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Core ABI extensions (voicecat.h): - vc_list_channels / vc_list_users / vc_list_user_streams — pull-based snapshot getters for the channel-tree and user-list UI; session_model_mu_ guards cross-thread reads - VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT / vc_join_channel — channel join with optional password - VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY + vc_confirm_server_identity — TOFU gate that blocks io_thread_ until the UI approves or rejects; pins TLS leaf-cert SHA-256 (not declared Ed25519) - vc_get_server_identity_display — Ed25519 fingerprint for human-readable display only - VC_INPUT_ALWAYS_ON = 2 in vc_input_mode — transmit unconditionally, no VAD gate - vc_set_vad_threshold — live RMS threshold update (0.0–1.0); EnergyVadProcessor stores it atomically so the audio RT path reads without a lock C++ implementation: - SessionModel::apply_snapshot / apply_channel_event fixed to populate parent_id, password_protected, and max_users (were permanently zeroed) - TlsContext::peer_cert_fingerprint — SHA-256 of peer leaf cert DER via mbedTLS - TofuStore split into peek (read-only) + pin (write) so first-connect only persists after user approval; tofu_store_path in vc_config for per-user pin file location - TcpAcceptor uses dual-stack IPv6+IPv4 fallback (fixes localhost → ::1 on Windows) - windows-client CMake preset: Release shared DLL, static MinGW runtime, no tools/tests - New C++ tests: test_channel_user_list_abi, test_tofu_flow (14/14 green) Windows client (clients/windows/ — .NET 10 WinForms): - VoiceCat.Interop: LibraryImport P/Invoke surface, UnmanagedCallersOnly callbacks, Channel<VoiceCatEvent> event delivery drained by 30ms WinForms Timer - VoiceCat.App: ConnectDialog (saved servers, DPAPI password storage), ServerIdentity- Dialog (TOFU first-connect / mismatch warning), MainForm (channel TreeView, user ListBox, RichTextBox chat, voice controls, device pickers, VAD/PTT/always-on mode, per-user gain/mute/NR tuning, VAD sensitivity TrackBar, level meter ProgressBar) - PttKeyCaptureDialog — focus-scoped PTT key capture (documented limitation) - PerUserTuningDialog — real-time gain/mute/NR applied to all of a user's streams - Accessibility: explicit AccessibleName/Description on every control, & mnemonics, Activity log ListBox as durable screen-reader record, AutomationNotification for curated live announcements Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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: pre-implementation. The design is complete in
docs/. The code is an M0 skeleton — it compiles and links, but every subsystem is a stub. SeeAGENTS.mdto start building, anddocs/roadmap.mdfor the milestones.
Read the design first
The docs/ folder is the source of truth. Start at docs/README.md,
then architecture → protocol → voice → security → tech-stack → deployment →
roadmap.
Build the skeleton (no dependencies needed yet)
The M0 skeleton builds with just a C++20 compiler + CMake + Ninja — no vcpkg, no third-party libraries, because every subsystem is currently a stub.
cmake --preset dev
cmake --build --preset dev
ctest --preset dev # runs the smoke test (links the core, calls the C ABI)
Artifacts land in build/dev/bin/ (voicecat-server, vccli).
When you start implementing a subsystem that needs real libraries, build with vcpkg deps:
# one-time: git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg && ./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
export VCPKG_ROOT=/path/to/vcpkg # set VCPKG_ROOT (works on Linux/macOS/Windows)
cmake --preset server-release # auto-installs deps from vcpkg.json
cmake --build --preset server-release
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 §5).