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mofarrell/p2pvc

A point to point color terminal video chat. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mofarrell/p2pvc · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4226
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1036
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2894 stars · 210 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

p2pvc is a peer-to-peer video chat application that renders live color video as ASCII/Braille characters directly in the terminal, with audio via PortAudio. It is a small C program connecting directly to an IP address without any signaling server.

Use cases

  • video chat from the terminal
  • render webcam feed as ASCII art in terminal
  • peer-to-peer audio call without a server
  • terminal-based video conferencing over LAN
  • display color video using Braille Unicode characters

When to choose

  • you want a fun, minimal terminal video chat between two peers on the same network
  • you need audio/video calls without installing a heavy client or using a server
  • you want to experiment with ASCII/Braille video rendering

When to avoid

  • you need calls across NAT without port forwarding
  • you need group calls, encryption, or production-grade reliability
  • you want a graphical video chat client

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

video-processing audio-processing networking terminal-ui media cli cpp video-chat ascii-art p2p ncurses opencv portaudio command-line real-time linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
mofarrell/p2pvcmain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="mofarrell/p2pvc")

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