1 · Glance
Look up at the menu bar.
One click shows who's available, busy, focused or away, with a short note and until when. No feed to scroll, nothing to catch up on.
Private beta · for Mac
Your team, close by. Without the always‑on call.
Rincón lives in your Mac's menu bar. See who's free at a glance, ask before you interrupt, and talk by voice, video or screen. No links, no browser tabs, no meeting that never ends.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Lots of remote teams keep a video call open all day, just to feel close. It costs attention, battery and privacy, and it blurs being available with being in a meeting. Rincón keeps the closeness and drops the call.
How it works
Three gestures. That's the whole app.
2 · Ask
Ask before you interrupt.
A ping says “got a minute?”. You see it go from sent to delivered to answered. If they're focused, it waits quietly in their panel instead of ringing.
3 · Talk
Talk in one click.
Answer and you're talking. Voice by default, video if you choose it, and your screen when you share it. No links to send, no browser, no calendar invite.
Statuses
Say how interruptible you are.
Four statuses, each with a clear rule for what a ping does. Set one for 30 minutes, a few hours or until you change it, and add a short note.
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Available
“Come on in.”
A ping shows a notification with a soft sound, within your Mac's Focus settings.
⌘1 -
Busy
“Working, but I'll see it.”
A ping shows a silent notification, so you can answer when you reach a good moment.
⌘2 -
Focused
“Not right now.”
No pop-up, no sound. Pings wait quietly in your panel, and the ones that expire show up as missed.
⌘3 -
Away
“Back later.”
Nothing rings. Whoever pings you sees that you're unavailable, so nobody waits for nothing.
⌘4
Team room
A room you can drop into. By choice.
Want company while you work? Join the team room and stay as long as you like. It's the open call, minus the obligation.
- Choose mic on or off before you join. Your camera always starts off.
- Close the window and you stay in the room. The menu bar shows you're there and whether your mic is on.
- Invite the team with one click. It respects everyone's status, so nobody focused gets rung.
- Leave and capture stops at once. Everyone else stays.
Privacy
Nothing turns on by itself.
Your microphone, camera and screen only go live after a gesture from you. That's a rule in the code, not a setting.
Your gesture, every time
No ping, restart, login or wake from sleep can switch on your mic, camera or screen. Answering a call turns on the mic, and only after you click.
Always visible
Whatever is live is shown in the call window and in the menu bar. When you leave, capture stops on your Mac first, before anything goes over the network.
End-to-end encrypted
Call audio, video and screen are encrypted on your Mac. If encryption fails, the call ends instead of carrying on unprotected.
No surveillance. Ever.
Rincón is for coordination, not for keeping tabs. It keeps no presence history, shows no “last seen”, never looks at your keyboard or the apps you use, and never reports on individuals.
Small on purpose
Not another chat app.
Rincón does one job: helping you reach each other. Keep the tools you already use for everything else.
- Chat
- Files
- Recordings
- Transcripts
- Calendars
- AI summaries
Made for the Mac
Native, quiet and keyboard friendly.
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Lives in the menu bar
Starts without windows and never steals your focus. Your own status sits right in the icon.
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Light and dark
Follows your Mac's appearance, down to the menu bar icon.
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Keyboard first
⌘1–⌘4 to set your status, ↩ to answer, Esc to close.
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Accessible
Every status has its own shape and words for VoiceOver. Color is never the only clue.
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Honest about the network
If your connection drops, Rincón says so and marks what might be out of date.
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Opens at login, if you want
Off until you turn it on. Your Mac stays in charge of what starts.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Which Macs does Rincón run on?
Any Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later, with Apple silicon or Intel.
Is there a version for Windows, iPhone or the web?
Not yet. Rincón starts on the Mac, where it can be properly native.
How do people join my team?
Teams are invite-only. An admin creates a one-time invite code for each person, valid for 72 hours. Deactivating someone signs them out everywhere within seconds.
Can Rincón turn on my microphone or camera?
Not without you. Nothing another person does, and nothing your Mac does on its own, can switch them on. You always see what's live, and you can stop it in one click.
Are calls recorded?
No. Rincón doesn't record or transcribe anything, and calls are end-to-end encrypted.
Does Rincón track my activity?
No. Your team sees the status you choose and nothing else. There's no presence history, no “last seen” and no per-person reports.
How can I try it?
Rincón is in private beta. Request early access with your name and email, and we'll be in touch.
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macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel