Show HN: Tincan – terminal voice chat with no server in the middle

Category: cli-tool

Tags: p2p, voice-chat, terminal, rust, tui

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 9, Utility: 5)

Tincan is a serverless peer-to-peer voice and text chat application for the terminal, built in Rust. It uses a room name and passphrase (or invite code) to derive a shared address, enabling direct connections without any central server, VPN, or port forwarding. The metal-themed TUI with animated audio meters and connection pulse is a distinctive design touch that makes the underlying network state visible.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, terminal enthusiasts

Repository: https://github.com/bilalyazicioglu/tincan-cli · Rust · MIT · 3 stars

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