Doorby shows the people you live with when you're on a call: one glanceable dot on their phone, home screen, or lock screen. So they know when it is safe to walk in.
IPHONE · MAC · WINDOWS · NO EMAILS, NO MEETING DATA, NO IT TICKETS.
FIG. 1. The signal path. A hot microphone is detected on the work computer; one boolean travels; a dot changes on their lock screen.
Teams and Zoom know you're on a call, but only your colleagues can see it. The people who actually walk into the room are exactly the ones locked out.
Working from the same flat, guessing from the tone of your voice whether it's a call or a podcast. Now it's one glance at the lock screen.
“Is now a good time to call?” answered before the phone rings. Green means yes, red means later.
No more freezing mid-hallway with a laundry basket. The kitchen run can wait ninety seconds, if you know to wait.
Your work computer checks whether its microphone is in use, the one thing every call has in common. No calendar access, no company account, nothing your employer needs to approve.
That's the whole product. It works with Teams, Zoom, Slack, FaceTime, anything at all, and even catches muted, listen-only calls, because the mic stays open.
| STEP 2.1 |
Get the phone appCreate an account with just a name. No email, no password. Place the widget on your home or lock screen. |
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| STEP 2.2 |
Pair your work computerA small companion lives in the Mac menu bar or Windows tray. Enter a one-time pairing code from your phone and it starts reporting. |
| STEP 2.3 |
Invite your personSend an invite code to your partner, parent, or flatmate. You choose the direction: they see you, you see them, or both. |
Privacy isn't a settings page here; it is the architecture. The companion sends
call or free plus a timestamp. That's the entire payload.
| 3.1 · PAYLOAD |
No content, everNo audio, no meeting titles, no participant lists, no app names. The signal is a single yes/no; there is nothing else to leak. |
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| 3.2 · CONSENT |
You choose who sees whatSharing is per person, each direction its own decision. Pause any person, or everyone, with one tap. |
| 3.3 · DENIABILITY |
Paused looks like offlineNobody can tell “hidden from me” apart from “laptop is asleep”. Pausing never tells on you. |
| 3.4 · REVOCATION |
A real kill switchEvery device has its own revocable token. Remove a device from your phone and its reporter permanently stops itself. |
The phone app is where you see people; the desktop companions are what report your status. Most households want the iPhone app plus one companion per work computer. Setup details live in the manual.
The main app: live status feed, invites, device pairing, and home & lock-screen widgets with near-real-time updates.
Join the TestFlightA menu-bar app, never in the Dock. Shows your chosen person's live status and reports your own. Sandboxed, no mic permission needed.
Join the TestFlightA tray app with the same idea: your person's dot in the tray, a toast when their call starts or ends. No admin rights required.
DownloadIn the laboratory: an e-paper door sign and a HomeKit bridge, so the dot can live on your actual door, or turn a hallway lamp red.