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# VoiceCat
Self-hosted, native voice & text chat in the spirit of classic TeamSpeak / Mumble —
channel-based voice, channel + private text, one server you run yourself. Plain **TCP**
(control) and **UDP** (media), no WebRTC. Encrypted by default. A shared **C++ core**
(`libvoicecat`) drives native clients (Swift on macOS/iOS, C# on Windows) and the server.
> **Status:** Design complete in [`docs/`](docs/). M1M5 are implemented — real TLS control
> plane, encrypted UDP voice (Opus), multi-stream, TOFU identity pinning, channel tree,
> permissions, moderation, disconnect/keepalive/reaper. Windows WinForms C# client shipped
> (M4). macOS/iOS Swift client is next. See [`PROGRESS.md`](PROGRESS.md) and
> [`docs/roadmap.md`](docs/roadmap.md).
## Read the design first
The [`docs/`](docs/) folder is the source of truth. Start at [`docs/README.md`](docs/README.md),
then `architecture``protocol``voice``security``tech-stack``deployment`
`roadmap`.
## Build
The default development preset is **`dev`** — it builds everything (server + tools + tests)
with real vcpkg deps. It works on Windows, Linux, and macOS (vcpkg triplet auto-resolved).
```bash
# one-time vcpkg setup (bundled as a submodule, pinned to vcpkg.json's builtin-baseline):
git submodule update --init vcpkg
./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh # .bat on Windows
# configure + build + test:
cmake --preset dev
cmake --build --preset dev
ctest --preset dev # 21 behavior tests
```
To use an external vcpkg checkout instead, set `VCPKG_ROOT=/path/to/vcpkg` (or
`$env:VCPKG_ROOT` on PowerShell) — it always takes priority over the bundled submodule.
Artifacts land in `build/dev/bin/` (`voicecat-server`, `vccli`, `voicecat-admin`).
The `skeleton` preset (no vcpkg deps, stubs only) is a fast smoke check that needs no
third-party libraries:
```bash
cmake --preset skeleton && cmake --build --preset skeleton && ctest --preset skeleton
```
See [`docs/building.md`](docs/building.md) for the full preset matrix (including `release`,
`server-release`, `windows-client`, and Apple platform scaffolding).
## Layout
```
docs/ design spec (read this)
core/ libvoicecat — the shared C++ core
include/ voicecat.h (the C ABI all clients call)
proto/ voicecat.proto (control-plane wire format, source of truth)
src/ net/ crypto/ codec/ protocol/ session/ audio/ (stubs today)
server/ voicecat-server (headless; links the core)
tools/vccli/ headless test client — drives the protocol from M1 on
clients/ apple/ (Swift, M4) windows/ (C#, M4) — placeholders for now
tests/ CTest targets
```
## License
Permissive-only dependencies (no GPL/LGPL) so the project can be redistributed freely,
including closed-source. Project license: TBD (see [`docs/tech-stack.md`](docs/tech-stack.md) §5).