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head.title: Public directory
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# Public directory

The `public/` directory is directly served at server root and contains public files that have to keep their names (e.g. `robots.txt`) _or_ likely won't change (e.g. `favicon.ico`).

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This is known as the [`static/`](https://nuxtjs.org/docs/directory-structure/static) directory in Nuxt 2.
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