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Overview

When your app is shared to the web, you can require users to sign in before accessing it. Zite handles authentication for you — no custom login code needed. Screenshot 2026 03 19 At 7 57 19 PM

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Set up authentication

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Share your app to the web

If you haven’t already, enable Share to web.
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Add login

Click Users on top followed by Authentication. Then, click Add login.Screenshot 2026 03 19 At 7 52 20 PMAlternatively, you can type “Add user login” in the chatbox.
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Configure sign-in methods

Choose which methods to enable:
  • Magic link — users receive a sign-in link via email (valid for 10 minutes)
  • Google — users sign in with their Google account
  • SSO — Users authenticate through your organization’s identity provider. Learn more.
Magic link and Google are enabled by default.Screenshot 2026 03 19 At 7 57 40 PM
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Choose who can sign up

Scroll down to see the Who can sign up? section. Then, select one of the ff:
  • Invite only (default) - only users you explicitly add can sign in
  • Anyone - anybody who visits your app can create an account
  • Only allowed domains - only users from specific email domains (e.g., example.com) can sign up
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Publish and deploy

Click Publish on the upper right corner to reflect the changes, then share your app.

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Manage users

You can also specify a list of people who are allowed to use your Zite app. Click Users on the top nav bar followed by Add users. Screenshot 2026 03 19 At 8 04 03 PM Then enter the emails of the users you’d like to add in the popup.

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Require SSO authentication and use custom attributes.

Share to web

Make your app accessible outside your organization.

User sync

Sync app users to a database table automatically.