OhMyGuus / BetterCrewLink

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BetterCrewLink a CrewLink fork with extra features & better support

Free, open, Among Us proximity voice chat.
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(all donations will be used for the apple developer license and extra servers)
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Notes

• This is an unofficial fork of CrewLink, for any problem, question, issue or suggestion you have with BetterCrewLink talk to us on our Discord, or GitHub or message me on Discord (ThaGuus#2140) do not report any problems to the official Discord or GitHub of CrewLink as they will not support you.

• To get the most of BetterCrewLink use the Voice Server: https://bettercrewl.ink

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Extra features/bug fixes in this fork
• Supported Plataforms
• Installation
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android/Chromebook/Bluestacks
  • iOS & macOS
• Development
  • Prerequisites
    • Setup
• Contributing
• Translating
• Credits & Resources
• Donate
• Bugs/Suggestions/Questions
• License

About The Project

This project implements proximity voice chat in Among Us. Everyone in an Among Us lobby with this program running will be able to communicate over voice in-game, with no third-party programs required. Spatial audio ensures that you can only hear people close to you.

Extra features/bug fixes in this fork

- OBS Browsersource Overlay.
- Hear People in Vision Only.
- Walls Block Audio. 
- Volume Sliders.
- Public Lobby List.
- Other languages.
- Better mod compatibility.
- It doesn't break when someone leaves/disconnects.
- It works on any network even with UPnP disabled. (Strict NAT)
- More fun settings like hearing through cameras, impostor radio.
- You can actually disable the overlay.
- 32bit support, Windows 7 support.
- You can change the volume of alive players after you died.
- You can set BetterCrewLink to topmost.
- Settings actually sync between players and not half.
- CPU usage is lower than original CrewLink.
- You can actually press the mute key/deafen key while clicked on BetterCrewLink.
- Your mouse doesn't start to lag because of the buggy input hook.
- You can play BetterCrewLink without having to be stuck in MENU infinitely.
- Changing the speaker setting does actually something unlike original CrewLink where it is always using the default output.
- Microphone Echo Cancellation.
- Microphone Eoise Suppression.
- More overlay positions and you can set the overlay to the top/bottom and you can set it so it shows everyone even when they aren't talking.
- You can set the lobby up so only death people can talk. (normal lobbies but then with death talk)
- Support for new/older versions of Among Us. (v2021.5.10)
- Support for Custom Colors/Hats/Skins. (mods that add more colors/hats/skins)
- Support for Linux.
- Support for Mobile.

If I missed something you can join in Discord server, or in GitHub or DM me on Discord (ThaGuus#2140) it so I can add it

Supported Plataforms

Plataform	Supported
Steam
itch.io
Microsoft Store
Play Store
App Store
Nintendo Switch
Beta

Installation

Windows

Download the latest version from releases and run the BetterCrewLink-Setup-X.X.X.exe file. You may get antivirus warnings, because this program hooks into the Among Us process to read game data.

Linux

To install & run it on Linux run the following commands:

wget "https://mirror.bettercrewl.ink/pc/latest/BetterCrewlink-Linux.AppImage"
chmod +x BetterCrewlink-Linux.AppImage
echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
./BetterCrewlink-Linux.AppImage

The Linux version is thanks to the following contributors:

• TheGreatMcPain -> CrewLink fork, Keyboard watcher fork, Memoryjs fork
• zbanks -> Memoryjs fork
• Donokami -> Testing and helping

Android/Chromebook/Bluestacks

Go to category Installation in BetterCrewlink-mobile to see how to install the Android/Chromebook/Bluestacks version. (requires a PC player)

iOS & macOS

Go to category Installation in BetterCrewlink-mobile to see how to install the iOS/macOS version. (requires a PC player)

Development

You only need to follow the below instructions if you are trying to modify this software. Otherwise, please download the latest version from the GitHub releases.

Server code is located at OhMyGuus/BetterCrewLink-server. Please use a local server for development purposes.

Prerequisites

This is an example of how to list things you need to use the software and how to install them.

• Python
• node.js
• yarn

npm install yarn -g

Setup

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/OhMyGuus/BetterCrewLink.git
cd BetterCrewLink

2. Install NPM packages

yarn install

3. Run the project

yarn dev

Contributing

PC:
Mobile/Web:
Server:

Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

Needed Git for Contributing.

1. Fork the Project.
2. Create your Feature Branch. (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes. (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch. (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request.

Translating

BetterCrewLink now officially supports other languages, that is, you can use BetterCrewLink without any problem of not understanding a part in English, but with that we need help with translations because nobody is born knowing everything languages.

Any translations you make are greatly appreciated.

There are two methods.

Credits & Resources

• CrewLink - The official CrewLink app.
• Electron - For make the app BetterCrewLink.
• memoryjs - For make BetterCrewLink works for Linux.
• node-keyboard-watcher - For make it easy to make Push To Talk, Push To Mute and Impostor Radio.
• electron-overlay-window - For make it easy to make Overlays.
• simple-peer - For make it easy to make WebRTC for Voice Servers.

Donate

If you like the BetterCrewLink and want to help it to stay alive and with new features, bug fixes, support for other platforms, pay for servers, donate money for the project, of course if you want and can, this is an optional choice, we currently support PayPal and Ko-fi, choose the best donate option for you and click on the image below:

Any donations you make are greatly appreciated.

Donations Goals

• Bring BetterCrewLink to iOS & Mobile progression
• US NAT FIX/server location
• ASIA NAT FIX/server location

Bugs & Suggestions

If you found any bugs, have an idea for a new feature, join our Discord server or make a issue in GitHub.

Questions

If you found any question, see the Wiki, but if the answer to your question is not on the Wiki, join our Discord and ask in #bettercrewlink-help, do not ask your question in GitHub Issues, we want to keep GitHub Issues a place to report bugs and suggestions, without any question.

License

Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for more information.