---
url: https://docs.revis.io/getting-started/create-a-project.md
description: >-
  Create a project in your organization, choose who can see it, and change its
  visibility later.
---

# Create a project

A project holds your team's reviews and files. Create one with **New Project** on the **Projects** page, name it, and choose its visibility: who in your organization can see it. Visibility starts at **Discoverable**, and you can change it later.

::: info Before you start

* **Who:** organization Owners, Admins, and Members. Reviewers and Viewers can't create projects: they still see **New Project**, but creating fails with "You don't have permission to create projects in this organisation".
* **Where:** the web app. The desktop app has no **New Project**.
* **You need:** a name for the project.
  :::

## Create the project

1. Open your organization's **Projects** page: select your organization's icon at the top of the sidebar, then your organization's name.
2. Select **New Project**.
3. Enter a **Name**. A **Description** is optional.
4. Under **Visibility**, choose who can see the project. See the table below.
5. Select **Create Project**. The project opens on its **Reviews** page.

revis.io creates the project in your current organization; switch organization first if you need another one. From any page, you can also select **New project** (the **+** next to your organization's name in the organization menu).

## Choose a visibility

| Visibility | Who can open it | Everyone else in your organization |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Private** | Project members, teams added to the project, and organization Owners and Admins | Doesn't see it |
| **Discoverable** (default) | The same people as **Private** | Sees it under **Browse Projects** and can [request access](/getting-started/find-and-open-a-project#request-access-to-a-project) |
| **Public** | Everyone in your organization, with the access their organization role gives them | Can open it too |

**Public** never includes people outside your organization. To give them access, invite them or share a review with them.

### Who manages the project

If you're a Member and choose **Private** or **Discoverable**, you become the project's **Project Admin**, so you can add people and change its settings. If you choose **Public**, you work in it with your organization role, and your organization's Owners and Admins manage it. Owners and Admins aren't added as members; they can already open every project.

## Change the visibility later

Project Admins and organization Owners and Admins can change a project's visibility. Others who can open project settings see the field turned off, with "Changing the visibility requires the Manage settings permission."

::: warning
Restricting visibility takes the project away from organization members who aren't in it. Before you narrow it, add anyone who still needs the project to its members.
:::

1. Select **Project settings**: the gear next to the project's name at the top of the page, or the gear on the project's card on the **Projects** page. The settings open on **General**.
2. Under **Visibility**, choose the new option.
3. If the new option lets fewer people in, revis.io asks **Restrict project visibility?** and says who loses access. Select **Restrict access** to continue, or **Cancel** to keep the current visibility.
4. Select **Save Changes**. Nothing changes until you save; then revis.io shows "Settings saved".