HangLobby

Your own community platform

Make it
your place
together.

Chat together, switch on your webcams, send gifts and listen to your radio stream. With discussions and management, your whole community comes together.

  • Chat & webcam
  • Discussions
  • Management

Request your own place Explore the product

New places are made on request for now.

Explore chat, discussions and management in an example community
The Living RoomWebcams · chat · radio · gifts
Example
On camera together
Illustrative webcam broadcast: a maker with headphones at a microphone
Ferry
Illustrative webcam view of a woman with headphones at a microphone
Hanneke
Illustrative webcam view of a radio presenter at a microphone
Samira
Audio only
Joris
MicrophoneCameraShare screenRaise hand
The conversation

WimGood evening everyone!

HannekeGreat music! Can I request a song?

Hanneke sends ApplauseA gift for Ferry. Nice show!

FerryOf course! And our plans for Saturday are in Discussions.

Living Room RadioYour own stream alongside the chat
Visual demo · no audio
Gifts for each otherTry an effect
A small gift, a big smile.
Conversations by topic

Give every topic its own space.

Questions, ideas and photos stay easy to find. Members can read and reply later.

AnnouncementsPlans for the new season
Tips & ideasYour best tip for beginners
CommunityPhotos from Saturday
Behind the scenes

Your community. Your rules.

Manage members and permissions, and review reports with your moderators.

FerryOwner
HannekeModerator
A report, with an explanation

A member reports a message. Moderators review it and explain their decision.

Example interface with fictional content and illustrative photos; not a real broadcast. Photo credits

What HangLobby offers

Everything that brings your community to life.

From catching up on camera to your own radio show. Discover what you and your members can do together.

Chat & webcam

An evening together, with several webcams and the conversation alongside. Catch up, raise your hand and react in your own way.

  • Multiple webcams and microphones together
  • Text chat with replies and pinned messages
  • Your own emotes and heart reactions

Discussions

Give questions, ideas and news their own topic. Conversations stay available after the live chat ends.

  • Topics organised into categories
  • Replies grouped with their topic
  • Read and reply when it suits you

Management

Decide who can join and what they can do. Keep your community welcoming with clear rules and moderation.

  • Member roles and permissions
  • Reports and moderation with an explanation
  • Your own name, logo and colours

Radio & requests

Bring your listeners into the conversation. Play your own radio stream while your community chats alongside it.

  • Connect your own radio stream
  • A player with volume and track information
  • A request form for your listeners

Gifts & effects

A round of applause or something bigger: let members show their appreciation with gifts that appear in the room.

  • Spark, Applause, Aurora and Supernova
  • Visible effects alongside the conversation
  • Gifts can be paused by moderation

Streams & screen sharing

Host a show, share your screen or let someone join in. Keep your broadcast and community together.

  • Broadcast from your browser or OBS
  • Share your screen at the audio table
  • Approve requests to go live

Choose your look.

Twelve themes for your community. Choose a layout, then make it yours with your own colours, logo and content.

Made-up example

Website

Studio

For whom
Makers, podcasters and streamers with their audience
What comes first
The maker and the story
Together on one site
Maker story · conversation · topics · agenda

Open the full exampleUse this style

A theme is the layout, not a plan: all twelve are free. A book club can pick Lounge, a podcast maker Studio.

A new site, or on the site you already have.

Both use the same community.

A complete place of your own

Chat, topics, an agenda and a theme, under your own name. Free on name.hanglobby.com.

Request your own place

Your site is there. Now the conversation.

Place HangLobby on your own pages, with WordPress or one line of code. Visitors join with the login of your site, once that link is set up.

See how embedding works

Your own place, on request.

We set up new places ourselves for now. Tell us who you are and what you need, and we will get back to you.

Request your own place

Friends talking together around a table

From broadcast to meeting.

A live evening does not end when the broadcast stops. Topics stay, the agenda says when you meet again, and whoever comes later simply reads along.

  • Regular moments with a host
  • Topics that stay
  • Reading needs no account

Photo: Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels · mood image

Quiet for a moment.

Right now there is no public room with activity. See what is planned, or take a look at an example.

Nothing planned yet. Start with a first conversation.

Discover roomsSee an example

From a first question to a regular place.

  1. Pick a name

    Your place is there after an email code.

  2. Pick a style

    Studio, Radio, Pub or Club. You can switch later.

  3. Ask a first question

    A question in the room gives visitors a reason to say something.

  4. Plan a moment and invite people

    Share the link; the agenda reminds everyone.

Start for free. Grow when you need to.

From a public place, to your own identity, to running it with a team.

Compare all features
  • Free€0Public room in the network, basic block on your site
  • Own room€24 per monthor €240 per yearYour logo, colours and domain, a private room, reports
  • Organisation€79 per monthor €790 per yearSeveral rooms, more members and moderators
  • Largefrom €149 per monthCustom agreement for broadcasters and municipalities

Your conversation, your rules.

Does everyone need an account?

No. Reading needs no account. To join in you use a nickname after an email code; your real name is never needed.

Are the numbers real?

Yes. People present and people talking are measured and only shown from three. Examples always carry a label.

Are microphone and camera on?

No. They are always off when you come in; you switch them on yourself.

What works now, and what is coming?

Broadcasting with your webcam or OBS is available. The audio table is not enabled yet. Chat, discussions, an agenda, twelve themes and your own domain are available. For radio you can connect your own stream address; creating a radio station from HangLobby comes later.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes, with a paid plan. Link it through your own DNS, or let us handle the DNS.

Can I put only the chat on my existing site?

Yes. With the WordPress plugin or one line of code, in the same community as your HangLobby site.

Give your people a place of their own.

We set up new places ourselves for now. Tell us who you are and what you need, and we will get back to you.

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Photos and credits