Deskies is a macOS menu bar app that shows presence of friends across different companies without requiring workplace login. It enables quick messaging, file sharing, and human actions like waves while staying hidden from screenshots and recordings.
presence.el is an Emacs package that displays online status of friends and enables simple messaging through a WebSocket connection to a presence server. Users register once to get a stable ID, add friends' IDs to their config, and see real-time status indicators in the mode line without leaving the editor.