Linphone
Linphone is one of the most famous open source softphones in the world. It is fully SIP-based, for all calling, presence and IM features.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Linphone News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
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What is Linphone?
Linphone is one of the most famous open source softphones in the world. It is fully SIP-based, for all calling, presence and IM features.
Use Linphone for free, and enjoy its intuitive interface and advanced features with our free SIP service or with an existing SIP account.
Easy-to-use graphical interface : Account creation assistant Smart contact list, with address book synchronisation for smartphones Call history "Invite your friends" option Remote provisioning from a QR Code or a URL
Advanced calling features : HD video calls with video preview (H.264, H.265 and VP8 codecs supported) Audio conference calls Call transfer and multi-call management (pause and resume) Call recording and replay (audio only)
Increased audio and video quality : State-of-the-art adaptive jitter buffer algorithm Innovative adaptive bitrate control HD voice (Opus support) and echo cancellation Call quality indicator and display of advanced call statistics
Enhanced Instant Messaging experience : One-to-one and multi-participant conversations Intuitive message delivery status (IMDN) Picture and file sharing Multi-device support Advanced IM notifications, with "reply to" and "mark as read" options
Secure communications : SIP TLS with state-of-the-art cypher algorithms Audio and video encryption with SRTP and ZRTP End-to-end encryption for 1-to-1 and group messaging
Linphone Videos
Linphone information
Developed by
Belledonne Communications SARL Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
82 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
- Arabic
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Japanese
- Russian
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- 2.33 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Nice app! Configuration is quite flexible, you can use more than one SIP account, and it's open-source.
Linphone on Windows is junk. Constantly not responding while just trying to do initial config. Unable to complete setup. If it responds as badly when in use, you'd miss calls.
I like Linphone because it's Open Source, Cross Platform, (free), and pretty stable. Some little GUI/UX/Workflow Improvements could be made, but I'm very picky, so might not be an issue for anyone else. Thank you 🙏
OpenSource & CrossPlattform
I used Linphone via Flatpak on Debian 9 and it works great. I did not try yet the video, but the SIP works great (sounds quality is very good), and it's easy to use, and OPEN SOURCE !
[Edited by linuxien, April 03]
@DanMan : You can use BLINK as Flatpak and a free and Open Source alternative with X (In Wayland it is flickering so partially working). Linphone works with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS if you do the following things : (It's preferable to use LTS Ubuntu than other versions usually)
1- Install Flatpak for Ubuntu : https://flatpak.org/setup/
2- install Linphone by opening a terminal CTRL + ALT + T flatpak --user install --from https://linphone.org/flatpak/linphone.flatpakref
3- sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module
4- sudo apt-get install --reinstall libcanberra-gtk-module
5- sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module:i386
6- Launch the app
Sadly it can't be installed through their Flatpak anymore, it's been broken for at least 3 months: https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/linphone-desktop/issues/10
Ubuntu 19 only has an old v3 version in its repo, like most distros.