gt-admin-user-create(1)

gt-admin-user-create1

Create an account

Usage

gt admin user create [<username>] [flags]

Overview

Create an account. On a terminal, gt asks for a missing username, email address and password; the new account must change its password on its first sign-in unless --must-change-password=false is passed.

Json fields

active, admin, created_at, description, email, full_name, id, location,
prohibit_login, restricted, url, username, visibility, website

Options

--admin[=false]
Administrator privileges (use =false to revoke)

--email=""
Email address

--full-name=""
Display name

-h, --help[=false]
help for create

--must-change-password[=true]
Require password change on next sign-in (use =false to disable)

--password=""
Password (prefer --password-file)

--password-file=""
Read password from file or - for stdin; remove one trailing line ending

--prohibit-login[=false]
Prohibit signing in (use =false to revoke)

--restricted[=false]
Restrict account access (use =false to revoke)

--username=""
Account username

--visibility=""
Profile visibility, by default the instance's default {public|limited|private}

Options inherited from parent commands

--csv[=""]
Output CSV with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--debug[=false]
Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr

--host=""
Gitea instance URL, including any base path

--interactive[=false]
Allow prompts with machine output

-q, --jq=""
Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json

--json[=""]
Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--no-input[=false]
Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions

--sudo=""
Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)

--user=""
Account name on the selected instance

Examples

$ gt admin user create carol --email [email protected]
# read the password from a file instead of a prompt
$ gt admin user create ci-bot --email [email protected] --password-file pw.txt --must-change-password=false

From gitea-cli 1.0.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.