---
title: "Using Multiple GitHub Accounts"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-multiple-github-accounts-nazqhki3x
source_url: https://www.cfclrk.com/articles/github_identities.html
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2024-04-08T00:34:29.982Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["github", "git", "ssh"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 10
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Using Multiple GitHub Accounts

**[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 1 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to use multiple GitHub accounts with git by configuring different git configurations for different directories and creating separate SSH keys for each account.

## Full article

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