Walkie-Talkie
Serverless peer-to-peer walkie-talkie application for LAN.
Automatic peer discovery, encrypted text chat, push-to-talk voice communication.
Installation
pip install walkie
Or for development:
git clone https://github.com/Lunixizm0/walkie.git
cd walkie
uv sync
Usage
# Generate config (creates random passwords, salt, and encryption key)
walkie gen
# Receive config from another client
walkie get
# Send config to another client
walkie give <target_ip>
# Start the application
walkie run
Or run directly:
python -m walkie run
python -m walkie gen
python -m walkie get
python -m walkie give 192.168.1.100
Configuration
The app looks for walkie_config.toml in ~/.config/walkie/.
You can override the path with the WALKIE_CONFIG environment variable.
Features
- Automatic peer discovery via UDP broadcast (no server needed)
- AES-256-GCM encryption for voice and chat
- Low-latency voice with Opus codec
- Push-to-Talk (Shift+V) and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) modes
- Seamless playback with jitter buffer
- System tray minimization
- TOML-based configuration
- Config sharing over TCP (--get/--give)
Requirements
- Python 3.11+
- Linux, Windows, or macOS
- Microphone and speakers
System Dependencies
Walkie requires system libraries for audio and GUI tray support. Install them before installing the Python package:
Debian / Ubuntu:
sudo apt install -y portaudio19-dev gobject-introspection \
libgirepository1.0-dev libglib2.0-dev pkg-config python3-dev python3-tk
Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S --needed portaudio gobject-introspection pkgconf python3 tk
macOS (Homebrew):
brew install portaudio gobject-introspection pkg-config tcl-tk
Windows:
No extra system dependencies needed. Wheels for sounddevice and pygobject bundle everything required.
License
MIT
1 maintainer
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