YouTrack Server
 

Private and Public Projects

Last modified: 09 October 2024

YouTrack supports both private and public projects.

  • In a private project, access is restricted to a limited set of users and groups. You can hide a private project from all other users in the system.

  • In a public project, issues are visible to anonymous users over the internet.

The visibility for a project is affected by the status of the guest user account. The user who installs YouTrack Server determines the initial status of the guest account when they set the Enable login as guest option during installation. This option is enabled by default. Following installation, an administrator can ban or unban the guest account just like any other user.

Even when enabled, the guest account isn't assigned any default roles. If you want to expose a project to the public and let users browse issues anonymously, an administrator must grant access to the guest user on a per-project basis. For details, see Manage the Guest User Account.