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Asterisk

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Asterisk is an open source framework for building communications applications. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a communications server. Asterisk powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers and other custom solutions.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • CA flagCanada

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Cygwin
  • Oracle Solaris
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  1.  VoiP Calls
  2.  Virtual PBX
  3.  Communication Tools
  4.  SIP
  5.  Low level
  6.  Voice Chat

 Tags

  • PBX
  • telephony
  • telecom

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Asterisk information

  • Developed by

    CA flagSangoma Technologies
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    31 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Asterisk, and it has gotten 38 likes

Asterisk was added to AlternativeTo by valentt on Jun 7, 2011 and this page was last updated Feb 26, 2025.

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Top Positive Comment
Line5
May 15, 2013
2

Connect it to CRM systems. Hardware available for all types of phone lines all over the world. Open source. Use softphones, sip-phones, analog phones, isdn phones, fax, ... Create callthrough and callback solutions, or distributed work environments. Combine telephony and internet. This software is one of the greatest solutions in the world of voice communication - especially when thinking about innovation and creative solutions. Strongly recommended!

What is Asterisk?

Asterisk is an open source framework for building communications applications. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a communications server. Asterisk powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers and other custom solutions. It is used by small businesses, large businesses, call centers, carriers and government agencies, worldwide. Asterisk is free and open source. Asterisk is sponsored by Sangoma.

Today, there are more than one million Asterisk-based communications systems in use, in more than 170 countries. Asterisk is used by almost the entire Fortune 1000 list of customers. Most often deployed by system integrators and developers, Asterisk can become the basis for a complete business phone system, or used to enhance or extend an existing system, or to bridge a gap between systems.

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