Creating a new organization is the default action you undertake if you first log in to MonkeyCI. You just have to specify a name, and save to create the organization. You are then also the administrator for the organization, in charge of approving any join requests.

Joining an existing organization is free, but accepting other users in your organization is not available in the free tier. You need a paying subscription to enable it. You can join an organization by clicking the "Join Organization" button in the home screen.

MonkeyCI is free to use up to a certain level. We strive to allow our users to be able to use it for non-commercial projects. Every user can create one organization for free. And each organization receives 1.000 credits per month to spend on their builds. This may be augmented by temporary promotions. These credits remain valid for one year, after which they will expire. This to avoid an endless build-up of unused credits for inactive organizations.

Repositories are the central organization entity of MonkeyCI. Repositories (or repos in short) are linked to a organization, but also to some external Git repository. This repository could be hosted anywhere, but it will most likely be one of the supported platforms (Github, BitBucket).

When you use the user interface, it accesses the MonkeyCI REST API using a token that is generated when you authenticate using one of the supported platforms. However, when you're using the command line interface, or want to access the API using a script, you usually do not have a token available.