Floobits

Floobits was a real-time collaborative code editing service — "remote collaboration tools for dev teams, work together, apart." It shipped editor plugins for Sublime Text, Vim, Neovim, Emacs, Atom, and the IntelliJ family of IDEs, plus flootty, a shared-terminal tool for pair terminal sessions. Plugins connected editors to shared Floobits workspaces where multiple developers edited the same files and terminals in real time over a synchronizing backend (built on a diff-match-patch model). Surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network. As of 2026-07-19 the hosted service at floobits.com no longer resolves in DNS and the GitHub org has had no activity since December 2022; the open-source editor plugins and the flootty PyPI package remain the durable public surface.

Floobits is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Collaboration, Developer Tools, Real-Time, and Code Editors.

Floobits’ developer surface includes CLI and 2 more developer resources.

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8.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyCollaborationDeveloper ToolsReal-TimeCode EditorsPair ProgrammingRemote Work

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Composite quality — 8.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Resources

Build 3

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GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

CLI

CLI

Source (apis.yml)

aid: floobits
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/floobits.png
name: Floobits
description: Floobits was a real-time collaborative code editing service — "remote collaboration tools for dev teams, work
  together, apart." It shipped editor plugins for Sublime Text, Vim, Neovim, Emacs, Atom, and the IntelliJ family of IDEs,
  plus flootty, a shared-terminal tool for pair terminal sessions. Plugins connected editors to shared Floobits workspaces
  where multiple developers edited the same files and terminals in real time over a synchronizing backend (built on a diff-match-patch
  model). Surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network. As of 2026-07-19 the hosted service
  at floobits.com no longer resolves in DNS and the GitHub org has had no activity since December 2022; the open-source editor
  plugins and the flootty PyPI package remain the durable public surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/floobits/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-operational-status: defunct
x-operational-status-note: floobits.com does not resolve (no A/NS records, 2026-07-19); domain registration active through
  2027-01-08. GitHub org live but dormant since 2022-12.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Collaboration
- Developer Tools
- Real-Time
- Code Editors
- Pair Programming
- Remote Work
apis: []
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Floobits
  name: Floobits on GitHub
- type: Packages
  url: packages/floobits-packages.yml
  name: Published packages (flootty on PyPI)
- type: CLI
  url: cli/floobits-cli.yml
  name: flootty shared-terminal CLI
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence