Before you start

Use your own git-host account. If your company’s host is missing, ask an administrator to add it. The steps below show GitHub’s browser sign-in.

Screenshots show the desktop app with sample data.

1. Choose your git host

Open Repositories → Git hosts. Find your host and select Connect.

Repositories → Git hosts: choose Connect. Desktop app · sample data. Select to enlarge.

2. Approve the connection

Firetower opens your browser and shows a code. Enter it on the sign-in page and approve access to the organizations you need. Return to Firetower when you finish.

Use the displayed code to approve GitHub access. Select to enlarge.

3. Confirm your identity

Wait for the host to show connected. Select Identity to review the name and email used for commits.

Connected host and commit identity. Select to enlarge.

4. Find your repository

Open Repositories → All repositories. Find the repository you want to use. If it is missing, check your organization access on the git host.

Find repositories available through your connection. Select to enlarge.

Other sign-in methods

GitLab can use browser sign-in when the instance supports it. Gitea and Forgejo use personal access tokens. When Firetower asks for a token, use its provider link and follow the permissions shown, then paste the token and select Connect.

Next: configure a repository.