# Installing your own GitHub App

You can install a GitHub App that you created on the account that owns the app. If your app is public, the GitHub App can also be installed on other accounts.

## 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. This visibility is not available for apps registered by an enterprise.
* **Any account:** You can install this GitHub App on any account you control. This visibility is not available for apps registered by an enterprise.
* **Only enterprise organizations:** If the GitHub App is owned by an enterprise, you can only install the app on organizations within the enterprise. Organizations where you are an organization owner will appear in the installation options.

## Installing your own GitHub App

1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture.
1. Navigate to your account settings.
   * For an app owned by a personal account, click **Settings**.
   * For an app owned by an organization:
     1. Click **Your organizations**.
     1. To the right of the organization, click **Settings**.
1. In the left sidebar, click **<svg version="1.1" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="octicon octicon-code" aria-label="code" role="img"><path d="m11.28 3.22 4.25 4.25a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06l-4.25 4.25a.749.749 0 0 1-1.275-.326.749.749 0 0 1 .215-.734L13.94 8l-3.72-3.72a.749.749 0 0 1 .326-1.275.749.749 0 0 1 .734.215Zm-6.56 0a.751.751 0 0 1 1.042.018.751.751 0 0 1 .018 1.042L2.06 8l3.72 3.72a.749.749 0 0 1-.326 1.275.749.749 0 0 1-.734-.215L.47 8.53a.75.75 0 0 1 0-1.06Z"></path></svg> Developer settings**.
1. In the left sidebar, click **GitHub Apps**.
1. Next to the GitHub App that you want to install, click **Edit**.
1. Click **Install App**.
1. Click **Install** next to the location where you want to install the GitHub App.
1. If the app requires repository permissions, select **All repositories** or **Only 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.
1. If you selected **Only select repositories** in the previous step, under the **Select 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.
1. Click **Install**.