Alice can initialize a *private* repo using the `--private` flag.
```
$ rad init --name heartwood --description "radicle heartwood protocol & stack" --no-confirm --private
Initializing private radicle 👾 repository in [..]
✓ Repository heartwood created.
Your Repository ID (RID) is rad:z2ug5mwNKZB8KGpBDRTrWHAMbvHCu.
You can show it any time by running `rad .` from this directory.
You have created a private repository.
This repository will only be visible to you, and to peers you explicitly allow.
To make it public, run `rad publish`.
To push changes, run `git push`.
```
The repository does not show up in our inventory, since it is not advertised,
despite being seeded:
```
$ rad node inventory
$ rad seed
â•────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Repository Name Policy Scope │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ rad:z2ug5mwNKZB8KGpBDRTrWHAMbvHCu heartwood allow all │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
```