Once your workspace is created, you can configure it to match exactly how your organisation works. Nestr doesn’t force a single way of working on your team — instead, the Applications tab lets you pick and choose the features that make sense for you. Whether you practise Holacracy, Sociocracy, or your own flavour of self-management, you enable only what you need and leave the rest off.
This guide covers the key workspace settings, with a focus on the Applications tab.
Accessing workspace settings
Navigate to your workspace.
Click the settings icon (gear) in the left sidebar.
The settings panel opens with tabs on the left.
Only workspace admins and owners can access most settings.
Settings tabs overview
Users — Invite, manage, and remove workspace members
Workspace details — Title, purpose, icon, and description
Plan & Billing — Subscription plan and payment
User Permissions & Domains — Auto-join domains and approval settings
Customize what apps are available to suit your organisational needs.
Applications: customise Nestr to your way of working
Every organisation is different. Some teams run full Holacracy with tactical meetings, governance proposals, and metrics. Others just need a simple project board and a few notes. The Applications tab is where you make Nestr yours — toggle features on or off so the interface shows only what your team actually uses, with no clutter from features you don’t need.
Each application has a simple on/off switch. Some apps reveal additional configuration options when enabled. You can change these settings at any time — enabling an app makes it available across your workspace, and disabling it hides it without deleting any data.
Available applications
Self Organisation — The foundation for structured self-management. Choose between Custom, Holacracy, or Sociocracy mode to match your governance framework. Enabling this unlocks several sub-apps listed below.
Default Circle Roles — Define template roles (Circle Lead, Facilitator, Secretary, Rep Link) that are automatically added when new circles are created. You can also add your own custom role templates.
Domains & Policies — Let circles and roles define the properties they own (domains) and the rules for how others may interact with them (policies).
Circle Meetings — Run structured tactical and governance meetings with built-in agenda processing, tension rounds, and optional auto-closing of governance proposals.
Checklists — Track recurring tasks and responsibilities for each role, reviewed during tactical meetings.
Metrics — Define measurable indicators for each role to monitor the health of a circle over time.
Projects & Todos — Capture and track projects and action items across your workspace with board and list views.
Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) — Set strategic objectives for circles and teams and track the key results needed to achieve them. (Pro plan)
Notes — Add documentation pages to circles, teams, and roles so your team can capture and share relevant information.
Feed — Add a communication feed to circles and roles, giving your team configurable channels for updates and discussions.
Insights — Gain analytics into your organisation’s health — track contributions, governance activity, and operational performance per circle and per user.
Feedback — Enable peer feedback so your team can give and receive personal and role-based feedback using built-in or custom feedback forms. (Pro plan)
Sub-apps under Self Organisation
Some of the applications above are grouped under Self Organisation. When you enable Self Organisation, it unlocks access to Default Circle Roles, Domains & Policies, Circle Meetings, Checklists, Metrics, and Insights. You can then toggle each sub-app independently — for example, you might use Circle Meetings and Metrics but leave Checklists off.
Integrations tab
The Integrations tab contains apps that connect Nestr to external tools and services, such as API access, SCIM user provisioning, SAML single sign-on, and more.
Managing multiple workspaces
You can be a member of multiple workspaces. Switch between them using the workspace selector in the left sidebar. Each workspace operates independently with its own settings, members, and governance structure.
To create a new workspace, click Add workspace in the workspace selector.
Deleting a workspace
Only the workspace owner can delete a workspace:
Go to Workspace settings → Workspace details.
Scroll to the bottom.
Click Delete workspace.
Confirm the deletion.
Warning: This action is irreversible. All workspace data, including roles, circles, projects, meetings, and governance records, will be permanently deleted.
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