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
Featherweight
virtual office.
See who's around at a glance. Walk your avatar over or page someone with one click — it feels like tapping the desk next to you. Idle CPU near 0%, light on memory, light enough to forget it's running all day so everyone can stay on the floor. That's Hiroba.
Idle CPU near 0% Light on memory OSS · Apache-2.0
一Why
Virtual offices got
too heavy.
Video, screen share, recording, integrations — the more features pile on, the harder it is to leave running. A presence tool needs atmosphere and lightness, not advanced meeting features.
二Features
What Hiroba does.
The minimum for a virtual office — presence, atmosphere, and voice. No video meetings, screen share, or recording by design; keep your existing meeting tool for that.
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, create an org, share invite links. Non-technical teams can start fast.
- OAuth sign-in (Google / GitHub, etc.)
- Org creation, invite links, member management
- Stays connected on corporate networks
- Per-seat billing (see pricing)
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
Download the desktop app.
Builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux, served from GitHub Releases. macOS builds are signed and notarized.
Ready to try a virtual office
for your team?
Light enough to leave on without getting in the way. Self-host works today.