Adding a collaborator to my free GitHub account?

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I created a GitHub account, and I want to give someone write access so he can push just like me, there is a way to add a collaborator with a free plan? If not, what can I do? (besides buying a paid account, which I'll do in the future)

@klaustopher, Is there any way to purchase just one private repo? Or is the only way to pay a monthly fee perpetually? — Pacerier, Oct 19 '17 at 17:14
@Pacerier No, this is not possible. You pay 7$ a month and get unlimited private repos — klaustopher, Mar 28 '18 at 12:11
As of January 2019, free users can have unlimited private repos. — Thomas BDX, Mar 28 '19 at 15:59
With student account, you can have any number of people in private repos — Rohit Singh, Sep 09 '19 at 08:41

manojlds · Answer 1 · 2020-03-25T08:41:15.563

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Go to Manage Access page under settings (https://github.com/user/repo/settings/access) and add the collaborators as needed.

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answered Oct 27 '11 at 18:12

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All answers are correct, Ill take as correct the first one :p – Artemix Oct 27 '11 at 21:01
The URL is the same, but now (2014) is only a icon and the name is "settings". – Peter Krauss Apr 27 '14 at 11:22
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Dead link in the post – MyDaftQuestions Jan 04 '17 at 10:54
Your link is not working. Please check and refactor it. Thanks @MonaJalal – Hemant Sankhla Jul 17 '18 at 12:57
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It's 2020, there is no more **Collaborators**, it is now **Manage access**. – Gino Mempin Mar 22 '20 at 08:53
Updated for 2020 – manojlds Mar 25 '20 at 08:41

BenKoshy · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-22T23:23:52.797

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answered Mar 13 '19 at 05:57

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score 53 · Answer 3 · edited May 05 '17 at 01:35

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It is pretty easy to add a collaborator to a free plan.

Navigate to the repository on Github you wish to share with your collaborator.
Click on the "Settings" tab on the right side of the menu at the top of the screen.
On the new page, click the "Collaborators" menu item on the left side of the page.
Start typing the new collaborator's GitHub username into the text box.
Select the GitHub user from the list that appears below the text box.
Click the "Add" button.

The added user should now be able to push to your repository on GitHub.

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answered Oct 27 '11 at 18:16

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I have another question here, since we have set private and public keys to authenticate the user how can a collaborator be able to push to the repository unless his public key is saved in my account? Correct me if I am wrong – user525146 Jan 22 '12 at 15:04
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@user525146 The user being added to the repository has to add one or more public keys to their account. When adding the user to your repository, Github automatically adds the user's public keys to your repository and updates the keys if the user updates their keys. – David M. Syzdek Jan 23 '12 at 09:34
It's 2020, there is no more **Collaborators**, it is now **Manage access**. – Gino Mempin Mar 22 '20 at 23:51

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 18:13

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In the repository, click Admin, then go to the Collaborators tab.

answered Oct 27 '11 at 18:13

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score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 13:31

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FYI for future readers. The instructions above are outdated, in particular step 2:
2. Click on Settings button

answered Apr 10 '13 at 13:31

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What are the up-to-date instructions? – Hatchmaster J Aug 09 '17 at 14:25
The answer by @DavidMSyzdek appears to be current. – Al Lelopath Aug 09 '17 at 14:35
The [answer by @Suragch](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60587142/2745495) is now the current. – Gino Mempin Mar 22 '20 at 08:51

score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 15 '17 at 20:18

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Yes the set of instructions above are outdated. For the new GitHub the Settings button must be clicked.

Also the person you try to add as a collaborator must have an existing GitHub account. In other words he should have signed up on GitHub first because it is not possible to send collaboration requests merely by typing in the email address of the collaborator.

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answered May 11 '13 at 13:30

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score 6 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 01 '17 at 07:30

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project link:

https://github.com/your_username/you_repo_name/settings

you will get a page like this, go to Collaborator and add collaborator

answered Jan 01 '17 at 07:30

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It's 2020, there is no more **Collaborators**, it is now **Manage access**. – Gino Mempin Mar 22 '20 at 23:52

Suragch · Answer 8 · 2020-03-22T09:05:54.090

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It's called Manage access now.

Go to your private repo, click the Settings tab, and choose Manage access from the menu on the left. You are allowed up to three collaborators with the free plan.

Note: If the account is an individual account you can still add collaborators that can do a variety of tasks, but a collaborator can't (as far as I know) sign the app in Xcode and submit it to the app store. You need an organization account for that kind of collaborator.

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered May 26 '20 at 09:52

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Please note that Github now allows an unlimited number of collaborators even on a free account. See https://github.com/pricing.

answered May 26 '20 at 09:52

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XMehdi01 · Answer 10 · 2022-04-30T16:58:49.783

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2022 update

Now it's Collaborators under Access tab.

Side Note: Now If you're using GitHub Free, you can add unlimited collaborators on public and private repositories.

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answered Apr 30 '22 at 16:53

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