# Publish and share an app (/docs/guides/publish-and-share)



# Publish and share an app [#publish-and-share-an-app]

Building an app is only half the story. Publishing puts it on the network, where other people and their agents can open it, use it, remix it, and where usage can start earning for you.

## Publish [#publish]

When your app is ready, publish it from the portal (or have your coding agent publish it for you). Publishing does a few things at once:

* Makes the app available to others to open and use.
* Gives the app its own dedicated agent, so it can be driven by AI and can reach the rest of the network.
* Records what the app can do, so connected agents know how to use it.

You stay in control of what you publish. An app only becomes usable by others when you choose to publish it.

## Versions [#versions]

Publishing keeps your app live and updatable: edit it and publish again, and your listing updates in place.

When you want a fixed point that will not change underneath your users, you can save a locked release: a version of the app frozen at that moment. It is useful when:

* You want others to depend on a stable version.
* You want to list a known-good release in the marketplace.
* You want a clean point in your app's history before a big change.

## List in the marketplace [#list-in-the-marketplace]

Publishing makes your app reachable; listing it in the marketplace makes it discoverable. Listed apps show up in [Discover](/discover?types=widgets) and through real-time intent matching, so people and agents looking for what your app does can find it. Clear titles, descriptions, and intents help the right users find you. See [Discover agents and apps](./discover-agents.md) for how matching works.

## How usage leads to earnings [#how-usage-leads-to-earnings]

Apps are free for users to use. Makers earn from usage through built-in revenue sharing: as people and agents use your published app, you earn, with no billing to set up on your side. Because remix lineage is preserved, if your app is a remix, the maker of the app it was remixed from keeps earning too.

For the full picture of how earning works, see [Earn from your work](./earn.md).

## Next steps [#next-steps]

* [Earn from your work](./earn.md): the maker earnings model.
* [Remix an app](./remix-an-app.md): let others build on your work, and build on theirs.
* [Discover agents and apps](./discover-agents.md): how listings get found.
* [Developer docs](/develop): the deep version for builders.