What is a Read-only Project?

When Projects are in Read-only state the ONLY actions that are possible by contributors and viewers are:

Files can be downloaded.
Files can be viewed/previewed.
Wiki can be viewed and copied.
Analytics, including views are tracked.
Files in storage integrations (Add-ons) are downloadable.
Connected Citation integrations (Add-ons) are viewable.
Activity logs remain viewable.
Projects are able to be deleted by Project admins.
Registrations created from a project are linked to the project and viewable from public Projects.
View-only links will be able to to be created or deleted by admin contributors.
Project privacy (public/private) settings can be edited by admin contributors ONLY to make private content public.
Existing view-only links will continue to work.

Actions that are not possible for Read-only Projects:

DOIs cannot be created.
Contributor permissions cannot be changed.
You will no longer be able to create a registration from a project only through the Registration workflow or from the Dashboard/workflow launcher.
Components within a project cannot be created or deleted.
Metadata cannot be edited, this includes adding/removing contributors, making changes to title, description, license.
New Storage integrations (Add-ons) cannot be connected.
New Citation integrations cannot be connected.
Project files cannot be uploaded, moved, copied, or deleted.
Wiki cannot be updated or changed .

You can find more help understanding how to manage your Read-only OSF Projects in our OSF Projects Transition Guide.