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Jami is a
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telecommunications platform for
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and distributed
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, videoconferencing, and voice calls. It also has
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, file transfer, support for calls to
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and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other features. Jami is an ethical, easy-to-use, and privacy-conscious alternative to the following software: Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts, Google Meet,
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,
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, and Zoom. Jami is available on various desktop ( GNU/Linux,
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, and
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), mobile ( Android and
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), television (
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), and server platforms. Jami for Web, allowing access with a web browser, has not yet been released to the public. Jami is developed by Savoir-faire Linux (SFL) and community contributors. Jami is
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released under the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later. By default, Jami uses an OpenDHT node maintained by Savoir-faire Linux to join the network when the user connects for the first time. However, the application gives users the choice to run this through their own bootstrap server in the advanced settings. By adopting
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technology (as used, for instance, within the
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network), Jami creates its own network over which it can distribute directory functions, authentication, and
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across all systems connected to it.Say Hello to Ring (Savoir-faire Linux)
/ref> Packages are available for all major GNU/Linux distributions, including
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,
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,
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,
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, Trisquel, and
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. Support is available at the Jami documentation, the Jami blog, the Jami Forum, and the
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sites.


History

Jami was initially known as SFLphone, and was one of the few softphones under Linux to support PulseAudio out of the box. The Ubuntu documentation recommended it for enterprise use because of features like conferencing and attended call transfer.Official Ubuntu documentation
/ref> In 2009,
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listed SFLphone among the top five open-source
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softphones to watch. SFLphone was renamed to Ring in 2015 and then to Jami in 2018.


Design

Jami is based on a MVC model, with a daemon (the model) and client (the view) communicating. The daemon handles all the processing including communication layer (SIP/IAX), audio capture and playback, and so on. The client is a graphical user interface.
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can act as the controller enabling communication between the client and the daemon.


Features

* SIP-compatible with OpenDHT supportOpenDHT project on Github
/ref> * Unlimited number of calls * Instant messaging * Searchable call history * Call recording * Attended
call transfer A call transfer is a telecommunications mechanism that enables a user to relocate an existing telephone call to another phone or attendant console, using a transfer button or a switchhook flash and dialing the required location. The transferred c ...
* Automatic call answering * Call holding * Audio and video calls with multi-party audio and video conferencing * Multi-channel audio support * Streaming of video and audio files during a call * TLS and SRTP support * Multiple audio codecs supported: G711u, G711a, GSM,
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(8, 16, 32 kHz), Opus, G.722 (silence detection supported with Speex) * Multiple SIP accounts support, with per-account STUN support and SIP presence subscription *
DTMF Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signaling is a telecommunication signaling system using the voice-frequency band over telephone lines between telephone equipment and other communications devices and switching centers. DTMF was first developed ...
support *
Automatic Gain Control Automatic gain control (AGC) is a closed-loop feedback regulating circuit in an amplifier or chain of amplifiers, the purpose of which is to maintain a suitable signal amplitude at its output, despite variation of the signal amplitude at the inpu ...
* Account assistant wizard * Global keyboard shortcuts *
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and
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ringtone support * Desktop notification: voicemail number, incoming call, information messages * SIP Re-invite * Address book integration in GNOME and KDE * PulseAudio support * Jack Audio Connection Kit support * Web link previews * Spell checker * Theme support for light, dark, and system * End-to-end encryption used for chat, video and voice * Decentralised (no internet connection necessary)


Release history

For a complete list of changes in Jami, visit the official blog and changelog.


See also

* List of SIP software *
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* Comparison of instant messaging clients *
Comparison of VoIP software This is a comparison of voice over IP (VoIP) software that examines applications and systems used for conducting voice and multimedia communications across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. VoIP technology has transformed telecommunications by offe ...


References


External links

* Jami: https://jami.net/ * Jami extensions: https://jami.net/extensions/ * JAMS (Jami Account Management Server): https://jami.biz/ * Jami Documentation: https://docs.jami.net/ * Jami Blog: https://jami.net/tag/articles/ * * Contribute to Jami: https://jami.net/contribute/ * Jami Forum: https://forum.jami.net/ * GNU Mailman
[email protected]
* Libera.Chat
#jami
* Matrix
#jami:matrix.org
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