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Jami (software)

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.

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GNU Jami
DevelopersSavoir-faire Linux Inc. and community contributors
Initial releaseDecember 23, 2004 (December 23, 2004)
Stable release(s)
App Store4.00 / October 22, 2025 (2025-10-22)1
Chocolatey2025.10.1 / October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01)2
F-Droid20251114-01 / November 14, 2025 (2025-11-14)3
Flathub20251106.0 / November 6, 2025 (2025-11-06)4
GNU/Linux20251116 / November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)5
Google Play20251117-01 / November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17)6
Homebrew2.37 / November 22, 2025 (2025-11-22)7
macOS2.37 / November 22, 2025 (2025-11-22)8
Snap Store20251106 / November 6, 2025 (2025-11-06)9
Windows20251001 / October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01) 10
Written inJava, Kotlin, Python, Shell, Makefile, PowerShell, roff
Operating systemAndroid, Android TV, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS11
Platform64-bit x86-64 and ARM
Available inArabic, 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, Vietnamese12
TypeVoice over IP, instant messaging, videoconferencing, telephony, softphone, SIP
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websitejami.net
Repositorygit.jami.net/savoirfairelinux

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

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.1617

In 2025, TechRadar listed it as one alternative to Skype following its discontinuation.13

Features

Available features depend on both the Jami client and the platform used.18

Usernames are stored on a private Ethereum blockchain administered centrally by Jami.2122

References

References

  1. "‎Jami - App Store". apps.apple.com.
  2. "Jami - Chocolatey". chocolatey.org.
  3. "Jami - F-Droid". f-droid.org.
  4. "‎Jami - Flathub". flathub.org.
  5. "Jami - ‎Changelog". dl.jami.net.
  6. "Jami - Google Play". play.google.com.
  7. "Jami - Homebrew". brew.sh.
  8. "‎Jami - macOS". dl.jami.net.
  9. "‎Jami - Snap Store". snapcraft.io.
  10. "Jami - Windows". dl.jami.net.
  11. "Download and install Jami". Jami documentation. June 8, 2025.
  12. "Jami software localization". Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  13. 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. Retrieved July 8, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. "5 open source VoIP softphones to watch". CIO. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  15. "Savoir-faire Linux blog". Savoir-faire Linux. May 5, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  16. Streets, Madeleine (March 19, 2025). "9 Skype alternatives for video conferencing". Informa TechTarget. Retrieved July 12, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. "Ring news". Ring. December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  18. Das, Ankush (December 9, 2023). "Jami: A Versatile Open-Source Distributed Communication App". It's FOSS. Retrieved July 8, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  19. 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.
  20. Huber, Mathias (January 17, 2014). "Software-Telefon SFLphone KDE 1.3.0 veröffentlicht » Linux-Magazin". Linux-Magazin. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  21. https://docs.jami.net/en_US/user/faq.html#how-does-the-username-registration-service-work
  22. https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/jami-nameservice/-/tree/master/instructions?ref_type=heads
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