About roles in an enterprise
GitHub offers a range of predefined and custom roles for access to enterprise settings and resources.
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Enterprise owner | Can manage all enterprise settings, members, and policies. |
| User | A regular enterprise member with no administrative access. |
People with collaborator access to repositories are listed in your enterprise's "People" tab, but are not enterprise members and do not have access to the enterprise. See Roles in an organization.
Enterprise owners
Enterprise owners have complete control over the enterprise and can take every action, including:
- Managing administrators
- Managing organizations
- Managing enterprise settings
- Enforcing policy across organizations
- Managing security settings
Enterprise owners do not have access to organization settings or content by default, but they can gain access by joining any organization. See Managing your role in an organization owned by your enterprise.
Users
Users have no administrative access to the enterprise by default. They cannot access or configure enterprise settings, unless you assign them a custom role that grants this access.
If a user is a member or owner of any organization, they are listed as an organization member on your enterprise's "People" page. In addition to their access to organizations where they are members, these users can access all repositories with "internal" visibility in any organization in the enterprise. See About repositories.