Public and private projects
In Rabbiit a project is born public, unless you check Private at creation or later in the menu.
The difference is not “everyone on the internet can see it”. It is who inside the account sees that project in the list and can open it.
- Public — shows for whoever the account lets see projects, including in Other projects (projects you are not a member of yet). A regular user accesses public projects and the projects they belong to.
- Private — only the project team can access. Anyone who is not a member cannot open it, log hours, or see that slice.
💡 Making a project private may require the plan’s privacy feature. If the screen shows the upgrade lock, the current plan does not unlock Private.
How to set it at creation
In the New Project modal, Main tab, the checkbox is Private (Only project team can access).
Check it when the work must not appear to the rest of the account — a confidential client, an executive internal project, a pilot that is not operations yet. Leave it public when the whole team can see the name in the list and, if they want, join.
How to change it later
Project modal, where you mark it private
- Open the project.
- Options menu in the header.
- Make project private or Make project public.
The same checkbox exists in Edit project, Main tab.
The Public / Private label appears in the project header.
What changes day to day
| Public | Private | |
|---|---|---|
| Who sees it in the list | Members and, for many people, Other projects | The team only |
| Log hours | Only members | Only members |
| Join on your own | Join project if you already see the project | Nobody gets in who was not added |
| Leave | Leave project — the public project can still appear in Other | Leave removes access |
Being public does not let the whole office log hours. Logging requires membership. Public only decides who can see the project.
An administrator sees every project on the account, including private ones — the summary is in user permissions.
When to use each
Public — day-to-day work, a client the whole team knows, an internal project with nothing to hide.
Private — few people may know the project exists, or only that team may open it.
If the question is “can the collaborator see other people’s hours?”, that is not public/private: it is the account profile and project manager.