Paid plan required to publish

The Free plan does not support publishing apps. Upgrade to a paid plan to publish an app.

All new apps are in draft mode by default. Publishing an app pushes changes live to be shared with users.

Publishing an app

Organizations with paid plans can publish apps. To publish your app:

Open the app you want to publish.

Click the Publish button at the top right of GlideOS.

Select who can access the app.

Click Publish again.

To open a published app on a phone, click Share, select Open on phone, and scan the QR code. To install it, tap Share on iPhone or the three-dot menu on Android, then tap Add to Home Screen.

Access Control

You can choose who is allowed access to an app. Public apps can be viewed by people outside of your organization.

Invite only: Only organization members who can view the project, and guests you invite, can open the app.
Anyone can sign up: Any person who has the app link can open it after signing in.
Anyone can open - sign in optional: Any person who has the app link can open it. Signing in is optional.
Anyone can open: Any person who has the app link can open it without signing in.

To invite a guest, enter their email at the top of the Publish or Share panel, choose Guest, and click Invite. A guest can open this app only.

Public apps are on the Plus, Pro, and Enterprise plans.

You can change this at any time by clicking the Publish or Share button at the top right of the app screen and choosing new access settings.

By default, the projects and apps you create are visible to all members in your GlideOS organization. Teammates can discover them from the Home screen, find them in Projects, and open the live app when it’s ready to use.

Public apps can be opened by anyone with the link

Data shown in a public app is accessible to anyone with the link. Only make an app public when the app and its data are safe to share outside your organization.

App URL

GlideOS auto-generates a unique URL when you publish your app. You can change this to a custom URL.

Click the Share button at the top right of GlideOS.

Click the three-dot menu beside the app link and select Customize link.

Add a new URL in the Glide subdomain field and click Save.

To use your own domain instead, enter it under Custom domain and click Connect. GlideOS shows a TXT record that proves you control the domain. Add it at your DNS provider, then click Connect again.

Your own domain needs a DNS record first

Copy the Name and Value GlideOS shows you into a TXT record at your DNS provider. DNS changes can take a few minutes to publish, so you may need to wait before you click Connect again. Once the domain is connected, you can remove the record.

You can change this URL at any time, even after you’ve shared the app with others.

Share new URL

Don’t forget to send users the new link so they can continue to have access.