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Built for the [Yggdrasil](https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/) mesh network, but works on any IPv4/IPv6 network.\n\n⚠️ **Under Heavy Development** - Expect breaking changes\n\n## Features\n\n- **Chat** — Real-time messaging with channels, user messages, broadcasts, and persistent message history\n- **Voice** — Push-to-talk voice chat with Opus codec, DTLS encryption, and WebRTC audio processing (noise suppression, echo cancellation, automatic gain control)\n- **Files** — Multi-tab browser with search, downloads, uploads, pause/resume, and queue management\n- **Bandwidth Control** — Server-side outbound speed limits with per-account weighted fairness across BBS and transfers; LAN/private clients bypass the scheduler while WAN/Yggdrasil traffic is managed\n- **News** — Bulletin board with Markdown and image support\n- **Users** — Granular permissions, account groups, shared accounts, guest access, custom avatars\n- **Security** — Mandatory TLS, TOFU verification, TLS interception detection, Argon2id passwords, configurable password strength, chat flood protection, proxy support\n- **Notifications** — Desktop, toast, and sound alerts for 16 event types\n- **Customization** — 30 themes, 13 languages, configurable UI\n- **System Tray** — Status icons, minimize to tray, quick actions (Windows/Linux)\n- **Connectivity** — Multi-server bookmarks, auto-connect, UPnP, IPv4/IPv6/Yggdrasil\n- **Discovery** — Optional tracker daemon and client browser to find public servers\n- **Deep Links** — `nexus://` URI scheme for direct links to servers, channels, and files, with an admin-advertised public address for clean shareable URIs\n- **WebSocket** — Optional WebSocket support for web-based clients (`--websocket`)\n\n## Downloads\n\nPre-built binaries are available on the [Releases](https://github.com/zquestz/nexus/releases) page.\n\n### Client\n\n| Platform          | Download                                                                                                                                   |\n| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| macOS (Universal) | `nexus-client-{version}-macos-universal.dmg`                                                                                               |\n| Windows (x64)     | `nexus-client-{version}-windows-x64.msi`                                                                                                   |\n| Linux (x64)       | `.AppImage` or `.deb`                                                                                                                      |\n| Linux (arm64)     | `.AppImage` or `.deb`                                                                                                                      |\n| Arch Linux (AUR)  | [nexus-client](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nexus-client) or [nexus-client-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nexus-client-git) |\n\n### Server\n\n| Platform | Download                                    |\n| -------- | ------------------------------------------- |\n| macOS    | `nexusd-{version}-macos-{x64,arm64}.tar.gz` |\n| Windows  | `nexusd-{version}-windows-x64.zip`          |\n| Linux    | `nexusd-{version}-linux-{x64,arm64}.tar.gz` |\n| Docker   | `ghcr.io/zquestz/nexusd:{version}`          |\n\n### Tracker\n\nThe tracker is an optional discovery daemon that maintains a list of registered Nexus servers. It is versioned independently from the BBS server and client (current tracker version: **0.1.1**).\n\n| Platform | Download                                            |\n| -------- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n| macOS    | `nexus-trackerd-{version}-macos-{x64,arm64}.tar.gz` |\n| Windows  | `nexus-trackerd-{version}-windows-x64.zip`          |\n| Linux    | `nexus-trackerd-{version}-linux-{x64,arm64}.tar.gz` |\n| Docker   | `ghcr.io/zquestz/nexus-trackerd:{version}`          |\n\nSee [Client Installation](docs/client/01-getting-started.md), [Server Installation](docs/server/01-getting-started.md), and [Tracker Installation](docs/tracker/01-getting-started.md) for detailed instructions.\n\n## Quick Start (from source)\n\n```bash\n# Build\ncargo build --release\n\n# Run server (first user becomes admin)\n./target/release/nexusd\n\n# Run tracker (optional, for server discovery)\n./target/release/nexus-trackerd\n\n# Run client\n./target/release/nexus\n```\n\nSee [Server Documentation](docs/server/01-getting-started.md) for configuration options.\n\n## Docker\n\nThe repo's `docker-compose.yml` ships both the server (`nexusd`) and the tracker (`nexus-trackerd`):\n\n```bash\n# Start both\ndocker compose up -d\n\n# Or start just one\ndocker compose up -d nexusd\ndocker compose up -d nexus-trackerd\n```\n\nSee [Server Docker](docs/server/03-docker.md) and [Tracker Docker](docs/tracker/03-docker.md) for details.\n\n## Screenshots\n\n_Coming soon_\n\n## Documentation\n\n- **[Client Guide](docs/README.md#client-user-guide)** — Connections, chat, files, settings\n- **[Server Guide](docs/README.md#server-admin-guide)** — Setup, configuration, user management\n- **[Tracker Guide](docs/README.md#tracker-admin-guide)** — Discovery service setup and password management\n- **[Protocol Specification](docs/protocol/README.md)** — Technical protocol details\n\n## Architecture\n\n| Crate           | Description                       |\n| --------------- | --------------------------------- |\n| `nexus-common`  | Shared protocol and utilities     |\n| `nexus-server`  | Server daemon (`nexusd`)          |\n| `nexus-client`  | GUI client (`nexus`)              |\n| `nexus-tracker` | Tracker daemon (`nexus-trackerd`) |\n\n## Build Requirements\n\n### All Platforms\n\n- Rust 2024 edition (1.95+)\n\n### Linux\n\nVoice chat requires ALSA and WebRTC audio processing build tools:\n\n**Debian/Ubuntu:**\n\n```bash\nsudo apt install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config clang libasound2-dev\n```\n\n**Arch Linux:**\n\n```bash\nsudo pacman -S base-devel autoconf automake libtool pkg-config clang alsa-lib\n```\n\n**Fedora:**\n\n```bash\nsudo dnf install @development-tools autoconf automake libtool pkg-config clang alsa-lib-devel\n```\n\n### macOS\n\n```bash\nbrew install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config\n```\n\n### Windows\n\nVisual Studio Build Tools with C++ workload. 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