Sharing Items with Others

Please note: this feature is available for paid accounts only, for accounts created on or after 5th February 2021. 

You don't need to invite someone to your account in order to share something with them! Anything can be shared directly with anyone else, whether they're in the Basecamp account or not.

By default, everything is locked down  —  only people with access to a Project or Team site can see what's in it. But occasionally, you need to send something to someone who’s not part of a Project, or show someone something specific when you don’t want them to see the rest of the project. Super simple in Basecamp 3!

Just click the  ••• button for the item you want to share and choose how you want to share it.

You can share it with someone outside the Project, or just bring it to the attention of someone else in the Project (ideal for when you want to point out the item's existence, without adding a comment or assigning a task).

If you have a project with a client set up, you'll also see the option to share the item with the client.

To share it with someone outside of the project, click on the  Get a public link... option, then on the Generate a shareable, public link button.

Copy that link, and text/email/carrier pigeon it to whoever needs to see it! You can click the  See what the public page looks like link to see what they'll see, or the Turn this link off so it won't work anymore link to revoke public access to the page, and the URL won't work anymore.