# Does Discourse support OTP signups
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-otp-signups/372297
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-otp-signups/372297 "2025-06-30T16:23:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-otp-signups/372297/1 "2025-06-30T16:23:48Z")
Does Discourse allow OTP-based signups? Or is it strictly through a link only?
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### Author:  [@sandra.mccollum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sandra.mccollum)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-otp-signups/372297/2 "2025-11-13T22:24:15Z")
I don’t know the answer, however I would like to have a node js app that performed a whitelisted email check, if valid called magic.link, and sent the 6-dgiti code to that email address for authorized user entry to the discourse site. Anyone done this around discourse, I do so with my static html sites.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-otp-signups/372297/3 "2025-11-13T23:58:56Z")
> [@MihirR](#):
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> OTP-based signups
Do you mean single factor authentication via HOTP or TOTP?
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### Author:  [@sandra.mccollum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sandra.mccollum)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-otp-signups/372297/4 "2025-11-14T03:54:39Z")
I meant magic.link OTP via email, and [Discourse Connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true)