published 3/16/2026
hang.live
Waaay back when I announced the first MoQ app. This gimmicky chat app called hang.live
Well now its open source! Go forth and yoink the code/memes.
What Happened?
So right around the moment I was about to submit the Android/iOS app, I had a thought:
What the fuck am I doing with my life?
It turns out I have waaaaay more fun writing open source libraries and “boring” software. I don’t actually want to promote a cringe social media app.
hang.live has always been a tech demo at heart. I wanted to demonstrate that you could build a conferencing app with only MoQ. I think that it’s been a success!
Literally a Tech Demo
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to promote the app to literal tech demo status. That means moving the non-cringe stuff into the moq mono-repo, documenting it, making it easier to run, etc.
I’m looking forward to sharing how it abuses MoQ.
For example, X/Y/Z positions for each user are transmitted via location tracks.
If you want to drag somebody else, you transmit your own location/requested track.
It sounds super simple, but it’s really cool that you can build this level of interactivity over a live media protocol. Next step is using MoQ for vidya games.