---
title: "Projects"
description: "Create and manage Metalhost projects in the dashboard — workspaces for VMs, bare metal, storage, and keys."
url: "https://metalhost.net/docs/dashboard/guides/projects"
---

# Projects

A **project** is your workspace — VMs, bare-metal leases, disks, SSH keys, and networks all live inside one project. The project picker in the top nav switches your scope across the dashboard.

## Organization vs project

Your **organization** owns billing (wallet, invoices, members). **Projects** isolate resources — most teams use one project per app or environment (`prod`, `staging`). Members see all projects in the org; roles are org-wide ([Team members](https://metalhost.net/docs/dashboard/guides/members.md)).

## First project at signup

The welcome wizard creates your first project automatically. You land on its dashboard after signup. Default quotas are seeded (25 VMs, 50 disks, 10 public IPv4, 1 tenant network per datacenter).

## Create a project

Open the project picker (top nav) → **new project**. Enter a slug and display name. The project starts empty — fund the org wallet (shared across projects) before creating resources.

## Switch projects

Use the project picker anytime. Every page — compute, storage, billing tabs — reflects the active project. Billing usage charts filter to the current project; wallet balance is org-wide.

## Rename and delete

Project settings (gear icon or org settings) let you update the display name. Delete is only offered when the project is empty — remove all VMs, disks, bare-metal leases, and shares first.

> **automation**
>
> CLI: `metalhost project list`, `metalhost project create NAME --org organizations/my-org`. See [CLI → IAM & projects](https://metalhost.net/docs/developers/guides/cli-iam.md).

## What's next

- [How it works](https://metalhost.net/docs/dashboard/overview.md)
- [Create a VM](https://metalhost.net/docs/dashboard/guides/vms-create.md)
- [Networks](https://metalhost.net/docs/dashboard/guides/networks.md)