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Mirrors the Windows client's UI overhaul (commit97fa659+540ec13) adapted to Mac-native conventions. The main window is now just toolbar + channels + users + chat; audio device settings moved to a modeless Settings window. - NSToolbar: Join Voice, Share Screen Audio, Mute, Deafen (SF Symbol toggle buttons) + Output Volume slider (NSSlider 0-100, default 80). Voice actions, mute/deafen, and output volume moved out of the bottom panel into the toolbar - Audio device settings (input mode, VAD sensitivity, PTT key, device picker, level meter) moved to a new SettingsWindowController -- a modeless window opened via the app menu's "Settings..." (Cmd+,) item. Source-of-truth for audio state lives in MainWindowController so voice start applies settings even before the window has been opened; SettingsWindowController reads from / writes back to those properties and applies changes live when voice is active. Level meter forwarded from handleLevel -> updateLevel(rms:) - Unified log: chat NSTextView + activity NSTableView collapsed into a single NSTextView -- activity events in secondaryLabelColor (gray), chat in default - Private messaging: scope dropdown removed; compose always sends to the current channel. Each PM conversation opens in its own modeless PrivateMessageWindowController. Incoming .textMessage with .private scope routed to the right window; outgoing PMs echoed by server arrive through the same path. "Send Private Message..." added to user context menu. - Messages menu: "New Private Message..." (Cmd+Shift+N) opens a UserPickerSheet listing all server users so you can PM anyone on the server - Channel tree now shows live user counts, e.g. "General (3)"; refreshChannelTree called on .userJoined/.userLeft (was missing) - Voice menu: Join Voice (Cmd+Shift+V), Share Screen Audio (Cmd+Shift+S), Mute (Cmd+Shift+M), Deafen (Cmd+Shift+D) -- NSMenuItem key equivalents with [.command, .shift] mask, dispatched by the responder chain - setOutputVolume(_:) wrapper added to VoiceCatClient.swift (was missing -- the C ABI + C# wrapper shipped in commit97fa659but the Swift wrapper was never added); wired end-to-end: toolbar slider -> client.setOutputVolume(gain) Part A -- fixed and verified the previously-uncompiled Swift from the external PCM feed/tap commit (615d2a8): - Rebuilt the macOS xcframework slice (regenerated the module map from current voicecat.h, exposing vc_pcm_sink_cb / vc_stream_feed_pcm / vc_set_pcm_sink) - Fixed feedPcm type bug: size_t imports as Int in Swift not UInt; the original UInt(samplesPerChannel) was wrong - Added VoiceCatPcmSinkCallback typealias -- a Swift-idiomatic public alias for the C vc_pcm_sink_cb so consumers (tests, the macOS app) can declare a sink callback without directly importing the VoiceCatC C module. Mirrors the C# VcPcmSinkCallback delegate - keyCodeName helper deduplicated (was in PttKeyCaptureSheet.swift + MainWindowController.swift -- now shared) Platform-specific adaptations (vs. Windows): NSToolbar instead of ToolStrip; global menu bar + NSMenuItem key equivalents (Cmd not Ctrl, responder-chain dispatched, no custom key monitor needed); PM windows as modeless NSWindows; picker as Mac sheet; gray = secondaryLabelColor; SF Symbols for toolbar icons. swift test 10/10 (4 ExternalPcmTests + 6 VoiceCatClientSmokeTests against a live server); xcodebuild Debug + Release BUILD SUCCEEDED with 0 Swift warnings.
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/. M1–M5 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. SeePROGRESS.mdanddocs/roadmap.md.
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 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).
# one-time vcpkg setup:
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg && ./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh # .bat on Windows
export VCPKG_ROOT=/path/to/vcpkg # Linux/macOS; or $env:VCPKG_ROOT on PowerShell
# configure + build + test:
cmake --preset dev
cmake --build --preset dev
ctest --preset dev # 21 behavior tests
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:
cmake --preset skeleton && cmake --build --preset skeleton && ctest --preset skeleton
See 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 §5).