Managing Multiple Workspaces in Lovable for Teams and Clients

Why managing multiple workspaces matters in Lovable

As you build more projects in Lovable, keeping everything in one workspace becomes chaotic. You might have personal side projects, client projects, and team projects all mixed together. Each uses credits from the same pool, and everyone with workspace access can see every project. Lovable workspaces solve this by letting you create separate environments. Each workspace has its own billing subscription, credit allocation, team member list, and project collection. This is essential for freelancers managing multiple clients, agencies with separate project teams, and founders who want to keep personal experiments separate from their production app. Workspace-level settings include billing plans, team invitations, build secrets for private npm packages, and access controls. Switching between workspaces is fast using the workspace selector in the dashboard, and your projects stay organized without overlap.

• All projects are in a single workspace, making it hard to track per-client credit usage
• Team members have access to projects they should not see because everything is in one workspace
• Billing is confusing because credits from different projects draw from the same pool
• Build secrets and environment configurations bleed across unrelated projects
• No clear separation between development experiments and production applications

Error messages you might see

Before you start

• A Lovable account (free or paid)
• At least one existing workspace (created automatically with your account)
• Admin or owner role if you need to manage billing or team settings

How to fix it

// All projects mixed in one workspace:
// - Personal Blog (experiment)
// - Client A Dashboard (production)
// - Client B Landing Page (production)
// - Test Project (throwaway)

// Workspace: Personal
//   - Personal Blog
//   - Test Project
//
// Workspace: Client A
//   - Client A Dashboard
//
// Workspace: Client B
//   - Client B Landing Page

// Confusion about which workspace is active
// Accidentally opening a client project from the wrong workspace

// Click workspace name → dropdown shows:
// ✓ Personal (current)
//   Client A
//   Client B
//   Agency Team
// Click 'Client A' → dashboard shows only Client A projects

// One workspace on Pro ($25/mo)
// All credits shared across personal and client projects
// No way to track per-client credit usage

// Workspace: Personal → Free plan (5 daily credits)
// Workspace: Client A → Pro plan ($25/mo, 100 credits)
// Workspace: Client B → Pro plan ($25/mo, 100 credits)
// Each workspace's billing is tracked separately

// All team members see all projects in one workspace
// Developer A can see Client B's confidential project

// Workspace: Client A
//   Members: You (owner), Developer A (member), Designer B (member)
//
// Workspace: Client B
//   Members: You (owner), Developer C (member)
//
// Developer A cannot see Client B's projects

Complete code example

1# Workspace Organization Guide
2
3This project belongs to the [Client Name] workspace.
4
5## Workspace Structure
6- Workspace: [Client Name]
7- Plan: Pro ($25/mo, 100 credits)
8- Team: [List team members and roles]
9
10## Project Conventions
11- All environment secrets are workspace-scoped
12- Build secrets for private npm packages: Workspace Settings > Build Secrets
13- GitHub integration is per-project, not per-workspace
14
15## Credit Management
16- Use Plan Mode for planning (1 credit per message)
17- Use Visual Edits for styling changes (no credit cost)
18- Use Dev Mode for small code edits (no credit cost)
19- Reserve Agent Mode credits for feature implementation
20
21## When creating new projects in this workspace:
22- Use consistent naming: [client]-[feature] (e.g., acme-dashboard)
23- Connect to the client's GitHub organization
24- Set environment variables in Cloud tab > Secrets before first build
25
26## Team Rules
27- Only admins can modify workspace billing
28- All members can create and edit projects
29- Use version history to track changes across team members

Best practices to prevent this

• Create one workspace per client or major project group to keep billing and access cleanly separated
• Name workspaces descriptively (Client: Acme Corp, Personal, Agency Internal) so the switcher is easy to navigate
• Assign the minimum role needed — use member for developers, admin for project leads, owner for billing managers
• Check which workspace is active before creating a new project to avoid placing it in the wrong workspace
• Review credit usage per workspace monthly to ensure each client's allocation matches their actual needs
• Use Workspace Settings to manage build secrets separately per workspace so client credentials never cross-contaminate
• If a team member leaves a project, remove them from that specific workspace rather than changing project-level permissions
• Keep a personal Free workspace for experiments and throwaway projects so they do not consume paid credits

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