Privacy Levels

Note

For private documentation or docs from private repositories, use Read the Docs for Business.

Read the Docs supports 3 different privacy levels on 2 different objects; Public, Private on Projects and Versions.

Understanding the Privacy Levels

Level	Detail	Listing	Search	Viewing
Private	No	No	No	Yes
Public	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note

With a URL to view the actual documentation, even private docs are viewable. This is because our architecture doesn’t do any logic on documentation display, to increase availability.

Public

This is the easiest and most obvious. It is also the default. It means that everything is available to be seen by everyone.

Private

Private objects are available only to people who have permissions to see them. They will not display on any list view, and will 404 when you link them to others.