> ## Documentation index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rxresu.me/llms.txt
> Ask it with GET https://docs.rxresu.me/ask?q=<keywords or question>. Short keywords rank best.
> Use these to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating an account

> Sign up for Reactive Resume with an email and password, a passkey, or a social account, and choose the username that appears in your public links.

You need a free account to save resumes, cover letters and job applications. Signing up takes under a minute, and you can start building right after.

## Sign up with email and password

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the sign-up page">
    Go to [rxresu.me](https://rxresu.me) and select **Build your resume**. On the sign-in page, select **Create one now**.

    If you run your own copy of Reactive Resume, use its address instead of `rxresu.me`.

  </Step>

<Step title="Fill in your details">
  - **Name**: your name as you want it shown in the app (3 to 64 characters). - **Username**: 3 to 64 characters, using
  lowercase letters, numbers, dots, hyphens and underscores. It becomes part of every public resume link, for example
  `rxresu.me/alexmorgan/game-developer`. - **Email address**: an address you can open. You need it to reset a forgotten
  password. - **Password**: at least 8 characters, up to 64.
</Step>

<Step title="Select Sign up">Your account is created and you are signed in straight away.</Step>

  <Step title="Continue to your documents">
    A **Check your email** screen confirms that a verification link is on its way. Verifying is optional, so you can select **Continue** and start working, then open the link from your inbox later.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame caption="The sign-up form. The buttons under it depend on what the site has turned on.">
  <img
    src="/images/guides/creating-an-account/sign-up-form.webp"
    alt="The Create a new account form with Name, Username, Email address and Password fields, a Sign up button, and Passkey, Google, GitHub and LinkedIn buttons below"
  />
</Frame>

<Frame caption="After signing up, you can verify your email now or later">
  <img
    src="/images/guides/creating-an-account/check-your-email.webp"
    alt="The Check your email screen saying to check your email for a verification link, with a note that the step is optional and a Continue button"
  />
</Frame>

<Tip>
  You can change your name, username and email later in **Settings → Account**. Changing your username changes every
  public link you have shared, so pick one you are happy to keep.
</Tip>

## Sign up with a social account

Under **or continue with**, select **Google**, **GitHub** or **LinkedIn** and approve the request on that site. Reactive Resume creates your account from the name, email and photo the provider shares, and picks a username for you. You can change it afterwards in **Settings → Account**.

These buttons only appear when the site has set them up. On a self-hosted copy you may see none of them, or a single button for your organization's sign-in service.

## If sign-up doesn't work

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="The username or email is already taken">
    Usernames and email addresses are unique. Try another username. If the email is yours, you already have an account: go back to the sign-in page and use **Forgot password?** to get back in.
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="The verification email didn't arrive">
  Check your spam folder. You can ask for a new link from **Settings → Account**: under the **Email** field, select
  **Not verified yet. Resend the link**. On self-hosted copies without email delivery, the field says so instead, and no
  email is sent.
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="There is no Create one now link">
    The site's owner has turned off new sign-ups. Only existing accounts can sign in.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create your first resume" icon="file-lines" href="/guides/creating-your-first-resume">
    Start from a blank page, a sample or an existing file.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Protect your account" icon="shield" href="/guides/setting-up-two-factor-authentication">
    Add two-step verification or a passkey.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>