Describe it, and it restyles itself.
Pick a vibe or just type one. Your room restyles itself from a curated set of themes, materials and window views.
A friend invited you to their group on Hangouts
Invite code
Using the desktop app? Enter this code when you create your account.
That invite link didn't work — it may be mistyped or no longer active. Ask your friend for a fresh one. You're still welcome to look around.
A small clubhouse for the people you actually know
Your friends. Your worlds. Your little corner of the internet.
See who's around, wander over, talk, sit next to a friend while you both work on different things, then go back to your own thing — still connected.
On a phone? Open Hangouts in your phone's browser and add it to your home screen. Show me how
- Free
- No ads
- No tracking
- No algorithmic feed
Not another feed of strangers. Not another Discord server to administrate. Not a metaverse.
A place where your friends exist together, even when everybody's doing their own thing.
A normal evening
Nobody scheduled anything. That's the point.
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8:45 PM
You're working.
Hangouts is open on your second monitor. Nobody needs anything from you.
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9:05
Austin comes online.
His status says
Making music
. You drop into his studio and sit down next to him. He keeps mixing. You keep working. -
9:40
“Anyone wanna play?”
Somebody says it out loud. A minute later it's tennis in the Arcade.
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10:10
Back to the fire.
Everyone ends up around the campfire for a while. No agenda, just the people you like.
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Later
Back to your own thing.
People drift off to their own rooms and projects — still on voice, still together.
Being online is an invitation, not an obligation.
The clubhouse
One cozy little place. Everyone you like is in it.
A cozy isometric 3D clubhouse that belongs to your friend group. Walk around, sit, wave, dance — and bump into each other the way you would in a real place.
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Courtyard
The campfire. Where most evenings end up.
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Lounge
Somewhere soft to sit and talk.
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Arcade
Tennis, against a friend or the CPU.
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Theater
Watch YouTube together, in sync.
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Studio
Work on your own thing, side by side.
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Hallway
A door to everyone's personal room.
Not in a walking mood? Skip it. Everything you can do on foot, you can do from menus.
Presence
See who's around, without being on call.
Presence that respects you. Say how available you actually are, in your own words — and see where your friends are and what they're up to.
- Four honest states. Available, Doing my thing, Away, Busy.
- Status lines in your words. “Making music.” “Free in 20.”
- See where people are. Who's by the fire, who's in the Arcade, who's heads-down in their room.
Around right nowYour group
MayaAvailableCourtyard
AustinMaking musicHis room
DevFree in 20Studio
PriyaDoing my thingGarden
SamAway
Available
Doing my thing
Away
Busy
Voice
Voice that works like a real gathering.
Twelve people around a fire, three conversations going — and you can still follow yours. Spatial voice makes closer louder. Focus brings the people you're talking with forward and softens the rest of the room.
- Address the room when you've got something for everybody.
- Party calls that follow you from room to room.
- Private calls that are truly private.
- Screen sharing while you sit at desks together.
- No router fiddling. Voice is relayed through the server, so it works through home routers without setup.
Around the fire
Focus on: your conversation comes forward, and the rest of the fire softens to a murmur.
Rooms & homestead
A room of your own. A garden that waits for you.
Everyone gets a personal room, and a little homestead outside it that grows at your pace.
Doors mean something.
Your door says how reachable you are, and friends respect it.
OpenCome on in
ClosedKnock first
LockedNot right now
Notes on the board.
Stop by a friend's room and leave a note on their board for when they're back.
A garden that waits.
Plant, come back later, harvest. Crops never die, and you're never punished for being away.
Earn it by hanging out.
Credits and RP come from actually being together, and go toward furniture and decor.
Games
Visits
Calls
Posts
Build something together.
There's a shared community garden, and group projects your whole group chips in on.
- String lights
- Fountain
- Greenhouse
- Outdoor theater
The feed
A feed with only your friends in it.
Quick text, photo, video or screen-recording posts for close friends, friends, or your whole group. Newest first, and that's the entire ranking system.
- No algorithm
- No strangers
- No ads
- A Join button, when it makes sense. If the friend who posted is around, you're one tap from hanging out with them.
Austinjust now
Close friends
New loop. Tell me honestly if the bass is too much.
Austin is in his room right now
Join
Play
“Anyone wanna play?”
Play before complexity. No lobbies, no loadouts — just a quick game with whoever's around, and then back to the fire.
- Tennis in the Arcade. Play a friend online, or warm up against the CPU.
- Flow Controls on phones. Move and swing with one thumb that never lifts.
- Watch together in the Theater. Synchronized YouTube, so everybody laughs at the same time.
Flow Controls: one thumb, never lifts
On your desk
Keep it around, your way.
Hangouts is built to sit in the corner of your evening, not take it over. Three ways to keep it around on desktop.
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Full World
The whole clubhouse, front and center, for when hanging out is the plan.
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Desktop Companion
A slim window for your second monitor. Glance over, see who's around.
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Mini Popout
Tiny, and always on top. Your friends in the corner of whatever you're doing.
Away from your desk? Hangouts also works in mobile browsers and installs to your phone's home screen.
Why it's like this
Small, on purpose.
- Close before broad.
- Presence before performance.
- Play before complexity.
- Together, even when doing different things.
- Being online is an invitation, not an obligation.
What we steer clear of
- A feed of strangers. Everyone here is someone you actually know.
- Another Discord server to administrate. It's a clubhouse, not a second job.
- A metaverse. It's one small place, for one group of friends.
- Ads, tracking and algorithmic feeds. None. It's hosted by a friend, for friends.
- Guilt. Your crops never die, and nothing punishes you for being away.
Get Hangouts
Come on in. The fire's going.
Free. Install it like a regular program, or open it right in your browser.
Windows desktop app
Installs like any regular program. The comfiest way to keep Hangouts open on a second monitor.
Download for Windows
A heads-up for first run. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say “Windows protected your PC.” That's expected for now: click More info, then Run anyway.
In your browser
Nothing to install. Open Hangouts in a browser tab and you're in the clubhouse.
Open in your browserOn your phone
Put Hangouts on your home screen, right next to your other apps.
- Open Hangouts in your phone's browser:
. - Tap Share (iPhone) or ⋮ (Android).
- Choose Add to Home Screen.
Hangouts is self-hosted by a friend, for friends. No ads, no tracking, no algorithmic feed — just your people.