Why Glint is the Here.fm Successor Remote Teams Have Been Waiting For

If you were a fan of here.fm’s innovative approach to virtual collaboration, you’re not alone in missing what made that platform special. When here.fm shut down in early 2024, thousands of remote teams suddenly lost their favorite way to work together - those spontaneous hallway conversations, the ability to just “be” in the same space as your teammates, and the magic of spatial audio that made remote work feel truly collaborative.

Here.fm pioneered the concept of persistent virtual spaces where teams could gather, collaborate, and work together in ways that felt more natural than traditional video calls. For many of us, it wasn’t just a tool - it was how we redefined what remote work could be.

While here.fm is no longer with us, its vision lives on - and has evolved into something even more powerful.

What Made Here.fm Special

Here.fm wasn’t just another video conferencing tool. It created virtual “rooms” where team members could:

• Move freely around a shared space
• See proximity-based interactions - getting closer to someone meant easier conversation
• Leave persistent work that stayed in the room between sessions
• Feel present in a way that Zoom calls never quite achieved

For many remote teams, here.fm filled a crucial gap in digital collaboration. It made remote work feel less isolated and more connected.

Why Teams Are Looking for Here.fm Alternatives

With here.fm’s sunset, thousands of remote teams found themselves searching for here.fm alternatives that could provide:

1. Spatial audio and video that makes conversations feel natural
2. Persistent workspaces where work doesn’t disappear when you log off
3. Flexible collaboration that goes beyond scheduled meetings
4. Visual presence - seeing where your teammates are and what they’re working on
5. Seamless guest access for clients and external collaborators

The demand is real - there’s even a Change.org petition with nearly 1,000 signatures asking for here.fm to return. Reading through the comments is heartbreaking: long-distance relationships that relied on here.fm for connection, friendships that have faded without their shared digital space, and teams still searching for something that captures that same magic.

Unfortunately, petitions won’t bring here.fm back. But the passionate community behind that petition proves there’s genuine demand for spatial collaboration platforms that go beyond sterile video calls.

Introducing Glint: Built for the Post-Here.fm Era

Glint takes everything that made here.fm great and addresses why spatial collaboration hasn’t become mainstream yet. We’ve built a here.fm alternative that captures the magic of spatial collaboration while solving for broader, more flexible use cases - and yes, we’re building it for the same community that’s still fighting to bring here.fm back.

What Glint Shares with Here.fm

• Persistent virtual spaces - Your work stays exactly where you left it
• Spatial presence - See where your team is and what they’re focusing on
• Natural audio conversations - Crystal-clear voice chat that feels effortless
• Rich media integration - PDFs, videos, images, and web content in your workspace
• Real-time collaboration - Everything syncs instantly across your team

Where Glint Takes a Different Approach

Desktop in the Cloud: Here.fm was focused on specific use cases, but we’re building something broader. Just like Figma became Photoshop in the cloud and Google Docs became Word in the cloud, Glint aims to be your desktop in the cloud - a flexible workspace that adapts to any workflow.

Spaces Architecture: While here.fm had individual rooms, Glint introduces Spaces - think of them like Discord servers or Slack teams. Each space can contain multiple rooms for different projects, topics, or teams. This makes Glint suitable for larger organizations with complex collaboration needs.

Corporate-Ready Flexibility: Here.fm was perhaps too niche for widespread adoption. Glint is designed to be the collaboration platform that works for everything - from quick brainstorming sessions to complex multi-team projects, from creative workshops to enterprise meetings.

Public Room Innovation: Unlike here.fm’s private-only approach, Glint supports public rooms - opening up possibilities for community collaboration, open-source projects, and public workshops that here.fm couldn’t support.

Future-Ready Platform: We’re building toward features like true cooperative browsing in our upcoming desktop app, advanced integrations, and enterprise-grade team management that will make Glint the comprehensive collaboration platform here.fm never became.

Real-World Use Cases: From Here.fm to Glint

Design Teams: Instead of here.fm’s limited canvas, Glint’s infinite workspace lets design teams spread out mockups, prototypes, and references without running out of space.

Remote Workshops: Facilitators can create zones for different activities, add multimedia content, and let participants move freely between breakout areas.

Client Presentations: Share your screen, add documents to the canvas, and let clients explore materials at their own pace - all while maintaining natural conversation flow.

Daily Standups: Drop into your team’s space, see what everyone’s working on visually, and have quick conversations without the overhead of scheduled meetings.

Making the Switch: Here.fm to Glint

For teams migrating from here.fm or evaluating here.fm alternatives, Glint offers a path forward that honors what you loved about here.fm while solving the limitations you probably encountered:

• Familiar spatial concepts that here.fm users will recognize immediately - no learning curve for the core interaction model
• No more room size limits - Glint’s infinite canvas means you’ll never run out of space for your ideas
• Better stability - Built on modern infrastructure that can handle your team’s growth
• Easier onboarding - Guest access means clients and external collaborators can join instantly, just like they could with here.fm
• Active development - Regular feature updates and improvements, with a roadmap driven by user feedback

Missing here.fm’s specific features? We get it. While we’ve taken a different approach to some things, the core feeling - that sense of presence, the spatial audio, the persistent workspaces - it’s all there. And we’re building features like zones and enhanced spatial interactions that will feel familiar to here.fm veterans.

The Future of Virtual Collaboration

Here.fm showed us what was possible when we reimagined digital collaboration. Glint takes that vision and runs with it, adding the features and reliability that modern remote teams need.

Whether you’re a here.fm veteran looking for your next collaboration platform or a team discovering spatial collaboration for the first time, Glint provides the tools to work together in ways that feel natural, productive, and genuinely connected.

Ready to Experience the Next Generation of Virtual Collaboration?

Don’t let the end of here.fm mean the end of spatial collaboration for your team. Thousands of former here.fm users have already made Glint their new digital home.

To everyone who signed that Change.org petition hoping here.fm would return - we hear you. While we can’t bring back here.fm, we can offer you something that captures what you loved about it and takes it even further.

Try Glint today - no signup required, just like here.fm. Create a room and see why teams are saying it feels like “here.fm, but better.”

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