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Private Team Libraries

Create and manage private tool libraries for your organization.

Business Feature

Private libraries are available on the Business/Enterprise plan. They enable teams to share proprietary tools internally without publishing to the public community.

What are Private Libraries?

Private libraries allow your organization to maintain an internal catalog of tools that are only accessible to team members. This is ideal for:

Proprietary Workflows

Share tools that implement company-specific processes without exposing them publicly

IP Protection

Keep algorithms and techniques confidential while enabling internal collaboration

Client Projects

Create project-specific tools that stay within your organization

Quality Control

Test and refine tools internally before deciding to publish publicly

Creating a Private Library

Initial Setup

  1. 1

    Navigate to Team Settings → Libraries

  2. 2

    Click "Create Private Library"

  3. 3

    Name your library and optionally add a description

  4. 4

    Choose access permissions (see Access Control below)

Publishing to Private Library

  1. 1

    Select a tool from your workspace

  2. 2

    Click "Share""Publish to Private Library"

  3. 3

    Select the target private library from the dropdown

  4. 4

    Add tags and documentation, then click "Publish"

Access Control

Fine-grained permissions control who can view, use, and manage tools in your private libraries.

Permission Levels

V
Viewer
Can browse and clone tools to their workspace
C
Contributor
Can publish new tools and update their own tools
A
Admin
Full control - manage library settings and all tools

Team-Based Access

Grant access to entire teams or departments:

Design Team → Contributor access to "Design Tools" library
BIM Team → Admin access to "BIM Workflows" library
All Employees → Viewer access to "Company Standards" library

Discovering Private Tools

Team members can browse private libraries alongside the public community library.

  1. 1

    Open the Library browser in PegBoard

  2. 2

    Use the filter dropdown to switch between Public and your organization's private libraries

  3. 3

    Private tools show a icon to distinguish them from public tools

  4. 4

    Clone to your workspace just like public tools

Version Management

Private libraries support versioning to ensure teams stay synchronized.

Publishing Updates

When you update a tool that's published to a private library:

  • • Previous versions are preserved automatically
  • • Team members receive update notifications
  • • Users can choose to update or stay on current version
  • • Admins can deprecate old versions

Rollback Support

If an update causes issues, admins can rollback the library to a previous version, and all team members will be notified to revert their cloned copies.

Best Practices

  • • Create separate libraries for different departments or project types
  • • Use consistent tagging conventions across your organization
  • • Document tools thoroughly - internal users benefit from context
  • • Regularly review and archive unused tools to keep libraries clean
  • • Consider graduating mature internal tools to public community