Rooms as neighborhoods
Spin up a room for every crew, client or guild, each with its own roles and rituals.
About rooms & corners
We build rooms with corners so communities stay organized and alive.
Howl now behaves like the best parts of Discord or WhatsApp communities: rooms act as your server-level home base, and corners are the focused subchannels where plans, projects and debates stay tidy without losing the vibe.
- Rooms Home bases with shared members, themes and guardrails for each crew.
- Corners Topic-first subchannels for updates, standups, huddles or private pods.
- Signal > noise Threaded replies, presence trails and notifications tuned for intent.
- Every device Snappy on desktop and mobile so rooms stay warm on the move.
Corners keep focus
Open lounge, build, announcements or private corners—each channel is tuned for the conversation style it hosts.
Signal-rich presence
Presence pills, typing beams and thread context keep everyone oriented without flooding the main room.
Builder-first APIs
WebSocket, REST and webhook hooks let you mirror rooms, seed corners and automate roles while keeping moderation intact.
Our story
How rooms and corners came to life
We rebuilt Howl around communities that need structure without losing spontaneity.
Spring 2023
Shipped the first ambient rooms so friends could hang without endless threads.
Winter 2023
Added multi-room support to mirror Discord-style servers for growing crews.
Summer 2024
Launched corners: focused subchannels for updates, collabs and private pods.
Early 2025
Rolled out cross-room roles, moderation dashboards and mobile parity for corners.
What guides us
Principles that shape rooms and corners
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Structure that breathes
Rooms and corners add order, not friction—so crews can move fast without chaos.
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Presence is context
Signals like typing beams and replies make every corner feel human, not noisy.
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Safety without walls
Role-aware controls, consent on DMs and mod tools protect communities at scale.
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Community in the loop
We ship alongside the rooms who host daily rituals, and we evolve corners with them.
Ready to say hi?
Spin up a room and plot your first corners.
Tell us how your crew gathers—announcements, side quests, nightly hangs—and we will help design the right corners.