# mofarrell/p2pvc

A point to point color terminal video chat.

Repository: https://github.com/mofarrell/p2pvc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/p2pvc
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-11-01T18:13:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4226, "days_push": 1036, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2894, forks 210 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.584226+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, networking, terminal-ui
- domain: media
- platform: cli, cpp
- tags: video-chat, ascii-art, p2p, ncurses, opencv, portaudio, command-line, real-time, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mofarrell/p2pvc (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.584226+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:35:17.640988+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mofarrell/p2pvc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.584226+00:00, sha ca6abb341974)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.