# VNOX documentation

Self-hosted realtime voice and chat. Decentralized. Lightweight. Moddable.
Built on LNEx, a custom protocol layer for low-latency federated communication.

Not Discord. Not TeamSpeak. Not cloud.

## Start here

- [Current status (what actually works)](00-status.md)
- [Overview](00-overview.md)
- [Architecture](01-architecture.md)
- [Roadmap](06-roadmap.md)
- [Changelog](../CHANGELOG.md)

## Phase 1.2+ Planning

- [Community Model](07-community-model.md) — Guilds, channels, roles, members
- [Gateway Events](08-gateway-events.md) — Real-time event system
- [Database Schema](10-database.md) — SQLite/PostgreSQL structure

## By topic

| Topic | Entry point |
|-------|-------------|
| Protocol | [02-protocol/README.md](02-protocol/README.md) |
| Server | [03-server/README.md](03-server/README.md) |
| Clients | [04-clients/README.md](04-clients/README.md) |
| Plugins | [community/plugins.md](community/plugins.md) |
| Contributing | [community/contributing.md](community/contributing.md) |

## Quick paths

- Try it locally: [dev/README.md](../dev/README.md)
- Deploy a node: [03-server/deployment.md](03-server/deployment.md)
- Understand the protocol: [02-protocol/README.md](02-protocol/README.md)
- Understand the community model: [07-community-model.md](07-community-model.md)