Project Visibility and Sharing
Visibility controls who can view your project.
You can keep a build private, share it by link, or publish it for the BrickZap community.
Visibility options
| Visibility | Who can view it | Search/discovery behavior | Best use case |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Private | Only you | Not discoverable | Personal planning, unfinished ideas, private sourcing |
| Unlisted | Anyone with the link | Not intended for discovery | Sharing with friends, buyers, or a small group |
| Public | Visitors and signed-in users | May be discoverable where public projects are shown | Community builds, MOCs, progress journals, shared instructions |
Public builder handles
Your public builder handle is used in project links.
Public project URLs use this format:
``text
/projects/{handle}/{project-slug}
`
Example:
`text
/projects/brickbuilder/castle-dock
``
What is shown publicly
Public visitors may see:
- Project title and description
- Cover image
- Builder handle and display name
- Status and progress
- Total, owned, and missing summary counts
- Public or project-visible updates
- Public instruction downloads
- Follower count
What is not shown publicly
Public visitors do not see private owner inventory details beyond summary counts.
Private updates and private instructions are not shown to public visitors.
Change project visibility
Open the project metadata editor and choose a new visibility.
Use private while planning, unlisted when sharing with a small group, and public when you are ready for wider community viewing.