minitox is a minimal client written for toxcore. It's an example of tox client implementation and also a toy which new developers coming to tox can play and start with, therefore getting familiar with the project.

1. Single file and small codebase;
2. Fully standalone (No 3rd library needed, only rely on toxcore and system C library);
3. Covered most APIs of friend & group, and more to come;
4. Fun to play with (colored text, async REPL, etc.).

If toxcore has been installed into the system path, use

make

Or link it manually (assuming libtoxcore.so exists in TOX_LIB_DIR, and tox.h in TOX_H_DIR/tox):

$ gcc -o minitox minitox.c -I TOX_H_DIR -L TOX_LIB_DIR -Wl,-rpath TOX_LIB_DIR -ltoxcore

To keep things simple, minitox does not provide command line options, except for -h and --help. To change its behaviour, you are encouraged to modify the source file and rebuild. The source file has been heavily commented.