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Accounts and sign-in

What an account is

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An account ties apps and invitations to you personally, not to a password. If you own an app (because your agent deployed it under your name), your account is how Homespun knows that. If someone invites you to a private app they own, your account is how Homespun knows to let you in.

There’s no username-and-password login. You sign in one of two ways, and both start from your email address.

Option 1: sign in with Google

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If your email is a Google account, “Continue with Google” is the fastest option: one click, one confirmation on Google’s own page, and you’re back.

This doesn’t work inside every browser. If you tapped a Homespun link from inside another app’s built-in browser (a chat app, a social app), Google blocks or degrades its own sign-in there for security reasons on Google’s side, not Homespun’s. If the Google button looks disabled or sign-in fails, open the page in Safari or Chrome instead, or use the email option below, which works everywhere.

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Enter your email and Homespun sends you a one-time sign-in link. Click it and you’re in. No password to create or remember.

  • The link expires 15 minutes after it’s sent. Request a new one if it’s gone stale.
  • Once you’re signed in, you generally stay signed in for about a month before you need to sign in again.

Why there’s no password

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Homespun accounts exist to know who you are well enough to gate private apps and attribute what you add to shared collections, they aren’t a place you store other data or manage a profile. A password would be one more thing to lose without adding much: both sign-in options already confirm you control the email address (or Google account) tied to your identity.

Where to go next

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