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Inviting Collaborators

Every project has one owner — the account that created it. The owner can invite other people to work on the same project as maintainers. This lets a team manage apps, databases, and volumes together.

What a maintainer can do​

A maintainer has full access to the project's resources. A maintainer can:

  • Create, edit, and delete apps, databases, Redis instances, and volumes
  • View logs, metrics, and events
  • Edit shared environment variables
  • Add their own SSH key for bastion access

A maintainer cannot:

  • Manage billing or view invoices
  • Delete the project
  • Invite or remove other members

Those actions stay with the owner.

How to invite someone​

  1. Open your project in the Hostim.dev dashboard.
  2. Go to the Members tab.
  3. In the Invite a collaborator box, enter the person's email address.
  4. Click Invite.

Hostim sends an email to that address with an invitation link. You can invite someone who already has a Hostim account, or someone who does not have one yet.

Accepting an invite​

The invited person clicks the link in the email. Then:

  • If they are not signed in, they are asked to log in or create an account with the same email address the invite was sent to.
  • If they are signed in with the right account, they see an Accept invitation button. After they accept, the project appears in their Projects list.
  • If they are signed in with a different account, they are asked to log out and switch to the correct one.

The invite must be accepted with the same email address it was sent to.

Pending invites​

An invitation stays pending until it is accepted. Pending invites:

  • Expire after 7 days
  • Are listed in the Members tab under Pending invites
  • Can be cancelled by the owner at any time before they are accepted

If an invite expires or is cancelled, the owner can simply send a new one.

Removing a maintainer or leaving a project​

  • The owner can remove any maintainer from the Members tab. The maintainer loses access to the project immediately.
  • A maintainer can leave a project on their own from the same tab using the Leave button.

Removing a maintainer or leaving a project does not delete any apps or data. Only the person's access changes.