Within Teamwork.com, you can import projects from Basecamp into your site using the Basecamp importer.

You can import from Basecamp Classic (also know as Basecamp 1), Basecamp 2, and Basecamp 3.

Click your profile icon in the bottom left corner of your site and select Settings from the pop-out menu.

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Note: Only owner company site administrators can access the site import settings.

In the Settings area, go to the Import tab where you will see a section for Basecamp. Click the Import button to begin the process.

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When prompted, enter your Basecamp URL and login details.

When you start the import, after you've added your Basecamp address, your login details and allow access, you can then choose what account to use and what you'd like to import:

  • All people, or just those users who are in the projects you choose to import
  • All projects, or skip some
  • All items within the projects, or just some (tasks/notebooks/files/messages/events)

Note: Companies are only created when importing from Basecamp Classic. Companies are not imported from Basecamp 2 or 3. In Basecamp 2 and 3, all users will be added to the owner company. If the there are no standard user seats available, then the user is added as a collaborator.

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Note: When importing users, they will be added to your site but not automatically sent an email invitation. An invite will not be sent out unless you manually select the envelope/invite option from the People area of your Teamwork.com site after the import.


Once completed you will receive an email and a success pop-up. 

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If you have already imported a project from Basecamp, you can choose to reimport the project. 

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Options: 

  • Reimport - will overwrite the previous import and any changes that you have made since the initial import. 

  • Update - will import the project from Basecamp, but the existing import will not be overwritten. Changes you have made will remain. Only new project items added in Basecamp will be imported to the project in Teamwork.com.

Note: Basecamp Classic cannot update existing projects. If you select "Import" and the project name already exists, a new project will be created with a number appending the project name. To reimport using Basecamp Classic, first delete the project from Teamwork.com before importing again. 

The activity on your projects in Basecamp won't show up in your Home area activity stream or in the Dashboard tab of each project. You will only see changes made to the content once you've imported it in these areas.

Note: In order to import Basecamp projects to Teamwork.com, you will need to ensure you have an active subscription on your Basecamp account. The reason for this is Basecamp is no longer allowing API access on suspended accounts. Only the Basecamp 3 importer has the option to select files as an option. When importing from Basecamp 1 or 2, your files will be automatically included in the import.

For more information, see: Import Options