Docs Dashboard

Visibility and passwords

Every share has a visibility that is one of three tiers: public, unlisted (the default), or members. A share can also have a password, but only when its visibility is unlisted — the password is the only access gate on a URL-anyone-can-guess.

The three tiers

Public

A public share is:

  • Reachable by anyone with the URL.
  • Listed on the owner's public profile page.
  • Served without a noindex header — search engines may index it.

Pick public for content you want discoverable: a portfolio piece, a public note, a blog post. Public shares cannot have a password.

Unlisted (default)

An unlisted share is:

  • Reachable by anyone with the URL.
  • Not listed anywhere except the owner's dashboard.
  • Served with X-Robots-Tag: noindex,nofollow.

Pick unlisted for client deliverables, drafts, and anything you want sharable-by-link but not crawlable.

Important: noindex is a request to search engines, not enforcement. The URL itself is still public — anyone you send it to can read it, and any third-party scraper or cache that ignores noindex headers will see the content. Treat unlisted URLs like unlisted documents, not private ones. For real access control, add a password (only valid on unlisted shares) or use the members tier.

Members only

A members-only share is:

  • Reachable only by:
    • Admins of the share's owner org, OR
    • Users in the share's project via project_members (cross-org viewers count).
  • Anyone else — anonymous visitors, signed-in users with no membership — gets a 404 (no info leak about whether the share exists).
  • Served with X-Robots-Tag: noindex,nofollow.

Pick members when the share contains material that shouldn't be readable just from the URL leaking. Members shares cannot have a password (membership is the gate). To onboard a new viewer, use the Invite button on the share page (admin-only) or POST to /api/v1/orgs/<slug>/projects/<pslug>/members. See invites for the full flow.

Toggling visibility

Web

On the dashboard, open the actions menu (⋯) on the share's row and pick Make public / Make unlisted / Make members. When changing to a tier that doesn't allow passwords (public or members), the dashboard asks you to confirm — the action clears any existing password.

CLI

anchorify visibility my-share public
anchorify visibility my-share unlisted
anchorify visibility my-share members

Switching from password-protected to public or members requires --force:

anchorify visibility my-share public --force

The legacy secret alias still works (anchorify visibility my-share secret) but prints a deprecation note and stores as unlisted.

Passwords

Only unlisted shares can have a password. Setting one means anyone hitting the URL must enter the password before the content renders.

Web

Open the share's actions menu and pick Set password. Leave the field empty to clear an existing password.

CLI

anchorify password set my-share
# prompts for the password (no echo)

anchorify password set my-share --password "ramen-tornado-12"
# non-interactive form

anchorify password clear my-share

Publish-time defaults

Every newly-created share defaults to unlisted. On publish you can override with --visibility public|unlisted|members (or the boolean shortcuts --public / --members).

The --secret boolean still works but prints a deprecation note and stores as unlisted.