Concepts
The Typst web application is organized into three main concepts: Projects, users, and teams. This documentation page explains each of these concepts and explains where you can find more information on each.
Projects
Projects are where you work on your documents, write Typst markup, and download PDFs. When clicking on a project in your Dashboard, the project opens in the editor view. There are various ways of starting a new project.
Projects consist of one or multiple files. You can click the Box icon in the sidebar of the editor view to list the files in the project in the file panel. We differentiate between three file types:
- Typst files: These files end in
.typand contain Typst markup. You can edit them with your team in the editor view by clicking on them. You can also choose any Typst file as the previewed file. The Typst file chosen as the previewed file will also be used to export the project when you download the PDF. - Text files: These are files with endings like
.csv,.svg,.json, or.bib. Like Typst files, you can edit them live in the editor view. - Other files: These are files like images (
.jpg,.png,.gif,.svg) or fonts (.ttf,.ttc,.otf). For some formats, we give an overview of the contents of the file if click on them. You cannot edit files like this directly in the Typst web application. Instead, you can upload replacements to make changes. There is an exception for SVG files, that can be converted to editable text files (but converting back to a non-editable image is not possible).
You can share a project with other users through the "Share" modal, accessible from the toolbar. When sharing a project, we create a link that allows anyone who visits it to view and optionally edit the project. If the user of the link was signed in, they will be added to the project members. Project members retain access to a project even if the share link they originally used is deleted. You can view and remove project members in the "Share" modal. If you have a Typst Pro subscription, this modal also offers options to invite by email or to share private packages.
Users
Everyone with a Typst account is a user. User can own projects and be members of teams. When opening Typst, you can view the projects you own. The sidebar will contain a list of the teams you are a member of.
Most settings, like whether spellcheck is enabled, and the text size and font in the editor, are specific to your user account. Other settings, like the chosen theme, are per-device. You can find the various settings associated with your account by clicking the cogwheel in the sidebar to go to your Account Settings, and by clicking the same icon in the editor view sidebar to adjust editing-related settings.
Users can enroll in Typst Pro to add additional features to their account and receive more storage. Some features of their subscription carry over to the people with whom they have shared projects, take a closer look at each of the feature documentation pages for more details.
Teams
Users in Typst can create and join teams to work jointly on a set of projects. Just like a user, a team can own projects. You can switch to view the projects one of your team owns by clicking its icon in the dashboard's sidebar. Each member of the team will be able to create, edit, delete, and share projects as if they were its owner.
You can add more users to a team by email address. When you invite a user on the team settings page, they are sent an email to the address you entered. When they sign into a Typst account with a matching email address, they see your invite and can accept or decline it.
Each member of the team can optionally be an administrator. Only administrators can invite and remove team members and promote them to administrators or demote them to members.
Teams will receive access to editing-bound Typst Pro features like comments if at least one of its administrators is subscribed to Typst Pro.