Jami (software)

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GNU Jami
Original author Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
Developers Savoir-faire Linux Inc. and community contributors
Initial releaseDecember 23, 2004;20 years ago (December 23, 2004)
Stable release(s)
App Store4.00 / October 22, 2025;40 days ago (2025-10-22) [1]
Chocolatey2025.10.1 / October 1, 2025;2 months ago (2025-10-01) [2]
F-Droid20251114-01 / November 14, 2025;17 days ago (2025-11-14) [3]
Flathub20251106.0 / November 6, 2025;25 days ago (2025-11-06) [4]
GNU/Linux20251116 / November 16, 2025;15 days ago (2025-11-16) [5]
Google Play20251117-01 / November 17, 2025;14 days ago (2025-11-17) [6]
Homebrew2.37 / November 22, 2025;9 days ago (2025-11-22) [7]
macOS2.37 / November 22, 2025;9 days ago (2025-11-22) [8]
Snap Store20251106 / November 6, 2025;25 days ago (2025-11-06) [9]
Windows20251001 / October 1, 2025;2 months ago (2025-10-01) [10]
Repository git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux
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 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, Vietnamese [12]
Type Voice over IP, instant messaging, videoconferencing, telephony, softphone, SIP
License GPL-3.0-or-later
Website jami.net

Jami is a free and open-source telecommunications platform for peer-to-peer and distributed videotelephony, videoconferencing, and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, support for calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other features.

Contents

Jami is free and open-source software released under the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later. [13] Jami is developed by Savoir-faire Linux (SFL) and community contributors.

Jami is available for most desktop and mobile platforms. Internal builds of Jami for web browsers are yet to be publicly released.

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 November 2016, Ring was integrated into the GNU project. Ring is free and open-source software released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.[ citation needed ]

In December 2018, Ring was renamed to Jami to avoid confusion with commercial products also using the English term Ring. [16] [17]

Use and design

Jami is an open-source voice over IP, videotelephony, and instant messaging platform. In 2025, TechRadar listed it as one alternative to Skype following its discontinuation. [13]

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 server. [18]

Jami is available on various desktop (GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows), mobile (Android and iOS), television (Android TV), and server platforms.[ citation needed ] Jami for Web, [19] allowing access with a web browser, has not yet been released to the public. [20]

Features

Available features depend on both the Jami client and the platform used. [21]

Release history

Jami releases
Release nameRelease dateNotes
SFLphoneDecember 23, 2004 [27] Initial revision
RingMay 5, 2015 [28] SFLphone renamed to Ring
Samuel de Champlain
Louis-Joseph PapineauMarch 16, 2016 [29]
GNU RingNovember 3, 2016 [30] Officially a GNU package, following its integration into the GNU project
Liberté, Égalité, FraternitéJuly 21, 2017 [31]
In varietate concordiaFebruary 1, 2018 [32]
Live free or dieJuly 17, 2018 [33]
GNU JamiDecember 18, 2018 [34] Ring renamed to Jami
Free as in FreedomNovember 15, 2019 [35]
TogetherOctober 16, 2020 [36] Improvements to videoconferencing
MaloyaJune 3, 2021 [37]
VilágfaFebruary 20, 2023 [38]
EleutheriaNovember 27, 2023 [39]
AstarteJune 14, 2024 [40]
ΕἰρήνηMarch 26, 2025 [41]
AtlasSeptember 23, 2025 [42] [43] [44]

See also

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Why is Jami truly distributed?". Jami. October 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Jami for Web" . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  20. ↑ "All features by client" . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  22. ↑ "Protocol". Once an encrypted and authenticated peer-to-peer communication channel is available, the SIP protocol must be used to place a call and send messages.[ permanent dead link ]
  23. 1 2 3 4 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.
  24. ↑ OpenDHT project on Github
  25. ↑ Huber, Mathias (January 17, 2014). "Software-Telefon SFLphone KDE 1.3.0 veröffentlicht » Linux-Magazin". Linux-Magazin. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  26. ↑ "All features by client · Wiki jami-project". Jami GitLab. savoirfairelinux.
  27. ↑ "SFLphone initial revision". Savoir-faire Linux. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Savoir-faire Linux blog". Savoir-faire Linux. May 5, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  29. ↑ review.jami.net https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-windows/+/3858 . Retrieved July 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  30. ↑ "Savoir-faire Linux blog". Savoir-faire Linux. November 3, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  31. ↑ review.jami.net https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-macos/+/7400 . Retrieved July 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  32. ↑ review.jami.net https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-gnome/+/8827 . Retrieved July 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  33. ↑ review.jami.net https://review.jami.net/q/status:merged+%22live+free+or+die%22 . Retrieved July 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  34. ↑ "Ring news". Ring. December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  35. ↑ review.jami.net https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-windows/+/13078 . Retrieved July 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  36. ↑ "Jami blog". Jami. October 16, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  37. ↑ "Jami blog". Jami. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  38. ↑ "Jami blog". Jami. February 20, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  39. ↑ "Jami blog". Jami. November 27, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  40. ↑ "Jami blog". Jami. June 14, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  41. ↑ "Jami blog". Jami. March 26, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  42. ↑ review.jami.net https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-ios/+/31802 . Retrieved September 7, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  43. ↑ "Changelog · Wiki · savoirfairelinux / jami-client-qt · GitLab". GitLab. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  44. ↑ "Jami". Jami. September 24, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
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