Can someone view a Claude artifact without a Claude account?

Yes — Claude's Publish creates a public link. Standard HTML artifacts load for anyone with the link, no Claude account required. The limitations are: no expiry control, no password, no view analytics, and published artifacts are indexed by search engines. AI-powered artifacts (ones that call Claude's API at runtime) do require sign-in. For full access control, use ShareDuo.

Can I share a Claude artifact privately?

Not with Claude's native Publish — published links are fully public with no access control. ShareDuo lets you add a password, set an expiry, or use invite-only email verification so only specific people can open the link.

Can I expire a Claude artifact share link?

Yes — through ShareDuo. Pick an expiry window when you upload, and the link automatically stops working after that point. Claude's native Publish has no expiry option.

Can I Share a Claude Artifact?

Yes, you can share a Claude artifact — and Claude's built-in Publish creates a genuinely public link. But there are gaps in what it can do. For a full comparison of all sharing methods, see 5 ways to share a Claude artifact.

Method 1: Claude's Publish button (public, but limited controls)

Claude's Share artifact dialog showing Publish to web and Share with your team options — Claude's native Share dialog — standard HTML artifacts are publicly viewable by anyone with the link.

Claude has a Publish feature built in. Click the share or publish icon on any artifact and Claude generates a link. Standard HTML artifacts — dashboards, calculators, games — load for anyone with that link, no Claude account required. The gaps: there's no expiry, no password, no analytics, and published artifacts can be indexed by search engines. AI-powered artifacts (ones that call Claude's API at runtime) are the exception — those require sign-in.

This method is fine for quick public sharing where you don't need access control. For a deeper look at what 'publish' actually does in Claude, see the dedicated explainer.

Method 2: ShareDuo (works for everyone)

If you want a link anyone can open — no Claude account, no login, no subscription — you need to host the HTML somewhere other than claude.ai.

ShareDuo does exactly that. You paste or upload the HTML, and get a public preview URL that works in any browser.

Download the artifact from Claude (or ask Claude to output the full HTML)
Go to shareduo.com
Drop the file or paste the HTML
Get a link — share it with anyone

For the full setup, see the step-by-step guide.

What types of artifacts can be shared?

Any HTML artifact Claude produces can be shared this way. For a full taxonomy, see all the types of Claude artifacts. Examples include:

Interactive games and apps
Data visualizations and charts
Dashboards
Landing pages and mockups
Calculators and tools
Data tables and reports

Can I share privately?

Yes. ShareDuo lets you add a password to any artifact. Only people who know the password can view the preview. Useful for sharing work-in-progress or client deliverables.

Can I control how long the link stays live?

Yes. When uploading, you choose an expiry window: 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, or 30 days. After that, the link expires automatically. Useful for keeping things tidy.

What happens when someone opens a shared artifact?

The link opens in any modern browser — Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, mobile browsers — and the artifact loads instantly. There's no login prompt, no signup wall, no "create an account to view." The viewer sees exactly what you saw inside Claude's preview pane.

The artifact is fully interactive. Buttons work, form inputs accept typing, charts respond to hover, drag handles drag. Anything that worked inside Claude's pane keeps working on the public URL. ShareDuo serves the HTML on a sandboxed preview subdomain so CDN scripts (Chart.js, Tailwind, Google Fonts) and external libraries load normally.

What recipients won't see: any Claude branding, the conversation that produced the artifact, or your account information. The page is just the artifact. If you've password-protected the link, they'll see a single password prompt before the artifact loads — and nothing else.

ShareDuo password-protected artifact page showing a lock icon, 'Password required' heading, password input field, and View artifact button — A password-protected ShareDuo link — viewers see only this prompt until they enter the correct password.

What about teams or enterprises?

If your whole team is on Claude Team or Claude Enterprise, the native Share button works fine for internal distribution. For standard HTML artifacts, anyone with the link can open them — including people outside your org. The difference is that Claude Team/Enterprise sharing also keeps the artifact connected to your workspace context.

For sharing with clients, vendors, or anyone where you want access controls — password protection, expiry windows, or invite-only email verification — the ShareDuo path is better. Download the artifact's HTML, upload it to ShareDuo, send the resulting link. You can ship a client deliverable that auto-revokes after the engagement, or share a sensitive prototype only with people who have the password.

For organizations with strict compliance requirements, host the exported HTML on infrastructure you control (an internal CDN, a private S3 bucket, or your existing static site host). The exported file is plain HTML — it'll work anywhere a static file server runs.

Quick summary

Method	Works for everyone?	Requires Claude account to view?	Expiry / Password / Analytics?
Claude Publish	Yes (standard artifacts)	No (standard artifacts)	No
ShareDuo	Yes	No	Yes