Open Reverb

Open Reverb is an open-source voice, video, and text communication platform similar to TeamSpeak and Discord. It provides a self-hostable server and cross-platform clients for Windows and macOS.

Features

• Voice over IP (VoIP) communication
• Video calling
• Screen sharing
• Channel-based communication
• Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS)
• Self-hostable server

Architecture

Open Reverb is structured as a Rust workspace with three main components:

1. open-reverb-common: Shared code, models, and protocols used by both client and server
2. open-reverb-server: The server implementation that handles connections, channels, and message routing
3. open-reverb-client: The client application with a cross-platform GUI using egui

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Rust toolchain (1.63+)
• Cargo package manager
• Platform-specific development dependencies

Windows Dependencies

• Visual Studio Build Tools with C++ support

macOS Dependencies

• Xcode Command Line Tools

Optional Features

Open Reverb supports conditional compilation of certain features:

# Build with audio support (requires cpal)
cargo build --features audio

# Build with video support (requires gstreamer)
cargo build --features video

# Build with all features
cargo build --features "audio video"

Note: Full audio and video support requires additional platform-specific dependencies:

• Audio: CPAL dependencies (ALSA on Linux, CoreAudio on macOS)
• Video: GStreamer libraries with appropriate plugins

Building

You can use the provided build scripts:

# On macOS
./scripts/build_macos.sh

# On Windows
scripts\build_windows.bat

# Cross-compile for Windows from macOS/Linux
./scripts/cross_compile_windows.sh

Or build manually:

# Build everything in debug mode
cargo build

# Build everything in release mode
cargo build --release

# Build specific component
cargo build -p open-reverb-server --release

Running

Server

./target/release/open-reverb-server

Client

./target/release/open-reverb-client

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.