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Jami

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Jami (formerly GNU Ring, SFLphone) positions itself as a potential free Skype replacement

Jami video conference OS X

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • CA flagCanada

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
4.7 / 5 Avg rating (19)
231likes
13comments

Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Decentralized
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Video Conferencing
  4.  Peer-To-Peer
  5.  Video Calling
  6.  Multi Platform
  7.  Distributed
  8.  Encrypted Chat
  9.  SIP client
  10.  End-to-End Encryption
  11.  Multiple languages
  12.  Team Messaging
  13.  SIP
  14.  Voice Chat
  15.  Screen Sharing
  16.  No Tracking
  17.  Dark Mode
  18.  No registration required
  19.  Encrypted VoIP calls
  20.  Multiple Account support
  21.  Intercom Support
  22.  Support ZRTP

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  • Johnny_Wild and bassedas liked Jami
    9 days ago
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    MobimiAlternative added Jami as alternative to Mobimi
    about 2 months ago
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    about 2 months ago
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    shaongit added Jami as alternative to Zorium
    about 2 months ago
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Jami is praised for being a free, open-source, and decentralized communication platform, offering features like file sharing, video conferencing, and SIP support. It works across major operating systems and even supports offline communication within local networks. Despite overall positive feedback, some users expressed concerns about stability issues on Android and the lack of group chat functionalities, though development is ongoing. Jami is often recommended as a secure alternative to commercial applications like Skype.
Top Positive Comment
chtfn
Aug 29, 2019
8

Great decentralised tool that is not difficult to adopt. Nifty way to share the account between devices, and also allows for extra SIP accounts. Most likely to grow into a decentralised, open source Skype killer, in my opinion!

Top Negative Comment
K0RR
Nov 18, 2024
1

I tried this app a few times over a year. After some time, the app stops receiving the messages. There is no way to refresh in manually, restarting doesn't fix it. One time it fixed when I called the person but then broke next day.

Francewhoa
May 1, 2021
4

Jami is my favorite alternative to Skype. I highly recommend Jami.

Strength: • Free. No ads. • Unlimited. Without restriction on file size, speed, bandwidth, features, number of accounts, storage or anything else. • You can sign-in an unlimited amount of accounts at the same time on multiple devices. Then receive notification for all of them. • Easy to use. • Very strong security. Thanks to both its end-to-end encryption & peer-to-peer communications. Also complies with X.509 standard. • Distributed. It works with or without internet connection. Users who are on the same local network can communicate with Jami even if they are disconnected from the internet. Which is very handy in case of real emergency or unlikely natural catastrophe affecting external communication networks. In other words, Jami does not require a server for relaying data between users. • Multi-platform. Available on Linux, Android, AndroidTV, Windows, macOS and iOS. • Positions itself as a free Skype replacement • Optional SIP client account(s). Which allow you to answer & make VoIP telephone calls from anywhere in the world where you are connected to the internet. • Multilingual • Anonymous. This is optional. When you create your Jami account, no personal information needs to be provided. • Open source. If you are not familiar with "open source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions at https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux • Attractive GNU General Public License version 3. This means the software code of this extension is owned and supported by a friendly not-for-profit community. Instead of a for-profit corporation. https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-client-gnome/-/blob/master/COPYING

Challenge: • No IM group chat yet. But this new feature is in progress. All are welcome to join the efforts at: ___• Design draft at https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-project/wikis/technical/2.3.-Swarm ___• Related branch at https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-project/wikis/features/All-features-by-client

Show Your Support: • If you enjoy Jami, show your support with any contributions to your liking. Such as: ___• Forum support at https://forum.jami.net ___• Documentation at https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-project/-/wikis/home ___• Patch at https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/

Using: • Jami version 20210427 • Debian version 10 Buster • GNOME version 3.30.2

UsernameUn
Oct 12, 2020
1

Decentralized and encrypted. Available on all major devices. There is video conferencing and the ability to show a desktop.

Guest
Aug 27, 2020
3

Love the fact that it works offline if the person you're talking with is connected to the same router or other device like that

johndoe12
Jul 11, 2020
2

Cross-platform support, non-proprietary protocol, no phone required, free, decentralized!

Andrew N
Feb 11, 2020
-1

Download older versions (x86_64-.msi) from: https://dl.jami.net/windows/archive/?C=M;O=D

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What is Jami?

Jami (formerly GNU Ring, SFLphone) positions itself as a potential free Skype replacement

Open Source and cross-platform. Jami gives you a full control over your communications and an unmatched level of privacy.

SIP-compatible softphone and SIP-based instant messenger for Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS and Android.

Communicate in multiple ways: • A telephone: a simple tool to connect, communicate and share. • A teleconferencing tool: easily join calls to create conferences with multiple participants. • A media sharing tool: Jami supports a variety of video input options, including multiple cameras and image and video files, and the selection of audio inputs and outputs; all this is supported by multiple high quality audio and video codecs. • A messenger: send text messages during calls or out of calls (as long as your peer is connected). • A building block for your IoT project: re-use the universal communications technology of Jami with its portable library on your system of choice.

Developed and maintained by the Canadian company Savoir-faire Linux, and with the help of a global community of users and contributors.

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    CA flagSavoir-faire Linux
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.7 (19 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Albanian
    • Arabic
    • Bulgarian
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Croatian
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Esperanto
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Hebrew
    • Hindi
    • Hungarian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Lithuanian
    • Malay
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Persian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Slovak
    • Slovene
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian

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Our users have written 13 comments and reviews about Jami, and it has gotten 231 likes

Jami was added to AlternativeTo by 11009723 on Nov 16, 2015 and this page was last updated Jan 15, 2024. Jami is sometimes referred to as SFLphone, ring.cx.