diff --git a/routers/web/org/projects.go b/routers/web/org/projects.go
index 046100c72e2f5..7b5eef32d83e8 100644
--- a/routers/web/org/projects.go
+++ b/routers/web/org/projects.go
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ func EditProject(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	ctx.Data["title"] = p.Title
 	ctx.Data["content"] = p.Description
+	ctx.Data["redirect"] = ctx.FormString("redirect")
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplProjectsNew)
 }
@@ -273,7 +274,11 @@ func EditProjectPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("repo.projects.edit_success", p.Title))
-	ctx.Redirect(ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/projects")
+	if ctx.FormString("redirect") == "project" {
+		ctx.Redirect(p.Link())
+	} else {
+		ctx.Redirect(ctx.ContextUser.HomeLink() + "/-/projects")
+	}
 }
 
 // ViewProject renders the project board for a project
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/projects.go b/routers/web/repo/projects.go
index 967b81c608516..29bd59c7a3b3e 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/projects.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/projects.go
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ func EditProject(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["title"] = p.Title
 	ctx.Data["content"] = p.Description
 	ctx.Data["card_type"] = p.CardType
+	ctx.Data["redirect"] = ctx.FormString("redirect")
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplProjectsNew)
 }
@@ -275,7 +276,11 @@ func EditProjectPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("repo.projects.edit_success", p.Title))
-	ctx.Redirect(ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/projects")
+	if ctx.FormString("redirect") == "project" {
+		ctx.Redirect(p.Link())
+	} else {
+		ctx.Redirect(ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/projects")
+	}
 }
 
 // ViewProject renders the project board for a project
diff --git a/templates/projects/new.tmpl b/templates/projects/new.tmpl
index c96f948dedfd6..826869ac5daac 100644
--- a/templates/projects/new.tmpl
+++ b/templates/projects/new.tmpl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		<form class="ui form grid" action="{{.Link}}" method="post">
 			{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}
 			<div class="eleven wide column">
+				<input type="hidden" id="redirect" name="redirect" value="{{.redirect}}">
 				<div class="field {{if .Err_Title}}error{{end}}">
 					<label>{{.locale.Tr "repo.projects.title"}}</label>
 					<input name="title" placeholder="{{.locale.Tr "repo.projects.title"}}" value="{{.title}}" autofocus required>
diff --git a/templates/projects/view.tmpl b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
index 14a876d8fd943..474b22a2f14ca 100644
--- a/templates/projects/view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 			{{if or $.CanWriteIssues $.CanWritePulls}}
 				<div class="column right aligned">
 					<div class="ui compact right small menu">
-						<a class="item" href="{{$.Link}}/edit" data-id={{$.Project.ID}} data-title={{$.Project.Title}}>
+						<a class="item" href="{{$.Link}}/edit?redirect=project" data-id={{$.Project.ID}} data-title={{$.Project.Title}}>
 							{{svg "octicon-pencil"}}
 							<span class="gt-mx-3">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.issues.label_edit"}}</span>
 						</a>
diff --git a/templates/repo/projects/new.tmpl b/templates/repo/projects/new.tmpl
index b65601c158905..b53a47dc58e69 100644
--- a/templates/repo/projects/new.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/projects/new.tmpl
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		<form class="ui form grid" action="{{.Link}}" method="post">
 			{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}
 			<div class="eleven wide column">
+				<input type="hidden" id="redirect" name="redirect" value="{{.redirect}}">
 				<div class="field {{if .Err_Title}}error{{end}}">
 					<label>{{.locale.Tr "repo.projects.title"}}</label>
 					<input name="title" placeholder="{{.locale.Tr "repo.projects.title"}}" value="{{.title}}" autofocus required>
diff --git a/templates/repo/projects/view.tmpl b/templates/repo/projects/view.tmpl
index f6bc6e1a42a6e..bef9cb9bf062b 100644
--- a/templates/repo/projects/view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/projects/view.tmpl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 			{{if and (or $.CanWriteIssues $.CanWritePulls) (not $.Repository.IsArchived)}}
 				<div class="column right aligned">
 					<div class="ui compact right small menu">
-						<a class="item" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/projects/{{.Project.ID}}/edit" data-id={{$.Project.ID}} data-title={{$.Project.Title}}>
+						<a class="item" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/projects/{{.Project.ID}}/edit?redirect=project" data-id={{$.Project.ID}} data-title={{$.Project.Title}}>
 							{{svg "octicon-pencil"}}
 							<span class="gt-mx-3">{{$.locale.Tr "repo.issues.label_edit"}}</span>
 						</a>