Comparison of modern features of Free Unified Communications clients.

Debian Desktop

SIP

XMPP

SRTP

DATA

ICE/TURN

DATA

ICE/TURN

ENUM

SDES

DTLS

ZRTP

AVPF

NAPTR

Opus

Notes

baresip

DATA

Y

---

---

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Blink

TA-

ICE

---

---

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

593281. Chat and file transfer also supported using MSRP protocol.

ekiga

TAV

???

empathy

TAV

N

TAV

N (a)

N

N

N

N

N

N

Gnome Default

Jami

TAV

Y

TAV

Y

?

Y

Y

Y (SRTP)

?

?

Y

End-to-end encryption, distributed, works with or without internet connection, multi-platform, positions itself as a free Skype replacement. Formerly GNU Ring, SFLphone.

Jitsi

TAV

N

TAV

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Most powerful

pidgin

TAV

TAV

Y

qutecom

?AV

???

twinkle

?A-

N

---

---

?

?

?

N

?

?

N

ZRTP disabled in Debian, QT3 disabled in Debian

linphone

TAV

ICE

---

---

N

?

Y

N

Y

?

Y

ZRTP disabled in Debian, Text data is available only for listed contacts via the right-click sub-menu

Yate

TA-

?

TA

?

?

?

?

Y

?

?

?

Debian Web

SIP

XMPP

SRTP

DATA

ICE/TURN

DATA

ICE/TURN

ENUM

SDES

DTLS

ZRTP

AVPF

NAPTR

Opus

Notes

JSCommunicator

?AV

Y

---

n/a

?

Y

Y

N

Y

n/a

Y

Most features are provided by the browser itself

Mobile Clients

SIP

XMPP

SRTP

DATA

ICE/TURN

DATA

ICE/TURN

ENUM

SRTP

DTLS

ZRTP

AVPF

NAPTR

Opus

Notes

baresip

DATA

Y

---

---

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

CSipSimple

TA-

---

Y

Y

Y

Video through a plug-in (experimental)

Jami

TAV

Y

TAV

Y

?

Y

Y

Y (SRTP)

?

?

Y

Android app or Debian Desktop

Lumicall

?AV

Y

---

n/a

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

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