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Publishing makes a public, read-only page that anyone can open with the link. Readers don’t need an account.

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Publish

  1. Click Share.
  2. Turn on Publish to web. Only the owner can do this.
  3. Copy the Public URL, or open it.
Turn the same switch off to unpublish. If you publish again later, the link stays the same. The address looks like octonote.ai/pub/how-a-url-shortener-works-kftx8d: your title plus a short code. It can’t be changed.

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Publishing a notebook or project

Publish a notebook and everything inside is public too, including items you add later. Those items show Public via followed by the notebook’s name in their header and Published via notebook in your lists, so it’s never a surprise. To make one private again, move it out of the notebook or unpublish the notebook.

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What readers see

  • Your name, the publish date and the reading time.
  • Upvote and downvote. Anyone sees the counts; voting needs an account.
  • A contents minimap for headings on notes, and for figures on canvases. On phones, a Contents button.
  • Projects open in the view you chose, and readers can switch between Note, Split and Canvas.
  • Notebooks show their notes, canvases and projects as a grid or a list.
  • A link preview card when the page is shared on social media or in chat.
Your name comes from Settings → Account → Name. Your email is never shown. See how many people read it in Analytics.