| name | vox |
| description | Lightweight voice MCP server with local Moonshine STT + Kokoro TTS |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| tags | ["mcp","voice","tts","stt","rust"] |
Vox is a lightweight voice MCP server (~1,500 lines of Rust) providing local text-to-speech (Kokoro) and speech-to-text (Moonshine Base) via the MCP protocol. It runs as a stdio subprocess per MCP client, or as a shared HTTP daemon.
cargo check # type-check only
cargo test # run all unit tests (84 tests across 10 modules)
cargo clippy -- -D warnings # lint — must pass with zero warnings
cargo build --release # optimized build (LTO + single codegen unit)
cargo bench -- resample # benchmark resampling
All of cargo test, cargo clippy -- -D warnings, and cargo fmt --check must pass before submitting changes.
| Module | Purpose |
|---|---|
main.rs | Entry point, config loading, model download, stdio/daemon startup |
cli.rs | Clap CLI parser: daemon, config, download-models subcommands |
server.rs | MCP tool handlers (say, listen, converse), streaming TTS pipeline |
tts.rs | Kokoro TTS engine wrapper, voice name → speaker ID resolution, sentence splitting |
audio.rs | cpal-based mic capture and speaker playback, Lanczos-3 sinc resampling |
stt.rs | Moonshine Base STT engine wrapper |
vad.rs | Voice activity detection (Silero ONNX) |
config.rs | TOML config loading, env var overrides (VOX_* prefix), path resolution |
daemon.rs | HTTP daemon lifecycle: daemonize, PID file, start/stop/status/log |
models.rs | Model readiness checks and download/extraction |
lib.rs | Public re-exports for benchmarks (audio, config, error, tts) |
error.rs | VoiceError enum with thiserror derives |
rmcp::transport::stdio(). One process per MCP client.vox daemon start [--port PORT]): StreamableHttpService via rmcp. Single process, models loaded once, multiple clients connect over HTTP/SSE. Factory closure creates a VoiceMcpServer per session with shared Arc<Mutex<TtsEngine>> and Arc<Mutex<SttEngine>>.Precedence (highest wins):
VOX_SPEED, VOX_VOICE, VOX_MODEL_DIR, VOX_LOG_LEVEL, VOX_PORT$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vox/config.tomlConfig::default())CLI management: vox config get [key], vox config set <key> <value>, vox config path
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
say | Speak text aloud through speakers (TTS only) |
listen | Record from microphone and transcribe (STT only) |
converse | Speak text then listen for response (TTS + STT round-trip) |
American female (af_*): heart, alloy, aoede, bella, jessica, kore, nicole, nova, river, sarah, sky
American male (am_*): adam, echo, eric, liam, michael, onyx, puck, santa
British female (bf_*): alice, emma, lily
British male (bm_*): daniel, fable, george, lewis
Default: af_heart (ID 0). Voices can be specified by name or numeric ID.
let chains (if let Ok(x) = ... && let Ok(y) = ...)pub(crate) for test-only exposure, not fully pub-D warnings)#[cfg(test)] mod tests per module, tempfile for filesystem testsunsafe impl Send: TtsEngine and CaptureHandle have manual Send impls due to non-Send cpal/sherpa internals confined to dedicated threadscargo test — verify all 84 tests passcargo clippy -- -D warnings — zero warningscargo fmt --check — formattingaudio.rs resampling: cargo bench -- resample