Nook is a lightweight online collaboration tool inspired by Around.co. It provides a minimalist, floating interface for video calls and collaboration, designed to be unobtrusive while keeping you connected with your team.
- Floating, frameless window that stays on top
- Draggable interface
- Maintains 2:1 aspect ratio when resizing
- System-level mouse event tracking for smooth interactions
- Native OS integration (opens links in default browser)
- Modern, minimal UI with hover effects
- Giphy search with click on avatar by @bitbrain
- Chatting with participants
- MacOS
- Linux
- Windows
This app is built with:
- Electron
- Vue 3
- Native C bindings for system-level mouse tracking
and uses:
- Ngrok as a reverse proxy for a secure connection
- Twilio for video conferencing capabilities
- Giphy for fun gifs
- Node.js (v18 or higher recommended)
- npm
- Make and Clang (for building the native mouse tracking module)
- A twilio account -> create an api key
- A ngrok account -> follow the easy setup instructions
- A giphy account -> create an api key
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/usenook-co/nook.git
cd nook- Install dependencies:
npm installThis will also automatically build the native mouse tracking module.
- Start the token server for twilio:
npm run start-token-server- Start ngrok reverse proxy tunnel with your credentials installed from the instructions:
ngrok http --url=<your-unique-id>.ngrok-free.app 3000 - Start the development server:
npm startTo create a production build:
npm run makesrc/mouse_tracker.c: Native module for system-level mouse event trackingsrc/main.js: Electron main processsrc/renderer.js: Electron renderer processsrc/App.vue: Main Vue componentsrc/preload.js: Electron preload script for IPC
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
MIT License
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