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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Cygwin
- Oracle Solaris





























































FreePBX is a full turn key PBX with GUI. Freeswitch is just the switch and is more similar to Asterisk (what FreePBX runs on under the GUI).