How to manage multiple Replit projects

The Replit dashboard displays all your projects in a flat list by default, which becomes unmanageable with more than a handful of apps. Create folders to group related projects. On the dashboard, click the 'New folder' button or use the three-dot menu on any project to move it into a folder. Create folders based on client name, project type, or development stage. For example, create folders like 'Production,' 'Prototypes,' and 'Archived' to separate active work from experiments. You can nest folders and rename them at any time.

Replit enforces different limits based on your plan. The Starter plan allows 10 public development apps with deployments that expire after 30 days. The Core plan supports 100 apps with 50 GiB storage total. The Pro plan supports 100+ apps with expanded storage. Across all plans, you can have a maximum of 20 apps running concurrently. This does not mean 20 deployed apps, it means 20 apps with active workspaces or running processes at the same time. Deployed apps on Autoscale that are idle do not count toward this limit. Plan accordingly if you develop on many projects simultaneously.

Each Replit project consumes RAM, CPU, and storage. Open any project and click the stacked computers icon in the left sidebar to view its Resources panel. The storage allocation is shared across all your projects on your plan. To check overall storage usage, visit account settings. If you are approaching your storage limit, identify large projects by checking their node_modules, build output, and database sizes. Delete unused projects or archive them by downloading as ZIP before deletion to free up storage.

1# Check storage usage of current project from Shell
2du -sh .
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4# Find large directories
5du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -rh | head -10
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7# Clean up node_modules and rebuild
8rm -rf node_modules
9npm install
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11# Clean build artifacts
12rm -rf dist build .cache

Replit's collaboration features let multiple people work on the same project. In the workspace, click the Invite button to add collaborators by email or Replit username. Core plan supports 5 collaborators per project and Pro supports 15 plus 50 viewer seats. Collaborators can see secrets names (but not values unless they are Owners), run the app, and open separate Agent threads. For organizations, shared projects appear in a team workspace accessible to all members. Each collaborator's changes are tracked through the Git integration or Agent checkpoints.

Projects you are no longer actively developing still consume storage and clutter your dashboard. For projects you might need later, download a ZIP backup from the Shell by running zip commands or connect to GitHub to preserve the code. Then delete the project from the dashboard to free up storage and reduce clutter. For projects in a paused state that you expect to return to, move them to an 'Archived' folder rather than deleting them. This keeps your active workspace focused while preserving access to older work.

1# Download project as backup from Shell
2zip -r backup.zip . -x 'node_modules/*' '.cache/*'
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4# The zip file appears in the file tree
5# Right-click it and select Download
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7# Alternative: push to GitHub before deleting
8# Tools > Git > Connect to GitHub > push