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Add login to a public app when you need to identify each person who uses it. Zite can handle sign-in with a magic link, Google, or your organization’s single sign-on (SSO). Authentication settings also control who can create an account, how long sessions last, and what people see on the login screen. Invitation and sign-in emails are customized in Notifications and emails.
Authentication is for apps shared to the web. Access to an internal app comes from your organization’s permissions instead.

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Open login settings

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Share the app to the web

If the app is not public yet, share it to the web.
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Open App settings

Open the app and click Settings to open App settings.
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Select Login

Use the Sign-in and Screen tabs to configure sign-in methods and the login screen. Invitation and sign-in emails are in Notifications and emails, not under Login.

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Choose how people sign in

Open the Sign-in tab. The Access section shows the app’s current access setting. Below it, turn each sign-in method on or off. Magic link and Google are on by default. For SSO setup and custom identity-provider attributes, see Single sign-on for your app.
Login settings showing public app access and the Magic link, Google, and SSO sign-in methods

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Choose who can sign up

In the Sign-in tab, scroll to Who can sign up? and choose one option:
Who can sign up settings with Invite only, Anyone, and Only allowed domains options
Custom access rules can allow or block sign-ups beyond this setting. If the app has custom rules, they appear below Who can sign up?.

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Set the session length

The Sessions setting controls how long people stay signed in after they stop using the app. Choose a duration from the dropdown. The default is one year.
Custom access rules and Sessions sections in Login settings
If the app uses custom access rules, this part of the page also shows which rules run before or after sign-up, before sign-in, or during a session check. Click Chat about this to open the chat with those rules attached.

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Customize the login screen

Open the Screen tab to change what appears when someone signs in. You can:
Login screen customization is available on the Business plan and above.
  • Show the logo from your brand kit.
  • Set the login-screen title.
  • Add a short line of supporting text.
Authentication screen settings for the brand kit logo, title, and additional text

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Configure authentication emails

Invitation and sign-in (magic link) emails are no longer configured on the Login Emails tab. Open App settings → Notifications and emails to set branding and sender, preview both emails on the same template used for real sends, and edit the subject, title, message, and button label in place. See Notifications and emails.

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Test sign-in before you publish

Use Preview as user in the preview toolbar to open the app as one of its users. Check the sign-in method, sign-up restrictions, custom access rules, and the experience after login. When everything works as expected, click Publish in the upper right. The changes then apply to people who visit the published app.

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Manage app users

Use the workspace’s Users area to invite people or review the external users who have signed up for an app. See Manage workspace editors and app users.

Related topics

Notifications and emailsCustom access rulesSingle sign-onManage usersShare to web
Last modified on September 21, 2026