ASCII Chat master

ASCII Chat Release master

ASCII video chat - probably the first command line video chat program!

Installation

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo apt-get install libv4l-dev zlib1g-dev portaudio19-dev pkg-config
wget https://github.com/zfogg/ascii-chat/releases/download/master/ascii-chat-Linux-release.tar.gz
tar -xzf ascii-chat-Linux-release.tar.gz

macOS:

brew install opencv@4 zlib portaudio
wget https://github.com/zfogg/ascii-chat/releases/download/master/ascii-chat-macOS-release.tar.gz
tar -xzf ascii-chat-macOS-release.tar.gz

Usage

Start the server:

./bin/server -p 90001

Connect with a client:

./bin/client -p 90001 -a 127.0.0.1

Enable color mode:

./bin/server --color
./bin/client --color

Initial release