Jami (software)
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| GNU Jami | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Developers | Savoir-faire Linux Inc. and community contributors | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Initial release | December 23, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Written in | Java, Kotlin, Python, Shell, Makefile, PowerShell, roff | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating system | Android, Android TV, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS[11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform | 64-bit x86-64 and ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Available in | Arabic, Albanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese[12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Voice over IP, instant messaging, videoconferencing, telephony, softphone, SIP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | jami | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Repository | git | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jami is a telecommunications platform for peer-to-peer and distributed videotelephony, videoconferencing, and voice calls. Jami is free and open-source software released under the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later.[13]
History
[edit]In December 2004, Savoir-faire Linux launched the SFLPhone project.
In November 2009, CIO magazine listed SFLphone among the top five open-source VoIP softphones to watch.[14]
In May 2015, SFLphone was renamed to Ring.[15]
In December 2018, Ring was renamed to Jami to avoid confusion with commercial products also using the English term Ring.[16][17]
In 2025, TechRadar listed it as one alternative to Skype following its discontinuation.[13]
Features
[edit]Available features depend on both the Jami client and the platform used.[18]
- Operates on a peer-to-peer basis without a central server (apart from the centralised name server). Jami can be used on local networks without an Internet connection.[16]
- End-to-end encryption used for chat, video, and voice.[18]
- SIP-compatible with OpenDHT support.[19][18]
- Instant messaging.[18]
- Call recording.[19][16]
- Audio and video calls with multi-party audio[19] and video conferencing.[20][18]
Usernames are stored on a private Ethereum blockchain administered centrally by Jami.[21][22]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jami - App Store". apps.apple.com.
- ^ "Jami - Chocolatey". chocolatey.org.
- ^ "Jami - F-Droid". f-droid.org.
- ^ "Jami - Flathub". flathub.org.
- ^ "Jami - Changelog". dl.jami.net.
- ^ "Jami - Google Play". play.google.com.
- ^ "Jami - Homebrew". brew.sh.
- ^ "Jami - macOS". dl.jami.net.
- ^ "Jami - Snap Store". snapcraft.io.
- ^ "Jami - Windows". dl.jami.net.
- ^ "Download and install Jami". Jami documentation. June 8, 2025.
- ^ "Jami software localization". Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Hanson, Matt; Turner, Brian; Ionescu, Stefan (May 7, 2025). "Best alternative to Skype of 2025 - what to replace it with following official Microsoft closure". TechRadar. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "5 open source VoIP softphones to watch". CIO. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ "Savoir-faire Linux blog". Savoir-faire Linux. May 5, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ a b c Streets, Madeleine (March 19, 2025). "9 Skype alternatives for video conferencing". Informa TechTarget. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
- ^ "Ring news". Ring. December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Das, Ankush (December 9, 2023). "Jami: A Versatile Open-Source Distributed Communication App". It's FOSS. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ a b c Sanders, James (May 18, 2015). "Privacy-focused Skype alternative Ring shows promise – TechRepublic". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ Huber, Mathias (January 17, 2014). "Software-Telefon SFLphone KDE 1.3.0 veröffentlicht » Linux-Magazin". Linux-Magazin. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ https://docs.jami.net/en_US/user/faq.html#how-does-the-username-registration-service-work
- ^ https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/jami-nameservice/-/tree/master/instructions?ref_type=heads
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