
The day after Discord had screen sharing shut off in Brazil, a 19-year-old developer shipped a replacement
What it is A free web tool for sharing your screen with a group: pick a room name, send the link, and friends open it in a browser to watch your screen. No sign-up, no install.
Why it took off Discord was forced by regulators to turn off screen sharing in Brazil. Within 24 hours it shipped a version that uses a Discord bot to automatically post a link in every voice channel, catching the millions of Brazilian players who suddenly couldn't share their screens.
CHow you could follow Don't copy it in Brazil. Instead, build a no-sign-up screen-share / voice base in advance, and watch for the next "country X banned feature Y on platform Z" event. Ship within 48 hours in the local language, and distribute through bots on the original platform.
Global rank 45k · 90 days ago, top 1M+
In 2026, Aug 17, Discord was ordered by Brazil's data protection authority to switch off livestreaming, screen sharing and video calls in Brazil. The next day, Gustavo, a 19-year-old Brazilian developer, launched a web page: pick a room name, send the link to friends, and they open it to watch your screen. Within under three months, the site's global traffic rank climbed from outside the 1M mark to 45k. This piece covers how it caught the wave, where the money came from, and why the opportunity in Brazil is already taken, though the playbook is worth keeping.
Demand created by a single ban
On Aug 12, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), under the new minors' online protection law ECA Digital, issued a precautionary measure: Discord had to suspend livestreaming in Brazil within 3 business days. The stated reason was that the platform wasn't doing enough to protect minors. Discord protested that the move was "premature," but complied on Aug 17.
Brazil is one of Discord's big markets. Overnight, millions of young people who played games together found that clicking "share screen" in a voice channel did nothing. Two workarounds spread online: one was installing a VPN or client plugins like Vencord (single TikTok tutorials hit peaks of 40 million-plus views; a Swiss VPN company said new Brazilian sign-ups rose 800%, per Agência Brasil in October); the other was switching to Google Meet or Zoom, which require sign-up, meeting setup, and sometimes have time limits.
Both were a hassle. Gustavo's idea was: keep talking on Discord, and just move the picture to a web page that works the moment you open it.
24 hours, one tweet, 300k views
He created a GitHub repo before dawn on Aug 18, and that afternoon posted a tweet roughly saying: "I built the simplest website in the world... after Janja got Discord's screen sharing banned, 100% of us need it... 100% open source, like + repost to help spread it."
Janja is Brazil's First Lady. Blaming her for the ban is a political meme among Brazilian netizens, and the TikTok bypass tutorials commonly carry the #janja tag. Gustavo simply named the product "AntiJanja." The tweet got 305k views and about 1,200 likes, while he himself had just 1,769 followers on X (11-06). That night he posted again: 600 people in the room, "but I haven't made a single cent." Two days later, 2,200 people were online at once.
With each update he posted a numbered "AntiJanja update #N" and always closed with "like + repost to help spread it." The product was later officially called Go Live (golive.nemtudo.me), sharing its name with the feature Discord had switched off. nemtudo.me itself is just his personal portfolio site.
What actually opened the gap was a Discord bot
The "update #3" on Aug 22 introduced a Discord bot: once a server installed it, whenever someone joined a voice channel, the bot automatically opened a Go Live room and posted the link in the channel status and the channel chat.
This step was key. Users didn't have to leave their existing community or remember a URL, and every game session surfaced the link. A server admin installed it once, and everyone in it became a user. Gustavo is himself a developer of a 600k-member Brazilian Discord server, so he understands that ecosystem and knows people who run servers (how many servers actually installed it isn't visible from outside).
The third line is YouTube. In Aug, the Brazilian gaming YouTuber Dune, with 25,174k subscribers, posted a tutorial, "no VPN, no download, share your screen like Discord", which got 118k views and included a section on using a Discord bot to start Go Live automatically. In Oct 28 he posted another one with 69k views (on YouTube, 11-06). Whether it was sponsored can't be told.
There was also Portuguese search: the homepage title was "Free online group screen sharing, no install," and the FAQ compared it directly with Zoom, Meet and Discord. Searching "transmitir tela online grátis sem cadastro" (free online screen sharing without sign-up) in Brazil puts it on the first screen.
How big the traffic is
The site doesn't publish visitor numbers. What's visible is ranking:
| Timeline | Global rank (Tranco, 30-day rolling) |
|---|---|
| Before August | Outside the 1M mark |
| 9-10 | About 480k |
| 10-01 | About 128k |
| 10-22 | About 53k |
| 11-05 | About 45k, still rising |
Chrome real-user data is more direct: in Brazil it was still outside the top 500k in July, reached the top 50k in August, and the top 5,000 in September. In the same months, the US, Canada, Spain, France and the Netherlands also entered the top 500k for the first time, likely Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking users abroad.
For comparison: the long-running watch-together site Kosmi put up a Brazilian landing page, "Discord video banned? Free alternatives," the same day Discord got blocked, grabbing the search terms faster than anyone. Yet its global rank has barely moved in three months (around 250k). Watch2Gether and Hyperbeam now both rank behind nemtudo.me. Being first, being local, and having bots: the gap from those three things alone is that big.
The Android app launched on Sep 18, and by Nov 7 had 19k installs, with about 7 new in the last 4,800 days (Google Play). Most of the traffic is still on the web.
Where the money comes from
It was free for a long time, then three subscription tiers were added: Pro / Pro Max / Ultra, at R$4.99 / 14.99 / 24.99 per month (about $1–5), presented on the page as a 50% discount off the original price, with yearly billing saving another 58%. What's sold is nearly a copy of Discord Nitro: 4K resolution, 240 fps, multiple screens, no ads, verified badge, custom emoji, and "Aura" boosts for groups (Discord's server boosting). The free version shows ads, and the top bar carries a promotional link for Square Cloud, a Brazilian bot hosting company (whether that's a sponsorship or an affiliate deal is unclear).
Paid users and revenue haven't been disclosed. "100k sign-ups" has circulated online, but I couldn't find the original source.
Since September he has been steadily moving toward a "mini Discord": public rooms, permanent groups, roles and permissions, themes, points, call ringing, and a desktop app. This is preparation for the day the ban is lifted: whether users stay will depend on these features.
Who's following
Plenty. From 9 through October, Brazil saw a crowd of nearly identical sites: Redylive (redy.lat) even copied the homepage copy structure and ranked in the top 100k in Brazil in September; CompartilharTela.com.br claims it was "born the day Discord was banned"; there are also Telão, TelaLivre, Transmite Aí and Tela Compartilhada. Technically there's no barrier: the browser's built-in screen-share API plus a WebRTC service is enough, and Go Live itself is open source (63 GitHub stars).
None of these copycats has a Discord bot or influencer promotion. Their traffic is an order of magnitude below Go Live's.
As for the ban: the ANPD rejected Discord's reinstatement request in September, the council reviewed the appeal in mid-October, and I haven't seen any news of a lift as of early November.
If it were you
One-line take: copying it in Brazil is already too late. The early movers hold the name, the bot is in the servers, and the Portuguese search terms are split among seven or eight sites. The demand itself hangs on a regulatory decision, and if the ban lifts, nobody knows how much traffic these tools will lose. What you can take away is the playbook, not this market.
Who it's for: indie developers who can write WebRTC, build Discord / Telegram bots, are already active in a particular country's gaming or community scene, and are willing to watch the news and keep a base ready to re-skin and launch at any time.
Who it's not for: people looking for a stable long-term income product. This is an event-driven business with windows measured in weeks, and turning it into a lasting product is a separate bet on retention.
How to do it:
- Watch for breakpoints like "country X banned feature Y of platform Z": regulatory orders, a platform switching off a feature in one region, app store removals. Build a "room name is the link, no sign-up" base for screen share / voice / watch-together now, so you can launch 24–48 hours after the event.
- Don't compete with the original platform for users; plug into it. Put a bot or plugin inside the platform to distribute, so users never leave their existing group. Most of the gap between Go Live and Kosmi comes from this step.
- Name the product and write the first post in the local language and tap into local sentiment; build a local-language search landing page on the homepage, and compare directly with big-company products in the FAQ.
How to get users: on day one, rely on local-sentiment posts on X / TikTok; in week one, use the bot to get into large servers (start with the people who run them); in week two, work with local gaming YouTubers on "you can do X without a VPN" tutorials.
When is "before": not a date, but within 48 hours of the event. Go Live launched the next day, while the first copycats came two to four weeks late and never caught up.
What would show you misread it: a month after Discord is reinstated in Brazil, if Go Live's rank drops back outside the 200k mark, it means these products only ride the event and can't retain users, so treat it as a one-off business and don't invest heavily in community or subscriptions. Conversely, if it stays within the 100k mark after reinstatement, it shows that "a lightweight alternative to a platform's feature" holds up on its own and is worth building seriously.
Research notes: competitor table, acquisition evidence, full research report
- Competitors
Name Where Launched Scale How it differs from this one Discord's built-in Go Live / screen share Big-company features Early on Banned in Brazil from 2026-08-17 The ban is where Go Live's demand came from; Go Live doesn't replace Discord voice, it only takes over the picture Vencord plugin / ARDiscordBypass / VPN Open source Lots of tutorials from 2026-08-17 vencord.dev Tranco about 22k; top TikTok bypass tutorial 470k views Requires installing a client plugin or VPN, with account-ban risk; Go Live works the moment you open a browser Kosmi Web Old product, Brazil-specific page put up in 2026-08-17 Tranco ~247k, CrUX Brazil top 50k Foreign products for watching videos / social rooms together, with no Discord bot and no local creators; incremental gain much smaller than Go Live Watch2Gether / Hyperbeam / Teleparty / Rave Web Legacy product Tranco 10k–380k Does synced video watching and cloud browsers, not pushing your own screen into a voice channel Google Meet / Zoom / Jitsi Big-company features Legacy product Huge Requires accounts or meeting bookings, leans office-oriented, has time limits, and doesn't connect to the Discord call flow Redylive(redy.lat) Web About 2026-09 CrUX Brazil 09 new entry to top 100k Almost a copy: has a mascot and a desktop app, but about a month late, with no Discord bot and no creator distribution CompartilharTela.com.br Web 2026-08 CrUX Brazil top 500k Uses room keys, voice stays on Discord, plus synced YouTube watching and mini-games; no community and no paid tier - Where users come from
- Verified platform event (Discord screen sharing banned in Brazil): ANPD 2026-08-12 ordered it, Discord 08-17 turned off the feature; Go Live 08-18 launched; CrUX Brazil 07 top 500k → 09 top 5000
- Verified X launch post + political meme naming: 08-18 launch post 'Janja banned screen sharing on Discord... like + repost to help spread it', 305k views, about 1.2K likes; every later update was numbered as 'AntiJanja update #N'
- Verified Discord bot parasitic distribution: 08-22 launched a bot that automatically opens a room whenever someone joins a voice channel, writing the g.nemtudo.me link into the channel status and chat; the author is a developer of a 600k-member Discord server
- Verified YouTube creator tutorials: Dune (@DuneGG, 174k subscribers) 08-25 tutorial got 118k views (one section covers automating GoLive), 10-28 special got 69.1k views; whether it was a paid sponsorship is unverified
- Verified Portuguese SEO: title is 'Transmitir Tela Online em Grupo, Grátis e Sem Instalar', with a dedicated /transmitir-tela-online page and an FAQ comparing Zoom/Meet/Discord; ranks on the first screen for related terms on Brave's Brazil storefront
- Inferred TikTok: 'transmitir tela discord sem vpn' has high topic volume, but most content covers VPNs or plugins; only a handful of small accounts can be clearly linked to golive
- Inferred Paid ads: no ad library results found
nemtudo.me / Go Live (golive.nemtudo.me): why it took off
One line
19-year-old Brazilian developer Gustavo (@NemTudo_) built Go Live, a free web-based group screen-sharing tool (early name: "AntiJanja"). It took off on a platform event: Brazil's data protection authority ANPD 2026-08-12 ordered Discord to suspend livestreaming and screen sharing, and Discord 8-17 shut off Go Live and video calls in Brazil. The author 8-18 launched right then, posted a tweet riding the news, and added two distribution channels, a Discord bot and YouTube tutorials, to catch the millions of Brazilian players who suddenly couldn't share their screens on Discord. The ban was still in place as of November, so demand kept up, and the product is evolving from an emergency tool into a small Discord-style app with Nitro-like paid features.
What it is
- The nemtudo.me root domain is the author's personal portfolio (he has previously built a Discord bot, NemTube, an r/place clone, and more; he is a developer on a 600k-member Discord server, "Servidor do Goularte"). The subdomain golive.nemtudo.me is what actually took off. Source: nemtudo.me
- Product: pick a room name, send the link to friends, and they can open it in a browser to see your screen (with system audio) and camera, with voice and text chat too. No sign-up, no time limit. Features added over time include a public room list, a world map, permanent groups (with roles and permissions), a theme workshop, points, verified badges, and a "call" ringing feature. There is also a desktop app (Win/Mac/Linux, with better system audio and echo cancellation), an Android app, and a Discord bot. Sources: golive.nemtudo.me, golive.nemtudo.me/discord-bot
- Pricing: Go Live Pro / Pro Max / Ultra, monthly at R$4.99 / 14.99 / 24.99 (the page lists original prices of R$10/30/50 at 50% off, with a further 58% saved on annual billing). Selling points are 4K, 240fps, multiple screens, no ads, verified badges, custom emotes, "Aura" for groups (essentially Discord Server Boost), a profile page with music, and live translated subtitles. The free tier shows ads; the top bar also carries a promo link for Square Cloud, a Brazilian bot hosting provider. Source: golive.nemtudo.me/pro
- Open source: GitHub Nem-Tudo/group-sharescreen, 2026-08-18 repo created, 63 stars, 26 forks, 11-06 still receiving commits (GitHub API, 2026-11-07).
Data (traffic lands on the web)
- Tranco (traffic library): ranked 2026-09-10 479,898,10-01, 127,896,10-22 53,444,11-05, 45,277, still climbing. Tranco is a 30-day rolling average, so real traffic starts in mid-August.
- CrUX (traffic library): globally 2026-08 top 500k, 09 rose to top 100k; Brazil 07 top 500k, 08 top 50k, 09 top 5000; the US, Canada, Spain, France, and the Netherlands each newly entered the top 500k in 09, and the UK, Italy, and Japan entered the top 1M (overseas Portuguese and Spanish speakers are using it).
- Comparison: Kosmi (kosmi.io), which also jumped on the "Discord banned in Brazil" news, went from CrUX Brazil 08–09 only from top 500k to top 50k; its Tranco rank moved from 252,166 (07-30) to 246,533 (11-05), barely changing. watch2gether.com is 230,729 and hyperbeam.com is 183,864, both ranked below nemtudo.me (traffic library, 2026-11-05).
- Android app me.nemtudo.golive: listed on 2026-09-18, 19,231 installs, +7 in the last 4,808 days, ranked #91 in Brazil's free Communication chart (Google Play library, 2026-11-07). The app is far smaller than the web version; most traffic is on the web.
- The author's own posted numbers: on launch day, 8-18 "600 people in a room and I haven't made a cent" (https://x.com/NemTudo_/status/2089839213696971103); 8-20 "2,200 people on calls at the same time today" (https://x.com/NemTudo_/status/2090280284310692214). I couldn't find an original source for the "100k sign-ups" on the recall card, so it's unverified.
Timeline
- 2026-08-12: Under the ECA Digital law, ANPD issued a preventive measure requiring Discord to suspend live-streaming in Brazil within 3 business days (https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/em-medida-preventiva-anpd-determina-que-discord-suspenda-transmissoes-ao-vivo-no-brasil)
- 2026-08-17: Discord turned off Go Live, screen sharing, and video calls in Brazil (https://discord.com/blog/a-letter-to-the-discord-community-in-brazil ; G1)
- 2026-08-18 00:31 UTC: GitHub repo created; 15:09 launch post: "I built the simplest website in the world... after Janja banned screen sharing on Discord, 100% of us needed... 100% open source, like + repost to help spread it"; 305k views, about 1.2K likes (https://x.com/NemTudo_/status/2089731378157932567). The same day he pinned a 2-minute demo video.
- 08-20: 2,200 people online at once; added chat and per-user volume control
- 08-22: "AntiJanja update #3": Discord bot (whenever someone joins a voice channel, it automatically opens a Go Live room and writes the link into the channel status and channel chat); added Google/Discord login (optional)
- 08-25: YouTuber Dune (@DuneGG, 174k subscribers) posted a tutorial, "screen share just like Discord without a VPN or any download", 118k views, with a dedicated section on "automating GoLive inside Discord" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXhfflAXDMY)
- 08-26: Desktop app
- 09-14: "Update #7": phone calls, permanent groups (chat, calls, roles, permissions), themes (https://x.com/NemTudo_/status/2099297885611270293)
- 09-18: Android app listed
- 09-19 / 09-25: GloboNews reported a further vulnerability in Discord; ANPD rejected Discord's request to restore the feature; 10-13 the ANPD board is reviewing the appeal, and as of early November no report of the ban being lifted (Estadão, O Globo, Agência Brasil)
- 10-28: Dune posted another video, "Discord keeps getting worse... so someone used AI to build one from scratch", introducing GoLive, 69.1k views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD4stRTYrw0)
- 11-06: New Pro promotion; desktop 1.0.29
Competitors
| Name | Where | When it launched | Scale | How it differs from Go Live |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord's built-in Go Live | Big-company features | Very early | Brazil ban | The ban itself is the source of demand for Go Live; lifting it is its biggest risk |
| Vencord plugins / ARDiscordBypass / VPNs and other workarounds | Open source / other | Lots of tutorials from 8-17 | vencord.dev Tranco ~22k; ninoxxoficial's TikTok bypass tutorial has 257k views | Stays inside Discord, but requires installing a client plugin or VPN, which is a high bar and can get accounts banned; Go Live works in any browser |
| Kosmi | Web | An older product; on 8-17 it launched a Brazil landing page, "Discord videos banned? Free alternative" | Tranco ~247k, CrUX Brazil top 50k | A social room focused on watching videos / games together, not a local brand; it grabbed SEO earliest but the incremental gain is much smaller |
| Watch2Gether / Hyperbeam / Teleparty / Rave | Web / App | Legacy product | Tranco 1–380k, varies | Does "watch videos together" and cloud browsers, not "push my screen to people in a voice channel" |
| Google Meet / Zoom / Jitsi | Big-company features / open source | Legacy product | Huge | Requires an account or a meeting booking, has time limits, and leans office-oriented; no flow tied to Discord calls |
| Redylive(redy.lat) | Web + desktop app | Around 2026-09 | CrUX Brazil 09 new entry to top 100k | Nearly a copy: the room name is the link, public/private rooms, "friends' voices in the app won't leak into the stream", "latecomers see what's already playing" |
| CompartilharTela.com.br | Web | August ("born when Discord was banned") | CrUX Brazil top 08 1M, 09 top 500k | Uses only room keys, voice stays on Discord; adds synced YouTube watching and mini-games |
| Telão (telao.live), TelaLivre, Transmite Aí, Tela Compartilhada (oasisgroup.gg) | Web | 8–October | telao.live CrUX Brazil top 500k; the others did not make the chart | Same "no sign-up, browser, one link" copycats, none of them have a Discord bot or creator distribution |
Growth tactics (evidence)
- Platform event + timing (confirmed): Discord 8-17 disabled the feature, and the product went live 8-18 later (GitHub 8-18 00:31 created the repo). Brazil CrUX 500k before July, 5000 before September.
- Controversy-driven traction on X (confirmed): the launch tweet said "Janja banned Discord screen share." It pinned the ban on First Lady Janja (a Brazilian political meme; TikTok bypass tutorials commonly tagged #janja too). The product was called "AntiJanja," riding political emotion, with 300k views. Every update was posted as a numbered "AntiJanja update #N" ending with a fixed "like + repost to help spread it." The author had only 1,769 followers; spread came from reposts.
- Discord bot embedded in the original context (confirmed): users were still hanging out in Discord voice channels, and the bot automatically opened a room in each voice channel and posted the link. Once a server installed it, everyone in it saw the golive link on every call, effectively piggybacking on Discord for distribution. The author is a developer/admin of a large Discord server and had existing server reach to tap (the specific installation relationship with these servers is unverified).
- YouTube creator tutorials (confirmed): two Dune videos total about 190k views (8-25 118k, 10-28 69.1k). Smaller channels like ANT1QUEDA also ran tutorials ("share screen without VPN"). Whether these were paid partnerships is unverified; the pinned link in Dune's videos goes to his own Discord, so it doesn't look like sponsored content.
- Portuguese SEO (confirmed): the homepage title is "Transmitir Tela Online em Grupo, Grátis e Sem Instalar," there's a dedicated /transmitir-tela-online page, and the homepage FAQ compares directly against Zoom / Meet / Discord. User-generated topic pages (/theme/...) have also been indexed by search engines. On Brave's Brazil region, searching "transmitir tela online grátis sem cadastro" puts it on the first screen.
- TikTok: the topic "transmitir tela discord sem vpn" has large volume (several videos at 10–470k views), but most cover VPN or plugin workarounds. Only a few small accounts clearly point to golive (e.g., smartfinds with 113,1,173 views). Not a main channel (partly confirmed).
- Ads: not recorded in our ad library; no paid acquisition found (unverified).
Why it took off
- The demand was suddenly created by a single ban, and it never went away: Brazil is a major Discord market, and for 8-17 millions of players couldn't share their screen on Discord. ANPD rejected Discord's reinstatement request in September, the appeal was still under review in October, and the ban lasted nearly 3 months, so demand stayed.
- Fast, and the simplest possible version: live within 24 hours, no account, no install, the room name is the link. 8-17 on the night, users wanted something they could use right away, so workaround guides requiring plugins/VPNs and meeting software requiring sign-up both lost.
- Distribution embedded in Discord: the positioning was "keep using Discord voice, the video goes through me." The bot auto-opens rooms, so users never leave their community. No copycat did this, and it's the most likely explanation for the gap between it and Kosmi's growth.
- Local people + local emotion + local creators: Portuguese, the political meme of "AntiJanja," and the author sitting in Brazil's large Discord server circles, amplified by Dune's tutorials, a Brazilian gaming YouTuber.
- From tool to community, to catch retention: from September it added groups, roles, themes, points, badges, and Aura, with pricing copied from Discord Nitro (verified badges, custom emojis, Server Boost). This lays groundwork for whether users stay once the ban is lifted.
Differentiation
Looking at "no sign-up browser screen share" alone, the technical barrier is low (WebRTC plus getDisplayMedia). From 9 to October a bunch of nearly identical sites appeared, and Redylive even copied the copy structure. Three things set it apart:
- Tied to Discord voice channels (bot auto-opens rooms, posts links): one of the key reasons it took off.
- Early launch + emotional naming gives mindshare: it was there first at 8-18, and "AntiJanja" became the community's name for this kind of tool.
- Moving toward "replace Discord", not stopping at a single tool: groups, permissions, Nitro-style paid tiers. This line decides whether it survives, not what drove its traffic.
Visibility
Buzz in small circles: Portuguese X (top post 300k views) and Brazilian gaming YouTube (Dune's two videos, about 190k) mentioned it. No mainstream coverage (G1, Folha, Estadão's Discord reporting didn't mention it) or English tech press; revenue is not public, and the author early on only said "not making money." But copycats are already plentiful (Redylive, CompartilharTela, Telão, TelaLivre, Transmite Aí, Tela Compartilhada, Kosmi's Brazil page), so this window is already crowded.
What others can borrow
- Watch for feature breaks caused by regulation or platform bans (a country bans a specific feature of a platform), and within 24–48 hours ship the "simplest" substitute, name it in the local language, and ride local emotion.
- Don't fight the original platform for users; be its add-on: distribute through bots/plugins inside the original platform so users never leave their community.
- Once traffic arrives, immediately add community features and copy the platform's paid structure (badges, emojis, Boost), converting temporary users into retained ones before the ban is lifted.
- Build local-language SEO landing pages on the homepage, with an FAQ that compares directly against big-company products, plus YouTube tutorial creators.
Uncertain
- The source of the "100k sign-ups" figure from the recall card wasn't found; paying users and revenue are unknown.
- Once the ban is lifted (the ANPD council is still reviewing the appeal), how much web traffic will drop is unknown. November Tranco is still rising, but Tranco lags 1–2 weeks, and CrUX only goes through September.
- Whether Dune's videos were sponsored is unverified; whether the Square Cloud promotion is a sponsorship or an affiliate split is unverified.
- How many servers installed the bot, and whether the large server the author belongs to installs it by default, is unknown.