> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.iru.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start here

> Learn what Iru Identity is, how you sign in to your work apps without a password using Iru Access, and the steps to get your account set up for the first time.

**Iru Identity is how you sign in to your work apps.** Your organization uses it
as the single, secure front door to the tools you use every day. You sign in to
Iru once, and from there you can open every app your organization has given you -
without a separate username and password for each one.

You prove it's you with a **passkey** or the **Iru Access** app, using the
fingerprint, face, or screen lock you already use on your device. There's no
password to create, remember, or type. Your apps all live in one place - your
**app dashboard** - ready to open in a click.

That's the whole idea: **one sign-in, no passwords, all your apps in one place.**
Your IT team decides which apps you can reach; you just sign in.

If signing in without a password is new to you, here are the plain-English
answers.

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="What's a passkey?" icon="key">
    A **passkey** is the modern replacement for a password. Instead of remembering
    and typing something, you sign in with the **fingerprint, face, or screen
    lock** you already use on your device. The secret that proves it's you stays
    **on your device** and is never sent anywhere - so there's nothing for anyone
    to steal, guess, or trick out of you. Setting one up is a single tap; so is
    using it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="What's Iru Access?" icon="mobile-screen-button">
    **Iru Access** is a small app from your organization that holds one of those
    passkeys, tied to your device. You register it once from an invitation, and
    from then on it's how you prove it's you when you sign in. It also lets your IT
    team confirm your device is healthy - **without** seeing your personal data
    (see [Your privacy](/en/identity/end-user/your-privacy)). Prefer a plain passkey
    in your browser or operating system? That works too.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Why don't I have a password?" icon="ban">
    Because passwords are the weak link - they get phished, reused, leaked, and
    forgotten. You don't have one here because there's nothing to phish or leak:
    your sign-in lives on your device and is unlocked only by you. Nothing to
    create, nothing to rotate, and nothing a fake login page can trick out of you.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Ready to set up?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Install Iru Access" icon="download" href="/en/identity/end-user/installing-iru-access">
    Get the app and register your device from your invitation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Access your apps" icon="house" href="/en/identity/end-user/accessing-your-apps">
    Open your work apps from your app dashboard - and from Spotlight.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage authenticators" icon="id-badge" href="/en/identity/end-user/manage-authenticators">
    Add a backup device or passkey so you're never locked out.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your privacy" icon="shield-heart" href="/en/identity/end-user/your-privacy">
    Exactly what your organization can and can't see.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>