Organize your projects with folders and streamline collaboration with review-only shares: Two of our most requested features are now live in the Typst web app.
by Martin Haug Bringing order into the chaos is always a challenge: Have you ever tried cleaning your apartment without a vacuum? Order without the right tools is almost unachievable! Hence, we have built the tools needed to tidy up your Typst workspaces.
First, we are adding folders for projects to Typst Pro. You can use folders in your personal workspace or a team. Create a new folder in the toolbar and then drag projects into it. You can also use the new, unified project settings modal to move your projects.
Folders have been one of the most sought-after features for the Typst web app. Taking a look at our issue tracker, the feature request for folders had 37 thumbs up, making it the second most requested feature. This tracks with our data: The top 20% of our registered users have about 12 projects on average. Using folders, you can sort your projects by topic, start date, or more. Additionally, some users have been using single-person teams to work around the missing folders. However, this quickly runs into the limitation for maximum teams per account. We would suggest that users with this setup migrate to folders. To learn more about how folders work, check out their docs page.
Another source of chaos beyond project management? Collaboration. When Typst Pro users share a project, they can get feedback as comments by their collaborators. However, so far, people needed the permission to write in your project to leave comments. Today, we are adding a new share link that allows comments, but not other changes to the project. If you are a Typst Pro subscriber, you can create the new review-only share link from the Share modal or change the permissions of existing project members.
Not a Typst Pro subscriber yet but curious to tidy up with folders and review-only shares? The first 40 people to use the code FOLDERS can get a free first month of Typst Pro. You'll also get to use comments, private packages, GitHub, GitLab, and reference manager sync, and more. Subscribe here!
We are looking forward to hearing about your experiences with these new features. Use the "Feedback" button in the "Help" menu and let us know what impact on your workflow these features and Typst have had.
