Jami (software)

GNU Jami
Original author	Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
Developers	Savoir-faire Linux Inc. and community contributors
Initial release	December 23, 2004;21 years ago (December 23, 2004)
Stable release(s)
App Store 4.00 / October 22, 2025;3 months ago (2025-10-22) [1] Chocolatey 2025.10.1 / October 1, 2025;4 months ago (2025-10-01) [2] F-Droid 20251114-01 / November 14, 2025;3 months ago (2025-11-14) [3] Flathub 20251106.0 / November 6, 2025;3 months ago (2025-11-06) [4] GNU/Linux 20251116 / November 16, 2025;2 months ago (2025-11-16) [5] Google Play 20251117-01 / November 17, 2025;2 months ago (2025-11-17) [6] Homebrew 2.37 / November 22, 2025;2 months ago (2025-11-22) [7] macOS 2.37 / November 22, 2025;2 months ago (2025-11-22) [8] Snap Store 20251106 / November 6, 2025;3 months ago (2025-11-06) [9] Windows 20251001 / October 1, 2025;4 months ago (2025-10-01) [10]
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.net
Repository	git.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. ^{[16] [17]}

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]

• 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

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 . Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
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 . Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
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. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
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

External links

• Official website