Pinglar, from Viremail
Pings that feel instant. Private by design.
Chat, voice pings, calls and stories with the people who matter. Sign in with your Viremail account, or make one in a minute.
One Viremail account for mail and chat. No ads.
What you can do
Everything you need to stay close to people, without the noise.
Pings
Send a ping to one person or a whole group. Reply in threads, react, pin what matters and see who has read it.
Voice pings
Record up to 15 minutes, then listen at 1.5x or 2x and pick up where you left off.
Calls for up to 8
Voice and video calls from any chat, with screen sharing and call links that guests open in a browser.
Stories
Share a photo, a video or a few words for 24 hours, with your friends or only your close friends.
Groups
Groups of up to 256 with invite links and QR codes. Owners and admins decide who can post, pin and add people.
End-to-end encryption
Turn on encryption and your pings, photos and files are locked on your device before they leave it. Only the people in the chat can read them. Calls are encrypted end to end too.
On the web and phones
Open Pinglar in any browser now. Apps for iPhone and Android are on their way, on the same account.
One Viremail account for all
Pinglar is part of Viremail, the way chat sits inside your email. Use it next to your mail, or on its own here. Same account, same chats.
Chat beside your inbox
Open Pinglar from the side bar, or keep a small chat window open while you work in Mail and Calendar.
Straight to your chats
Sign in at pinglar.com and you land in your chats, with nothing else in the way.
Get the app
Pinglar for iPhone and Android is on its way, on the same account. Until then it works in any browser, on your computer and your phone.
- Passkeys and two-step verification
- Encrypted connections, everywhere
- No ads, and we never sell your chats
Questions and answers
What is Pinglar?
Pinglar is chat, calls and stories from Viremail. A message in Pinglar is called a ping. You can ping one person or a group, send voice pings and files, share stories and start a call from any chat.
Do I need a new account?
No. Pinglar uses your Viremail account, so you sign in with the same address and password, and your chats are the same in Viremail and on pinglar.com. If you do not have one yet, creating a Viremail account gives you both.
Is Pinglar free?
Yes. Pinglar comes with every Viremail account, and there are no ads.
Are my chats private?
Yes. Once you and the people you talk to turn on encryption in Settings, Encryption, pings, photos and files are encrypted on your device and only the people in the chat can read them. Each chat shows whether it is end-to-end encrypted.
Can I call people on Pinglar?
Yes. Start a voice or video call from any chat, with up to 8 people. Call sound and video are encrypted end to end, and calls are never recorded.
Is there an app for my phone?
Apps for iPhone and Android are coming soon. Until then, open pinglar.com in your phone's browser and add it to your home screen.