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# Visibility

**Contents:**

- [Public](#public)
- [Private team](#private-team)
- [Self-hosted, single user](#self-hosted-single-user)

Pick visibility once when you create a wiki. The tree of nodes and the [MCP](page:4409) tools work identically across all three; only who can read and how the wiki is reached differ.

## Public

Anyone reads, search engines index the content, invited authors write. [SEO ships ready out of the box](page:8220): no plugin, no external generator, no extra deploy step.

## Private team

Invited members read and write; everyone else gets a 404. Hidden from search engines and from link unfurls. Suits project workspaces, internal documentation, in-progress drafts, and anything that should stay inside the team until it's ready, or stay there permanently.

## Self-hosted, single user

Runs on your own machine. Same engine, same [MCP](page:4409) tools, no cloud dependency, no accounts: the bootstrapped user owns everything. Suits confidential data, offline work, and personal scratchpads before anything goes public.