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title: GitHub personal access tokens for TiddlyWiki
date: 2026-10-02
slug: tiddlywiki-tokens
---

If you use the GitHub saver for Tiddlywiki, you will need to generate a Personal Access Token.
Instructions for how exactly to do this, and what permissions you need, are annoyingly hard to come
by in •(date-year (seconds->date (current-seconds))).

1. Click your user icon (top right), then click **Settings**.

2. Scroll down and click **Developer Settings** (bottom of left hand menu) then click _Personal
   access tokens_ → **Fine-grained tokens** on the left.

3. Configure the token:

    * Give the token a name (e.g. “TiddlyWiki saver”)
    * Set it to _No expiration_.
    * For “Repository Access”, select _Only select repositories_ and pick the repo for your
      TiddlyWiki.
    * Under “Permissions”, click **Add permissions**. Select `Contents` and then change its access
      level to `Read and write`.

4. Click **Generate Token** and make sure to save a copy of it somewhere safe.