Feature Request: Private Shelves and Books #1048

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T23:34:53+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:34:53 +03:00

Originally created by @JtheBAB on GitHub (Feb 19, 2019).

Describe the feature you'd like
It would be cool when a user can create private shelves and books.

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users
At the moment every book is open and not every information want to be shared. You can create roles to change permissions but creating roles for just one user is a overkill. Allowing the user to create private shelves and books will help that the user can use bookstack as personal evernote replacement.

Best regards

JtheBAB

Originally created by @JtheBAB on GitHub (Feb 19, 2019). **Describe the feature you'd like** It would be cool when a user can create private shelves and books. **Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users** At the moment every book is open and not every information want to be shared. You can create roles to change permissions but creating roles for just one user is a overkill. Allowing the user to create private shelves and books will help that the user can use bookstack as personal evernote replacement. Best regards JtheBAB

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OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:34:58 +03:00

@JtheBAB commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2019):

It looks like i can achive this when i create a role that allows access to own and not all shelves, books, ....

@JtheBAB commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2019): It looks like i can achive this when i create a role that allows access to own and not all shelves, books, ....

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:35:01 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019):

Thanks for opening this request @JtheBAB.

As you have found, the *-own permissions can help you here.

In the future, As part of the permission system review shown on the roadmap, I'd like change the permissions page of the items (books, shelves, chapters etc..) so you can add specific roles and users, instead of having to configure all roles, which should help further achieve what you want.

Since this issue is very similar to the existing #747 I'm going to close this to cut down on duplicate ideas.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019): Thanks for opening this request @JtheBAB. As you have found, the `*-own` permissions can help you here. In the future, As part of the permission system review shown on the roadmap, I'd like change the permissions page of the items (books, shelves, chapters etc..) so you can add specific roles and users, instead of having to configure all roles, which should help further achieve what you want. Since this issue is very similar to the existing #747 I'm going to close this to cut down on duplicate ideas.

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