# Does OAuth client needs to be published for every users to access Integration?

**URL:** <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/does-oauth-client-needs-to-be-published-for-every-users-to-access-integration/72097>\
**Category:** Atlassian Developer Tools\
**Tags:** oauth2, 3lo, distribution, rest-api, marketplace\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/does-oauth-client-needs-to-be-published-for-every-users-to-access-integration/72097 "2023-08-18T10:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ibuchanan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/atlassiandeveloper/user_avatar/community.developer.atlassian.com/ibuchanan/32/35815_2.png) [@ibuchanan](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/ibuchanan)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/does-oauth-client-needs-to-be-published-for-every-users-to-access-integration/72097/2 "2023-08-18T11:05:23Z")

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Welcome to the Atlassian developer community @AppuSamy,

I think you’ll find my prior post on this to be the explanation you need:

> [@Do I really need to list my OAuth 2.0 (3LO) app on Marketplace to share with other people?](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/do-i-really-need-to-list-my-oauth-2-0-3lo-app-on-marketplace-to-share-with-other-people/69937):
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> I get asked many variations of this question, “I don’t want to make my OAuth 2.0 app public (via Marketplace), but I do want other people to use it. How do I share my app?” Overall, I’m the first to complain that the overall structure of having all that tutorial, guidance, and reference on a single page is quite cumbersome. But I think people get confused most on [the section about distributing apps](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/oauth-2-3lo-apps/#distributing-your-oauth-2-0--3lo--apps). After explaining how to share an app, it also adds: OAuth 2.0 (3LO) apps are installed on a pe…

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