The room’s
already open.
WorkDash keeps one room running for your friend group — proximity voice chat nobody has to start, in a small world you can actually walk around. Open the tab, see who’s on, sit down.
Why not just Discord or Gather?
Discord
A voice channel is a door you open.
Join a voice channel and see who is already there. WorkDash adds a walkable world where entering a room joins its conversation. Keep your server for everything else.
Gather
Built for offices, and paid-only now.
Gather ended its free plan in September 2025 and costs $12 to $15 per person a month. WorkDash keeps the 2D world and room-by-room voice, free, for groups up to about twenty.
Free Gather alternativeWorkDash
One room, always open.
See who's on before you join. Walk into a room and you're talking to everyone in it; step out when you're done. It runs in a browser tab.
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Jo · camera offWhat it actually does.
For friends who keep a call open at night, and teams who’d rather share a room than book a meeting.
Proximity chat
Walk in.
Start talking.
No call to start. Everyone in the same room hears each other. Step into the private office and only the people inside can hear you.
Instant video pods
Step in.
Cameras up.
Your camera comes up on its own. No link to send, nothing to ring, no waiting room to sit in.
Expressive emotes
Calm room.
Loud moments.
Send coffee, throw confetti, or dance. The chrome stays calm. The moments are where the noise goes.
Presence
One glance tells you who’s on the couch, who’s queuing, and who’s heads-down.
When nobody’s on, it says so and leaves you alone.
Andrew’s on the couch.
Sit down.
Open a room in two minutes
Sign in
With Google, or a link sent to your email. Nothing to download.
Make your group's room
Give it a name. That's the whole setup.
Send one invite link
Drop it in your group chat. Friends sign in and land in your room.
Built for our Dota nights
WorkDash started with one group: a few of us who used to work together and still keep a call open most nights while we play Dota. We wanted a room we could leave open, where you can see who’s around and just walk over.
That’s what this is. It’s early, and I’m building it on my own, so tell me what breaks.
Common questions
Yes. There is no card, no seats and nothing for sale, because there is no billing built yet. If paid extras ever arrive, voice, the room and your chat history stay free. It is in early access, so expect rough edges.
For small groups, yes. Gather ended its free plan in September 2025. WorkDash has the parts small groups use most (a 2D world with voice by room, video and screen sharing) and is free. It is built for groups of up to about twenty, and it does not do large events or maps you design yourself.
About twenty is comfortable. WorkDash is built for a friend group where everyone knows each other, not for a large community server.
Discord has drop-in voice channels and shows who is in them. WorkDash adds a 2D world where entering a room joins its conversation. You hear everyone in your current room; audio does not fade with distance inside it.
No. Keep your server for what it does well. WorkDash is the room you hang out in, in a browser tab next to it.
No. WorkDash runs in the browser. You can install it as an app if you want a separate window, but that is optional.
Yes, in your phone's browser. In the world, an on-screen joystick lets you walk around with your thumb. It is early, so a laptop is still the smoother experience.
With a Google account, or with a magic link sent to your email.
No. Desk mode is the quiet half: channels, threads and screen sharing, with no sprite to move. You can sit in either and switch whenever.