KitForStartups offers various ways to authenticate users. One of the most popular ways is to use GitHub OAuth. This guide will show you how to setup GitHub OAuth with KitForStartups.

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Create a GitHub OAuth App

First, you need to create a GitHub OAuth App.

  • Go to GitHub Apps Settings and click on the “New GitHub App” button
  • Give your app a name and description
  • Set the “Homepage URL” to your website / application homepage
  • Add the following “Callback URL”: http://localhost:5173/api/oauth/github/callback (this is for local development)
    • When your application is deployed, you will need to add the a new callback URL for your production environment (eg: https://yourdomain.com/api/oauth/github/callback)
  • Uncheck the “Active” checkbox under “Webhook”
  • Go to the “Permissions and events” tab, and under “Permissions > Account permissions”, set the “Email addresses” permission to “Read-only”
  • Save your changes
  • Click on the “Generate a new client secret” button to generate a new client secret
  • Copy the “Client ID” and newly generated “Client Secret” and save them in the .env file of your application (respectively as GITHUB_CLIENT_ID and GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET)

And that’s it! You can now use GitHub to sign in to your application.

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