Receiver
Receiver
What it does: Discover and listen to decentralised Logos radio broadcasts over Logos Messaging, listen-only
Stage: Prototype
Licence: MIT or Apache-2.0
Verified on 4 November 2026 against README and v0.5.1.
Receiver is a listen-only radio module for Basecamp by xAlisher. It finds live radio stations over Logos Messaging and plays them over Tor.
What it does
- It subscribes to a public directory topic on Logos Messaging and lists live stations. Stations that stop announcing drop off the list after about 45 seconds.
- It plays a chosen station through Tor, with a listener buffer to ride out Tor latency.
- It can tune into a private, encrypted station from its title and passphrase alone.
- It shows a station's signing fingerprint, so a listener can pin the right key.
- It works with stations broadcast from Booth (booth-basecamp). The README says to pair it with booth-basecamp v0.2.4 or later.
- Since v0.3.0 the package carries its own playback helpers (ffplay, tor and privoxy), so a fresh install plays without extra system tools.
- A settings panel holds the buffer size, a toggle that hides and clears the stream cache, and a button that stops leftover Tor listeners after a crash.
Stage: Prototype. The README opens with "This is a personal, experimental hobby project. It is not an official Logos product. Not audited."
Use it
- In Basecamp, open Settings, then Repositories, and add the catalogue URL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xAlisher/logos-basecamp-modules/main/logos-repo.json. - Go to Application, find xAlisher's Logos Modules, choose Receiver_ui and press Install. The delivery module comes in as a dependency.
- Fully quit and reopen Basecamp after installing.
- Open Receiver in the sidebar. Stations appear after about 10 to 15 seconds. Tap one to play. The first
.onionplay can take 10 to 30 seconds while Tor starts.
- Signed packages for Linux (amd64) and macOS (arm64) are also on the v0.5.1 release page and install with the
lgpmcommand line. - The README says the module is verified on Basecamp v0.2.0 on Linux and v0.2.1 on macOS, and that v0.4.3 and later find stations on Basecamp 0.3.x.
- Installing tor, ffmpeg and privoxy separately is optional since v0.3.0. The README gives the commands for Linux and macOS for anyone who wants to override the bundled helpers.
Build it
- It builds with Nix:
nix build .#lgx-portablemakes the installable package. nix build .#lgxmakes a development variant, andnix runpreviews the interface on its own.- Building the macOS package needs an Apple Silicon Mac. The repository has a separate macOS build guide.
Releases
Latest tag: v0.5.1, 7 October 2026. The version in metadata.json is 0.5.1.
See also
Sources
- receiver-basecamp README, GitHub, last commit 7 October 2026
- receiver-basecamp metadata.json, GitHub
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