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Signing in

No password: a six-digit code by email, or your GitHub or Google account.

Kōlea has no passwords. You sign in with a code sent to your email, or with a GitHub or Google account you have linked. There is nothing to remember and nothing to leak.

How to sign in with a code

  1. Go to https://kolea.pro and type your address in Email.
  2. Tick Keep me signed in on this device if this is your own computer.
  3. Click Email me a code.
  4. Open the mail, type the six digits in Sign-in code, and click Sign in.

The code works for 10 minutes and only once. If you asked for more than one, use the newest. No code? Click Ask for a new one.

How to sign in with GitHub or Google

On the sign-in page, click Continue with GitHub or Continue with Google. The first time, the provider asks you to approve Kōlea.

To link one to the sign-in you already have:

  1. Open Settings > Security.
  2. Under Linked logins, click Connect GitHub or Connect Google.

From then on either one signs you in. An emailed code always works too. Unlink removes a provider.

How to sign out

Open the person icon at the bottom of the left rail, then click Sign out. To end a session somewhere else, such as a computer you no longer use, see Security.

More than one account

One sign-in can belong to several Kōlea accounts, for example your own and a client's you were invited to. Open the person icon at the bottom of the left rail: the panel names the account you are working in. Click that name to see your accounts and switch.

Things to know

  • While Kōlea is invite-only, signing in with GitHub or Google does not create an account. Use the address your invite went to.
  • The sign-in page answers the same way whether or not an address has a sign-in, so it never tells a stranger who uses Kōlea.
  • Sign-in codes come from Kōlea itself, not from your sending domain, so they arrive before you have set one up.