Baresip
A portable, modular SIP user agent for audio and video calls, run from the command line.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install baresip
About Baresip
Baresip is a SIP softphone built from modules, handling voice and video calls with unlimited accounts and calls, call transfer, hold, recording, conferencing, instant messaging and an address book with presence. Calls can be encrypted with TLS signalling and SRTP using DTLS-SRTP, ZRTP or SDES key exchange.
The audio pipeline offers low latency, echo control, gain control, noise reduction and many codecs. It suits people comfortable configuring a text-based SIP client, including embedded and headless setups.
Strengths
- Encrypted calls with SRTP and ZRTP
- Unlimited SIP accounts and calls
- Wide codec support and echo cancellation
- Modular design for custom builds
Limitations
- No graphical interface in the core program
- Configuration takes some SIP knowledge
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Developer
- Alfred E. Heggestad and contributors
- Platforms
- Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Technical users and embedded projects needing a scriptable SIP phone
- Categories
- Messaging
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 2 sources on file.
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