Show up as an avatar
Drop your avatar on the floor in the morning. That's "coming in." Remote work gets a place to be.
"Got a sec?" still works remotely
Lightweight, open-source
virtual office.
A place for small remote teams to work side by side. See who is around and start a quick conversation without scheduling a meeting. Designed to stay open all day, alongside the tools you already use.
Idle CPU near 0% Light on memory OSS · Apache-2.0
一Why
Virtual offices got
too heavy.
Who's sitting nearby, whether you can speak up right now — things the office made obvious go invisible when remote. Getting them back doesn't take advanced meeting features; it takes a tool light enough to leave running all day.
二Features
What Hiroba does.
See who is around, start a voice conversation, and share your screen in a 1:1 call. Keep your existing meeting tool for video meetings and recording.
See who's where
A persistent roster shows who's here, away, on a call, or do-not-disturb — at a glance.
Walk the floor
Move around a top-down 2D floor. "Walk over and say hi" happens inside the screen.
Voice when you're close
Team rooms are group calls by default. Page anyone with one click, even across spaces.
Light enough to leave on
Idle CPU near 0%, light on memory. Eight hours open and your machine barely notices.
三How
One floor: lobby plus team rooms.
Each org gets one virtual floor with a shared lobby and small team rooms. No maze to learn.
ORGANIZATION (your floor)
Lobby — shared open floor
Team A (~5 people)
Team B (~5 people)
Paging = instant 1:1 across spaces. One click reaches them wherever they are
Lobby is for atmosphere
An open floor with proximity voice. Walk closer and audio fades in — where casual chats happen.
Teams are small voice circles
Team spaces (~5 people) stay connected like a group call. Switch tabs to join or leave the circle.
Paging is a tap on the shoulder
Pick someone from the roster to page — instant 1:1 voice across spaces. DND is respected. One click to hang up.
Voice never hits the server
Audio goes peer-to-peer over WebRTC; the server only relays position and presence. That's why it stays light.
四Light
Why we optimize for lightness.
A presence tool assumes eight hours of uptime. If it's heavy, people close it and you're left with an empty office. Lightness isn't marketing — it's what makes a virtual office work.
0%
Idle CPU
Near zero when still and silent
Light
Resident memory
Designed to stay small, even left running all day
<300ms
Voice latency
Direct P2P — feels natural
Seconds to boot
Startup time
Tauri client — smaller and lighter than Electron
Figures are design targets (NFR-01–05). We'll publish measured results as verification continues.
五Open Source
It's open source.
Server and client are Apache-2.0. Read the code, verify the claims, run your own server.
$ git clone https://github.com/ludo-technologies/hiroba
$ cd hiroba/server && cargo run
✓ hiroba-server listening on 0.0.0.0:8787
# Single binary, no DB. That's all it takes to spin up a floor.- Single binary, no DBRust server with no external deps. Self-host on a corporate LAN in minutes.
- Voice stays off the serverThe server handles position and presence only. Audio is WebRTC peer-to-peer.
- Specs in the openWire protocol (PROTOCOL.md), requirements, and implementation status live in the repo.
- Self-host is first-classSame codebase as hosted. Free, unlimited seats, no feature gating.
六Start
Two ways in.
Hosted (we run it) or OSS self-host (you run it). Two distributions from one codebase.
Recommended
Hosted
Hosted
We operate the infra. Sign in with Google or GitHub, create an org — a 30-day trial starts automatically.
- Google & GitHub sign-in (SSO)
- Org creation, invite links, member management
- Stays connected on corporate networks
- $2/seat/month after the 30-day trial. No credit card required to try.
Open Source
OSS self-host
Run the single-binary server yourself. DB-less, guest entry — works on an internal network in minutes.
- Apache-2.0 (with patent grant)
- Single binary, no external deps (no DB)
- Guest / simple join; OAuth optional
- Setup guide and protocol spec published
七Download
Try Hiroba with your team.
Start with 2–3 people and choose a time to try it together. Your 30-day hosted trial starts when you create an org. No credit card required.
1. Install the desktop app
Each teammate needs the macOS or Windows app. Downloads are served from GitHub Releases; macOS builds are signed and notarized.
2. Create an org and invite your teammates
Sign in with Google or GitHub and create an org. Send its invite link to your teammates so everyone joins the same floor.
3. Get on the floor together
Join at the agreed time, unmute your microphones, and walk over to each other to talk. Try leaving Hiroba open during your next work session.
Download the app
On Windows, one command works too: winget install hiroba
Ready to try a virtual office
for your team?
Start with 2–3 people at the same time. See who is around, walk over, and try a quick conversation. No credit card required.