Launched in 2014, and based in California, United States, the service enabled multiple people to remotely browse and watch the same content in real-time.

[1] A host could create a room, invite others to it (or, alternatively, set it to public so the room appeared on the site's homepage for anyone to join), and share content using a virtual computer called a "Rabbitcast," or using the Google Chrome extension "Share on Rabbit."

[2] Unlike other popular streaming websites such as YouTube and Netflix, Rabbit did not host the content viewed on it.

[5] After a beta release in 2013[6][7] which offered limited Mac-only functionality, the company redesigned Rabbit as a web app in the summer of 2014.

[9] On July 31, 2019, it was announced that its remaining assets—intellectual property, software stack, and several patents—had been acquired by fellow streaming service Kast.