🎙️ VOMic

Turn your phone to act as a microphone source, for pipewire or pulseaudio.

Important

This program depends on the pactl command-line utility. So make sure its available in your $PATH.

Caution

Be aware this project is still a work in progress, so expect bugs, breakage and unexpected behaviour.

Usage

The program works in a client/server model. We start by setting up the desktop side.

Desktop

1. Use the go toolchain to install the latest binary in your $PATH, Using the command below:

go install github.com/Layer8Collective/vomic/cmd@latest

2. Pickup the latest binary, from a latest nightly release that we ship pariodically, in the github releases page.

3. Run the binary. You can also change some options by providing the command-line arguments:

$ ./vomic-linux-amd64 -h
  -c int
        Control Port that is used in handshaking and connection-tracking process. (default 8125)
  -m int
        Media Port that is used for audio transfership. (default 16001)

$ ./vomic-linux-amd64
Created a pipe-source with module-index: 536870916

INFO: 2026/01/04 12:11:32 🎤 VO-MIC Listening on TCP network:  [::]:8125
INFO: 2026/01/04 12:11:32 Waiting for new connection...

Android

1. Download the Android app from the github releases
2. Install. Specify the host (IP address) and port, then press Connect.

Important

You can also make things more convinent for youself by wrapping the application around a custom, handmade systemd service.

FAQ

Is The app doesn't have the ability to mute the sound for some time?

It would be added in the near future!

Cant we change the volume somehow through the android app?

No. This would be better achived using tools like pavucontrol.

What about noise cancellation, echo suppression and ....?

This would be achived using application level tools. E.g Discord's krisp