Doorby: The owner's manual

M·1Account

A name is the whole sign-up.

There is no email, no password, and no verification step. You enter the name your people know you by, and that's an account.

1.1 · PHONE	Start on the iPhone Open the app, enter a name, done. The app has three tabs: Status (everyone who shares with you), People (invites and sharing), and Me (your devices and your own status).
1.2 · LAPTOP	Or start on the Mac The Mac companion can create the account too. No phone needed to begin; pair the phone later and it joins the same account.
1.3 · WIDGETS	Place the widget Home screen and lock screen (circular, rectangular, or inline), each configurable to spotlight one person. On recent iOS the widgets update in near-real time; older versions refresh on a timeline.

1.1 · PHONE

Start on the iPhone

Open the app, enter a name, done. The app has three tabs: Status (everyone who shares with you), People (invites and sharing), and Me (your devices and your own status).

1.2 · LAPTOP

Or start on the Mac

The Mac companion can create the account too. No phone needed to begin; pair the phone later and it joins the same account.

1.3 · WIDGETS

Place the widget

Home screen and lock screen (circular, rectangular, or inline), each configurable to spotlight one person. On recent iOS the widgets update in near-real time; older versions refresh on a timeline.

M·2Pairing

Pair a work computer.

The companion is what turns a computer into a reporter. Pairing takes one code and about thirty seconds.

2.1 · CODE

2.1 · CODE	Get a pairing code On the phone: Me → Pair a work computer. A short code appears, valid for ten minutes.
2.2 · COMPANION	Enter it in the companion The Mac menu bar app or the Windows tray app asks for the code on first launch. From then on the computer reports `call` or `free` on its own. The menu bar or tray slot shows one chosen person's live dot; the full feed is one click away. Windows adds an optional toast when your person's call starts or ends.
2.3 · AUTOSTART	Set and forget Both companions offer start-at-login. No admin rights are needed at any point, on either platform.

Get a pairing code

On the phone: Me → Pair a work computer. A short code appears, valid for ten minutes.

2.2 · COMPANION

Enter it in the companion

The Mac menu bar app or the Windows tray app asks for the code on first launch. From then on the computer reports call or free on its own.

The menu bar or tray slot shows one chosen person's live dot; the full feed is one click away. Windows adds an optional toast when your person's call starts or ends.

2.3 · AUTOSTART

Set and forget

Both companions offer start-at-login. No admin rights are needed at any point, on either platform.

M·3People

Invite your person.

Sharing is built on invite codes, and every connection carries its own permissions.

3.1 · INVITE	Create a code In People, create an eight-character invite code and send it any way you like. You pick the direction when you create it: both ways, they see me, or I see them.
3.2 · ACCEPT	They accept The other person enters the code in their app and the connection is live. No friend requests, no discovery, no address book access.
3.3 · PER PERSON	Each person, their own deal What your partner sees and what a parent sees are separate decisions. Pause or revoke any single connection without touching the others.

3.1 · INVITE

Create a code

In People, create an eight-character invite code and send it any way you like. You pick the direction when you create it: both ways, they see me, or I see them.

3.2 · ACCEPT

They accept

The other person enters the code in their app and the connection is live. No friend requests, no discovery, no address book access.

3.3 · PER PERSON

Each person, their own deal

What your partner sees and what a parent sees are separate decisions. Pause or revoke any single connection without touching the others.

M·4Controls

Pausing, revoking, leaving.

The controls that matter are the ones for saying no.

4.1 · PAUSE	One tap to go dark Pause sharing per person or globally. To the other side, paused is indistinguishable from offline: nobody can tell "hidden from me" apart from "laptop is asleep".
4.2 · OFFLINE	Honest quiet hours When a computer stops reporting, the status shows a time-aware offline label (evening, night, weekend) instead of pretending to know.
4.3 · REVOKE	Remove a device Every device has its own token. Swipe it away in Me and the companion sees the rejected token and permanently stops itself. That's a kill switch, not a hint.
4.4 · UNINSTALL	Leave cleanly Mac: quit the menu bar app and move it to the Trash. Windows: run the provided uninstaller. Nothing survives except what you delete last: the account itself, from the phone.