Create a workspace and project

A workspace is your Forest instance. A project is where your team manages work.

Create a workspace

Your workspace is created when you sign up for Forest. You can have one workspace per account.

To access your workspace:

1. Go to forest.tools
2. Sign in with your email or Google account
3. You’re in your workspace

Create a project

Projects are where work happens. You can create multiple projects within your workspace.

1. In your workspace, click Projects in the left sidebar
2. Click Create project or + New Project
3. Enter a Project Name (for example, Q3 2026 Roadmap)
4. Enter a Project Key — a 2–4 character code used in issue IDs (for example, Q3 for Q3 Roadmap)
   • The key appears in all issue IDs: Q3-1, Q3-42, etc.
   • You cannot change the key after creation
5. Click Create

Your project is now created. You can begin adding team members and configuring settings.