# Public repositories not displayed under "Explore"

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/public-repositories-not-displayed-under-explore/9818>\
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\
**Created:** [October 1, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/public-repositories-not-displayed-under-explore/9818 "2024-10-01T11:35:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![burningsquirrel-de](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/burningsquirrel-de/32/6298_2.png) [@burningsquirrel-de](https://forum.gitea.com/u/burningsquirrel-de)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/public-repositories-not-displayed-under-explore/9818/1 "2024-10-01T11:35:37Z")

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Hello,  
in my Gitea instance, the public repositories are no longer displayed under “Explore” for visitors. When I entered an URL directly I get a 404.  
However, when I log in with my account, they are shown normally.

I’m not aware of having changed anything in the configuration.  
Gitea is running in an own LXC as a SNAP service and is regularly updated automatically.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Many Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jarv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jarv](https://forum.gitea.com/u/jarv)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/public-repositories-not-displayed-under-explore/9818/2 "2026-02-16T22:13:47Z")

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I had a similar problem and I figured out that I also had to set the visibility to public for the organization that owns the repo, not only the repo itself.

Also make sure to have the `REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW = false` setting in your `app.ini`-file.