Base44 Opens Private Branches to Every Editor
Base44Any editor on a Base44 app can now create a private branch. The branch and its chat stay visible only to its creator until merged. The feature is not available on GitHub-imported apps or in the mobile app.
Key Takeaways
- Any editor on an app can now create a private branch, not just owners or admins.
- Both the branch and its chat are visible only to the creator until merge.
- It supports safe experimentation without exposing unfinished work to teammates.
- Merging works as with other branches, so the private work reaches main on merge.
- The feature is unavailable on GitHub-imported apps.
- It is not available in the mobile app, so branch creation stays a desktop web action.
Private branches for every editor
Base44 now lets any editor on an app create a private branch. Both the branch and its chat remain visible only to the person who created it until they merge. Collaborators can experiment with changes and AI prompts without showing half-finished work to the rest of the team.
What stays private
The branch itself is hidden from other collaborators, and so is the conversation attached to it. When the creator merges, the changes reach the main app in the usual way. This fits the branch workflow Base44 has been building out, which already covers editing in-app agents and testing backend functions on a branch.
Limits
Private branches are not available for apps imported from GitHub, and they cannot be created in the mobile app. The Base44 docs cover the steps under "Creating a private branch" in the working-with-branches guide.