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Creating GitHub Apps for your enterprise

Learn how to create a GitHub App for your enterprise.

谁可以使用此功能?

Enterprise owners.

You can create a GitHub App under your enterprise account. The app can only be installed on your enterprise or organizations within your enterprise, and can only be authorized by members of your enterprise. The app can't be installed on user accounts.

Step 1: Registering a GitHub App

To create a GitHub App, you must first register the app. See 注册 GitHub 应用.

Apps can also be transferred to an enterprise from a member or organization. To transfer an app, see 转让 GitHub 应用程序的所有权.

Step 1a: Adding an enterprise app manager

Enterprise owners can add enterprise members to an app as an app manager. App managers can manage the app's settings and credentials, but cannot install the app. For more information, see 关于 GitHub App 管理员.

Step 2: Building a GitHub App

After registering a GitHub App, you will want to write code to make your GitHub App do something. For examples of how to write code, see:

You should aim to follow best practices. See 创建 GitHub 应用的最佳做法.

Step 3: Authorizing or installing your GitHub App

Once your GitHub App is registered, you'll need to make it available for use, either through authorization or installation, depending on the app’s purpose.

Enterprise owners and app managers can modify the permissions for apps owned by their enterprise at any time. Permissions changes will be automatically accepted by organizations in the enterprise if the change was made by the enterprise owner. Otherwise, the changes will be accepted only where the app manager is also an organization owner, and an organization owner must accept the update request for all other organizations.

Step 3a: Authorizing your GitHub App

Some GitHub Apps, like Copilot extensions, require authorization but do not need to be installed on an organization. Users in your enterprise can authorize the app to access resources within organizations. However, the app will only have access to GitHub resources where it is installed. See 授权 GitHub Apps.

For apps that require installation to function, you can provide organization owners with an installation link. Once the app is installed, it will have access to the organization's resources. See 共享 GitHub 应用.

Step 4: Installing your GitHub App (if required)

If your GitHub App requires installation (not just authorization), organization owners can use the install link to install the app on their organization. See 从第三方途径安装 GitHub Apps.

If your app uses enterprise permissions, you can install it on your enterprise. To find the installation link, go to the app's settings page in your enterprise account. See 在企业上安装 GitHub App.