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