Restricting Team Members’ Access to Specific Repositories Without Full Organization Access

[marshadkhn]

Problem:
I'm managing a GitHub organization where I need to add members to specific teams, granting them access only to certain repositories within the organization. However, whenever I add someone to a team, they automatically get added to the organization, which seems to give them visibility into more repositories than intended.

Goal:
I want team members to only have access to the repositories assigned to their team. Ideally, they shouldn’t see or have access to all repositories within the organization—only those explicitly permitted for their team.

What I’ve Tried:

• Adding members to teams and assigning specific repositories to those teams, with the expectation that they’ll only see assigned repositories.
• Setting the repositories that shouldn’t be accessible to the team as "Private," hoping that only the assigned repositories would be visible.
• Issue: Despite these steps, team members still seem to have a level of visibility across the organization that I’d prefer to restrict. It appears that simply adding someone to a team implicitly adds them to the organization, which gives them broader access than I’d like.

Question:
Is there a way to set up teams so that members only see the specific repositories they need, without being granted visibility into the entire organization? Or perhaps a workaround to keep team members limited to their assigned repositories?

Any advice or best practices for setting up restricted repository access within an organization would be greatly appreciated!

[PushpikaLiyanagama]

To restrict team members’ access to specific repositories without giving them full organization access, use repository-level permissions. Create teams for specific projects and assign members to these teams with only the necessary roles (like Read or Write). This setup ensures that team members can access only the repositories they need without exposing the full organization.

[marshadkhn]

Lemme try