> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rxresu.me/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating an account

> Sign up for Reactive Resume with an email and password, a passkey, or a social account, and choose the username that appears in your public links.

You need a free account to save resumes, cover letters and job applications. Signing up takes under a minute, and you can start building right after.

## Sign up with email and password

**1. Open the sign-up page**

Go to [rxresu.me](https://rxresu.me) and select **Build your resume**. On the sign-in page, select **Create one now**.

If you run your own copy of Reactive Resume, use its address instead of `rxresu.me`.

**2. Fill in your details**

* **Name**: your name as you want it shown in the app (3 to 64 characters). - **Username**: 3 to 64 characters, using
  lowercase letters, numbers, dots, hyphens and underscores. It becomes part of every public resume link, for example
  `rxresu.me/alexmorgan/game-developer`. - **Email Address**: an address you can open. You need it to reset a forgotten
  password. - **Password**: at least 8 characters, up to 64.

**3. Select Sign up**

Your account is created and you are signed in straight away.

**4. Continue to your documents**

A **You've got mail!** screen confirms that a verification link is on its way. Verifying is optional, so you can select **Continue** and start working, then open the link from your inbox later.

![The Create a new account form with Name, Username, Email Address and Password fields, a Sign up button, and Passkey, Google, GitHub and LinkedIn buttons below](https://mintcdn.com/reactiveresume/Frn-Cva3VDpmsDcj/images/guides/creating-an-account/sign-up-form.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Frn-Cva3VDpmsDcj\&q=85\&s=fc759d3baad56e5b2a4c13eba26b1fa3)

![The You've got mail! screen saying to check your email for a verification link, with a note that the step is optional and a Continue button](https://mintcdn.com/reactiveresume/Frn-Cva3VDpmsDcj/images/guides/creating-an-account/check-your-email.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Frn-Cva3VDpmsDcj\&q=85\&s=0d0f630b5922c0e4902453080266d80e)

> [!TIP]
>
> You can change your name, username and email later in **Settings → Account**. Changing your username changes every
> public link you have shared, so pick one you are happy to keep.

## Sign up with a social account

Under **or continue with**, select **Google**, **GitHub** or **LinkedIn** and approve the request on that site. Reactive Resume creates your account from the name, email and photo the provider shares, and picks a username for you. You can change it afterwards in **Settings → Account**.

These buttons only appear when the site has set them up. On a self-hosted copy you may see none of them, or a single button for your organization's sign-in service.

## If sign-up doesn't work

> **The username or email is already taken**
>
> Usernames and email addresses are unique. Try another username. If the email is yours, you already have an account: go back to the sign-in page and use **Forgot Password?** to get back in.

> **The verification email didn't arrive**
>
> Check your spam folder. You can ask for a new link from **Settings → Account**: under the **Email** field, select
> **Not verified yet. Resend the link**. On self-hosted copies without email delivery, the field says so instead, and no
> email is sent.

> **There is no Create one now link**
>
> The site's owner has turned off new sign-ups. Only existing accounts can sign in.

## Next steps

> **[Create your first resume](/guides/creating-your-first-resume)**
>
> Start from a blank page, a sample or an existing file.

> **[Protect your account](/guides/setting-up-two-factor-authentication)**
>
> Add two-step verification or a passkey.


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