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 👾 project in .

✓ Project heartwood created.

Your project's 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`.
```