--- title: GitHub account no longer required | daily.dev description: Point-Free now supports passwordless email login instead of requiring a GitHub account. Users who sign up with email can optionally link a GitHub account... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-account-no-longer-required-oogqwg92g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub account no longer required | daily.dev og:description: Point-Free now supports passwordless email login instead of requiring a GitHub account. Users who sign up with email can optionally link a GitHub account... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-account-no-longer-required-oogqwg92g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OoGQwg92G.png og:image:alt: GitHub account no longer required og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub account no longer required **[Point-Free Pointers](https://daily.dev/sources/pointfree)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Point-Free now supports passwordless email login instead of requiring a GitHub account. Users who sign up with email can optionally link a GitHub account afterward from their account settings, and doing so grants a free episode credit redeemable on any subscriber-only episode. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Do I need a GitHub account to sign up for Point-Free now? No, a GitHub account is no longer required to sign up or log in to Point-Free. Passwordless login with just an email address and a one-time code is now supported, and a GitHub account can optionally be connected later from account settings. Connecting GitHub after signing up with email earns a free episode credit redeemable on any subscriber-only episode. _daily.dev helps developers evaluate services like Point-Free without extra account friction to weigh._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub now supports social login with Apple](https://daily.dev/posts/github-now-supports-social-login-with-apple-xqwlt8aov) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Billing can be bypassed using a combination of subagents with an agent definition, resulting in unlimited free premium requests. · Issue \#292452 · microsoft](https://daily.dev/posts/billing-can-be-bypassed-using-a-combination-of-subagents-with-an-agent-definition-resulting-in-unli-99rvvncrq) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/github-account-no-longer-required-oogqwg92g) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GitHub account no longer required","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-account-no-longer-required-oogqwg92g","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-account-no-longer-required-oogqwg92g"},"datePublished":"2026-08-12T17:10:18.089Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:33:43.164Z","description":"Point-Free now supports passwordless email login instead of requiring a GitHub account. 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