To create your first radicle repository, navigate to a git repository, and run the
`init` command. Make sure you have [authenticated](../rad-auth.md) beforehand.
```
$ rad init --name heartwood --description "Radicle Heartwood Protocol & Stack" --no-confirm --public -v
Initializing public radicle 👾 repository in [..]
✓ Repository heartwood created.
{
"name": "heartwood",
"description": "Radicle Heartwood Protocol & Stack",
"defaultBranch": "master"
}
Your Repository ID (RID) is rad:z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji.
You can show it any time by running `rad .` from this directory.
Your repository will be announced to the network when you start your node.
You can start your node with `rad node start`.
To push changes, run `git push`.
```
If we try to initialize it again, we get an error:
``` (fail)
$ rad init
✗ Error: repository is already initialized with remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji
```
Repositories can be listed with the `ls` command:
```
$ rad ls
â•───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Name RID Visibility Head Description │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ heartwood rad:z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji public f2de534 Radicle Heartwood Protocol & Stack │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
```
Public repositories are added to our inventory:
```
$ rad node inventory
rad:z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji
```