SQRL: Getting Started Guide

If you are new to SQRL and curious... you've found the right page!

Getting started is as easy as 1...2...3...

Obtain a SQRL app for Android, iOS, Windows, Chrome or Firefox. Create the one SQRL identity you will probably use for the rest of your life. Use your SQRL app and identity to log into various SQRL websites.

Watching SQRL operate might be helpful!

The following user-created videos may give you a sense for the SQRL experience so that you'll know what to expect:

This page contains two videos to give you a sense for using SQRL.



Where do I get a SQRL app?

SQRL apps are under development for all operating systems and devices:



SQRL for Windows by Steve Gibson (GRC) (Download Now).

If you have access to a Windows machine, GRC's SQRL app provides the best startup experience and we strongly recommend that you start with it. The app is feature complete and it contains a great deal of built-in tutorial text intended to help bring new SQRL users up to speed. Once you create your SQRL identity there, you can export your identity to any or all of the other apps.

SQRL for Android by Daniel Persson (Google Play)

by Daniel Persson (Google Play) SQRL for iOS by Jeff Arthur (Get for iOS)

by Jeff Arthur (Get for iOS) SQRL browser extension for Firefox by Jaap (Firefox AddOns)

by Jaap (Firefox AddOns) SQRL browser extension for Chrome by Jaap (Chrome Web Store)

Daniel's, Jeff's and Jaap's apps for Android, iOS, Firefox and Chrome are undergoing rapid development. They are functional but are currently less mature than GRC's SQRL app for Windows and are still missing a number of critical features. But if you're curious... by all means... and you can chime-in with helpful feedback!:

Okay, I've got my SQRL client and I've created my identity, so now what?

Use your SQRL identity by logging into and creating accounts here:

Then hang out here, poke around these forums, and learn more about SQRL!

Everyone here hopes that SQRL is the future. We hope you will, too! Join us.