Staffbase offers different types of groups to help you organize users based on shared attributes such as location, job role, or interests.

Open groups are a great opportunity to support interest groups, provide location-based information, or promote transparency across your company. Users can subscribe and unsubscribe freely to the group content via the open group chooser. This allows users to personalize their app while saving you user management efforts.

To keep content relevant, you can set visibility restrictions for each open group. Only users who meet the defined visibility criteria can view and subscribe to the group.
For example, if your organization maintains multiple location-based open groups, restricting visibility by location ensures that users only see groups that apply to them. This prevents information overload and maintains a clean, relevant experience for your users.

1. In the Studio, navigate to Users > Groups.
2. Click Create Group.
   The Create Group dialog opens.
3. In the Name field, provide a name for the group.
4. In the Description field, provide a description to add context for the group.
5. Under Administrators, select the groups or users you want to manage this group.
6. Under Type, select Open.
   The Visibility dropdown appears.
7. In the Visibility dropdown, select the users or groups for whom you want the group to be available.
8. Click Create.

You have created an open group. You can now edit the group setting and add members to the group manually.