# irungentoo/toxcore

The future of online communications.

Repository: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/toxcore
Homepage: https://tox.chat/
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: tox, str8c
Last push: 2024-07-13T23:51:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4819, "days_push": 781, "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 8748, forks 1297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:25.553126+00:00)

## What it is
Toxcore is the core C library implementing the Tox protocol, a fully encrypted, peer-to-peer, serverless communication platform for instant messaging, voice, video, and file sharing. It provides all messaging and encryption facilities, decoupled from any user interface, for client applications to build on.

## Use cases
- build a private encrypted chat app without central servers
- replace Skype with a free P2P messenger
- send files peer-to-peer with no size caps
- make encrypted voice and video calls
- embed secure messaging into another application
- chat without registering accounts or phone numbers

## When to choose
- you need a serverless, end-to-end encrypted messaging protocol library
- you are building a Tox client or integrating Tox into an app
- you want P2P communication resistant to censorship and outages

## When to avoid
- you need IP-address anonymity for your contacts (Tox reveals IPs to friends; use Tor tunneling or a different tool)
- you want a ready-to-use end-user chat application (this is the core library, not a client)
- you need large-scale group messaging or federation with mainstream messengers

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cryptography, p2p, networking, sdk
- domain: privacy, messaging-platforms, security, networking
- platform: cross-platform, c, windows
- tags: tox, instant-messaging, e2e-encryption, dht, voice-calls, video-calls, file-sharing, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- irungentoo/toxcore (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.553126+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 2026-08-29T17:25:16.732571+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.553126+00:00, sha eac88839afe7)
  - homepage: https://tox.chat/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:32.296467+00:00, sha 4b454c1d57d8)
  - site_page: https://tox.chat/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:32.305752+00:00, sha 1a05b6560138)
  - site_page: https://tox.chat/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:32.307879+00:00, sha b7f735aab6d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.