers, and decide if you need a billing plan. For more information, see [Typen von GitHub-Konten](/de/get-started/learning-about-github/types-of-github-accounts) and [Pläne von GitHub](/de/get-started/learning-about-github/githubs-plans).

> \[!NOTE]
> The steps in this article don't apply to Enterprise Managed Users and users on GitHub Enterprise Server. If your GitHub account has been created by your company, you can skip this article.

## Signing up for a new personal account

1. Navigate to [https://github.com/signup](https://github.com/signup?ref_product=github\&ref_type=engagement\&ref_style=text).
2. Alternatively, click on **Continue with Google** to sign up using social login.
3. Follow the prompts to create your personal account.

During sign up, you'll be asked to verify your email address. Without a verified email address, you won't be able to complete some basic GitHub tasks, such as creating a repository.

Some enterprises create verwaltete Benutzerkonten for their users. You can't sign up for a personal account with an email address that's already verified for a verwaltetes Benutzerkonto.

If you're having problems verifying your email address, there are some troubleshooting steps you can take. For more information, see [Fehlerbehebung bei der E-Mail-Verifizierung](/de/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/troubleshooting-email-verification).

## Next steps

We strongly recommend that you configure 2FA for your account. 2FA is an extra layer of security that can help keep your account secure. For more information, see [Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung konfigurieren](/de/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/configuring-two-factor-authentication).

## Further reading

* [Typen von GitHub-Konten](/de/get-started/learning-about-github/types-of-github-accounts)
* [Pläne von GitHub](/de/get-started/learning-about-github/githubs-plans)