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The two-sided NR plumbing (RemoteStream::recv_ns + the per-listener vc_set_remote_stream noise_reduction toggle) was wired but inert: ApmProcessor::create() returned a no-op passthrough, because the originally-planned webrtc-audio-processing has no working Windows/macOS build. Drop in RNNoise as the real backend behind the same ApmProcessor interface, lighting up both NR paths. - Vendor RNNoise (BSD-3 + CC0) at third_party/rnnoise/ — the vcpkg port is !windows !arm, so it can't cover our primary targets. Shrunk int8 model (78MB -> 11.7MB via upstream scripts/shrink_model.sh), built as a standalone C static lib with no RTCD (portable scalar path on x86, auto-NEON on arm64) under -DDISABLE_DEBUG_FLOAT. Model is baked in (rnnoise_create(NULL)); no runtime file. - New RnnoiseProcessor (core/src/audio/apm_processor.cpp) selected by ApmProcessor::create() when VOICECAT_HAS_NS. Mono/48kHz/480-sample; our clock is fixed 48kHz and Opus frame sizes are multiples of 480, so no resampling. RT-safe: allocates at construction, lock-free in the capture/playback callbacks. - Receive-side: lit up via the factory; gated to mono streams (a stereo stream is a screen-audio share, not voice). - Send-side (new): vc_set_input_noise_reduction(client, enable) ABI + vc_client::mic_ns_, run before input gain/VAD in on_capture_frame. A stereo mic is downmixed to mono ONLY when NR is on — with NR off a stereo mic keeps full stereo (never collapse mic quality unasked). - Enable C as a project language for the vendored lib. - New noise_suppression test: white noise through ApmProcessor::create() drops ~99.9% RMS. ctest --preset dev green, 28/28. windows-client DLL builds clean with vc_set_input_noise_reduction exported, system-only deps. - Docs synced: voice.md §10, tech-stack.md §1/§5, third_party/README.md, vcpkg.json note, PROGRESS.md, CLAUDE.md. Client on/off UI toggles (Windows/macOS/iOS) are the remaining follow-up. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <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: 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).