> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.the-meridian.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Social log in

Developers can sign up and sign in with a social account instead of a password. Public beta signup does not require an access request or prior approval.

Meridian supports three providers:

* **Google**
* **GitHub**
* **Apple**

Choose a provider on the sign-in or sign-up screen and authorize with that account. If you sign up socially and later want a password too, you can set one from your account security settings without entering a current password first. See [Password](/password).

## When an account already uses your address

Meridian only links a provider to an existing account by an address the provider has verified.

* **The account's address is verified.** The provider is added to it, and everything else stays as it was.
* **The address was never verified.** Someone signed up with it and never opened the verification email. That may not have been you, so the provider takes the account over: its password, authenticator app, passkeys and sessions are removed, and the address counts as verified. You keep signing in with the provider. If you want a password as well, set one from your account security settings, or use **Forgot password**.


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