| Developer | Savoir-faire Linux Inc. and community contributors |
|---|---|
| Released | December 23, 2004 |
| Ver layout | stacked |
| Repo | git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux |
| Programming language | Java, Kotlin, Python, Shell, Makefile, PowerShell, roff |
| Operating system | Android, Android TV, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS[1] |
| Platform | 64-bit x86-64 and ARM |
| Language | 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[2] |
| Genre | Voice over IP, instant messaging, videoconferencing, telephony, softphone, SIP |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | jami.net |
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.[3]
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.[4]
In May 2015, SFLphone was renamed to Ring.[5]
In December 2018, Ring was renamed to Jami to avoid confusion with commercial products also using the English term Ring.[6][7]
In 2025, TechRadar listed it as one alternative to Skype following its discontinuation.[3]
Features
Available features depend on both the Jami client and the platform used.[8]
- 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.[6]
- End-to-end encryption used for chat, video, and voice.[8]
- SIP-compatible with OpenDHT support.[9][8]
- Instant messaging.[8]
- Call recording.[9][6]
- Audio and video calls with multi-party audio[9] and video conferencing.[10][8]
Usernames are stored on a private Ethereum blockchain administered centrally by Jami.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Download and install Jami". Jami documentation. June 8, 2025.
- ^ "Jami software localization". Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ Hanson, Matt; Turner, Brian; Ionescu, Stefan (2025-05-07). "Best alternative to Skype of 2025 - what to replace it with following official Microsoft closure". TechRadar. Archived 2025-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Streets, Madeleine (2025-03-19). "9 Skype alternatives for video conferencing". Informa TechTarget. Archived 2025-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Ring news". Ring. December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ Das, Ankush (2023-12-09). "Jami: A Versatile Open-Source Distributed Communication App". It's FOSS. Archived 2025-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ Sanders, James (18 May 2015). "Privacy-focused Skype alternative Ring shows promise – TechRepublic". TechRepublic. Archived 21 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 July 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