# Private Installations?

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 13, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501 "2018-03-13T21:09:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![E.M.Chris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@E.M.Chris](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/E.M.Chris)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501/1 "2018-03-13T21:09:39Z")

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Is it or will it be possible to have non-public Observable, for our organization (employer/employee use) ?  
(locally hosted, not uploaded to the internet/cloud)

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**Author:** ![jjimenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/jjimenez/32/237_2.png) [@jjimenez](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/jjimenez)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501/2 "2018-03-13T22:12:18Z")

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You might take a look at [this thread.](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/export-final-code/109)

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**Author:** ![E.M.Chris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@E.M.Chris](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/E.M.Chris)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501/3 "2018-03-15T18:24:04Z")

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I have read that.  
It would need to be hosted here (gist server, and observable server), rather than uploaded but private.

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**Author:** ![tom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/tom/32/2262_2.png) [@tom](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/tom)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501/4 "2018-03-15T18:51:36Z")

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Our focus will primarily be on:

- Private / group permissions + access on observable
- Making it possible to export/embed cells and notebooks

For instance, with an airgap network, the latter would let you take your analysis completely local. Hopefully that’ll help with that situation.

In terms of self-hosting the application: it could be an option in the far-future, it isn’t something we’re planning on offering anytime soon, for the usual reasons related to debugging, installing, and maintaining that sort of setup.

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**Author:** ![E.M.Chris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@E.M.Chris](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/E.M.Chris)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/private-installations/501/5 "2018-03-15T18:53:21Z")

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TY for the consideration/time.