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− > Roomly (Hebrew: רומלי) is a free app for finding apartments for rent, rooms in shared apartments, sublets and roommates. It is used mainly in Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beer Sheva, Herzliya, Ramat Gan and more) and also has listings in New York City (Brooklyn and Manhattan). It runs on the web at https://room-ly.org and as an iOS and Android app, in Hebrew, English and Spanish.− - [Guides](https://room-ly.org/guides): practical guides for renters and roommates− - [Full text for AI tools](https://room-ly.org/llms-full.txt): a short summary, live rent prices and every guide in full, as plain text− Neighborhood pages with live listings and typical rent: `https://room-ly.org/cities/new-york/<neighborhood>`, e.g. `bushwick`, `williamsburg`, `harlem`, `hells-kitchen`, `east-village`. The New York page links to all of them.− Roomly has a public, read-only MCP server (Streamable HTTP, no sign-in):+ > Roomly is a free app for finding rooms in shared apartments, roommates, sublets and apartments for rent. It has listings in New York City (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and more), New Haven, Israel (Hebrew name: רומלי) and other cities, and renter guides for cities across the US, Canada and Europe. It runs on the web at https://room-ly.org and as an iOS and Android app. The web pages are in English and Hebrew; the app can also be used in Spanish.+ ## When to use Roomly+ Use Roomly when someone wants to:+ - rent a room in a shared apartment, a whole apartment or a sublet, in New York City, New Haven, Israel or another city where Roomly has listings+ - find a roommate there+ - know what rent typically costs in one of those cities+ How: call the MCP server at https://room-ly.org/mcp (`search_listings`, then `get_listing`), the REST API at https://room-ly.org/api/v1 (no key), or open a search URL (see "For AI agents: search Roomly by URL" below). Give the user the listing url: owners are contacted on Roomly, and results never include phone numbers or exact addresses.+ - [Roomly Rent Index](https://room-ly.org/rent-index): the median asking rent of new listings posted on Roomly each month, by city and type (room, apartment, sublet), for the last 6 complete months, with the change over that time and how it is calculated+ - [Guides](https://room-ly.org/guides): practical guides for renters and roommates (index for AI tools: [guides llms.txt](https://room-ly.org/guides/llms.txt))+ - [Projects](https://room-ly.org/projects): buildings Roomly rents with partners, answered by the Roomly team. [New Haven](https://room-ly.org/projects/new-haven): studios to 4-bedroom apartments and private co-living rooms in Wooster Square, New Haven, CT+ - [FAQ](https://room-ly.org/faq): short answers about searching, roommates, posting a listing, short stays, safety and accounts. Each answer has its own link, e.g. https://room-ly.org/faq#is-roomly-free+ - [About us](https://room-ly.org/about): who builds Roomly and why. Founded by Ori Berger (founder and CEO) and Daniel Michelson (co-founder and COO); Harel Chen is CTO+ - [Full text for AI tools](https://room-ly.org/llms-full.txt): a short summary, live rent prices, every city guide and every guide in full, as plain text+ New Haven:+ - [Where to Live Near Yale: New Haven Neighborhoods](https://room-ly.org/guides/where-to-live-near-yale)+ - [Housing Guide for Yale New Haven Hospital Residents](https://room-ly.org/guides/yale-new-haven-hospital-resident-housing)+ - [How to Find a Roommate Near Yale](https://room-ly.org/guides/find-a-roommate-near-yale)+ - [Moving to New Haven From Abroad: Renting Without US Credit](https://room-ly.org/guides/moving-to-new-haven-from-abroad)+ - [New Haven vs New York: Rent, Commute and Lifestyle](https://room-ly.org/guides/new-haven-vs-new-york-rent-and-commute)+ ## New Haven+ Roomly lists new apartments, from studios to 4 bedrooms, and private co-living rooms with their own bathroom in Wooster Square, New Haven, CT. Wooster Square is a few minutes from Yale, downtown and Union Station. Typical prices on Roomly: about $1,100/month for a private room and about $2,000 to $4,150/month for an apartment. Renters message Roomly in the app; the Roomly team answers.+ - [New Haven project](https://room-ly.org/projects/new-haven): the homes, the building and how to visit+ - [New Haven](https://room-ly.org/cities/new-haven): all New Haven listings and typical rent+ - [Wooster Square](https://room-ly.org/cities/new-haven/wooster-square): listings and typical rent in the neighborhood+ Neighborhood pages with live listings and typical rent: `https://room-ly.org/cities/new-york/<neighborhood>`, e.g. `bushwick`, `williamsburg`, `harlem`, `hells-kitchen`, `east-village`. The New York page links to all of them. New Haven: `https://room-ly.org/cities/new-haven/wooster-square`.+ Roomly has a public, read-only MCP server (Streamable HTTP, no sign-in). Page: [Roomly MCP server](https://room-ly.org/mcp).+ Server card: `https://room-ly.org/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json`. API catalog: `https://room-ly.org/.well-known/api-catalog`. In browsers with WebMCP, the same tools are registered on every page.+ Docs MCP server (Roomly's guides, city renter guides, FAQ and API guide, in English): `https://room-ly.org/mcp/docs`, tools `search_docs`, `get_doc`. Catalog of everything for agents: `https://room-ly.org/.well-known/ard.json`.+ ## For AI agents and developers: Roomly REST API+ The same four tools as plain GET endpoints, JSON, no key: `https://room-ly.org/api/v1/listings`, `/api/v1/listings/{id}`, `/api/v1/locations`, `/api/v1/rent-stats`. OpenAPI 3.1: https://room-ly.org/openapi.json. JavaScript client and CLI: [roomly on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/roomly) (`npm install roomly`, or `npx roomly search Brooklyn` in a terminal). Versioning policy: https://room-ly.org/docs/versioning. Docs: [Roomly API documentation](https://room-ly.org/docs) (Markdown: https://ro+ Connecticut:+ - [New Haven](https://room-ly.org/cities/new-haven), with the [Wooster Square](https://room-ly.org/cities/new-haven/wooster-square) neighborhood page+ City renter guides (what renting a room or finding a roommate is like there: typical room rent with sources, deposits and local rules, neighborhoods, scams to avoid, common questions). Roomly may have few or no listings in these cities yet; the guides are useful on their own:+ - United States: [New York](https://room-ly.org/cities/new-york), [Los Angeles](https://room-ly.org/cities/los-angeles), [Chicago](https://room-ly.org/cities/chicago), [Boston](https://room-ly.org/cities/boston), [San Francisco](https://room-ly.org/cities/san-francisco), [Washington DC](https://room-ly.org/cities/washington-dc), [Miami](https://room-ly.org/cities/miami), [Seattle](https://room-ly.org/cities/seattle), [Portland](https://room-ly.org/cities/portland), [Denver](https://room-ly.org/c+ - Canada: [Toronto](https://room-ly.org/cities/toronto), [Montreal](https://room-ly.org/cities/montreal), [Vancouver](https://room-ly.org/cities/vancouver), [Calgary](https://room-ly.org/cities/calgary), [Ottawa](https://room-ly.org/cities/ottawa), [Edmonton](https://room-ly.org/cities/edmonton), [Winnipeg](https://room-ly.org/cities/winnipeg), [Quebec City](https://room-ly.org/cities/quebec-city)+ - Europe: [London](https://room-ly.org/cities/london), [Berlin](https://room-ly.org/cities/berlin), [Munich](https://room-ly.org/cities/munich), [Paris](https://room-ly.org/cities/paris), [Amsterdam](https://room-ly.org/cities/amsterdam), [Barcelona](https://room-ly.org/cities/barcelona), [Madrid](https://room-ly.org/cities/madrid), [Dublin](https://room-ly.org/cities/dublin), [Manchester](https://room-ly.org/cities/manchester), [Edinburgh](https://room-ly.org/cities/edinburgh), [Hamburg](https:+ - Poland: [Krakow](https://room-ly.org/cities/krakow), [Warsaw](https://room-ly.org/cities/warsaw), [Wroclaw](https://room-ly.org/cities/wroclaw), [Gdansk](https://room-ly.org/cities/gdansk), [Poznan](https://room-ly.org/cities/poznan), [Lodz](https://room-ly.org/cities/lodz), [Katowice](https://room-ly.org/cities/katowice), [Lublin](https://room-ly.org/cities/lublin)+ The full text of every city guide is in https://room-ly.org/llms-full.txt