freeswitch ☆

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Description:
Telephony platform to route various communication protocols

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.11.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @freeswitch | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: voip telephony sip webrtc pbx

Install: brew install freeswitch

About:
FreeSWITCH is a scalable open-source telephony platform designed to route and mediate audio, video, and text communications. It supports a wide array of protocols including SIP, WebRTC, and PSTN, enabling the creation of custom communication applications. Its modular architecture allows developers to build high-performance PBX systems, IVRs, and conferencing servers.

Key Features:

Scalable soft PBX and B2BUA
Support for SIP, WebRTC, H.323, and more
Programmable via Lua, JavaScript, and Python
Advanced IVR and conferencing capabilities

Use Cases:

Building custom PBX and VoIP services
Creating interactive voice response (IVR) systems
Hosting large-scale audio/video conferences

Alternatives:

Asterisk – Asterisk is older and uses a monolithic dialplan, whereas FreeSWITCH is modular and designed for high concurrency.
Kamailio – Kamailio is a SIP proxy/registrar focused on routing, while FreeSWITCH handles media and session management.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Aug 10, 2026 7:20am	1.11.2	0	VERSION_BUMP	ff01a365
May 29, 2026 6:27pm	1.11.1	0	VERSION_BUMP	78f5645a
May 8, 2026 10:21am	1.0.52	0	REVISION_ONLY	badd0145
Mar 9, 2026 3:19pm	1.0.52	1	VERSION_BUMP	14f338c1
Mar 4, 2026 5:45pm	3.0.0-0d2e6ac65e	1	REVISION_ONLY	8275b449
Jan 18, 2026 9:58pm	3.0.0-0d2e6ac65e	0	VERSION_BUMP	becc9995
Sep 15, 2025 3:16am		0	VERSION_BUMP	a51a85cc
Sep 13, 2024 6:41pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	3aaea3d4
Dec 22, 2023 6:38pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	ec1a2777
Feb 7, 2023 7:13pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	df375b82
Feb 7, 2023 7:13pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	f7a06032
Dec 5, 2022 4:53am		0	VERSION_BUMP	e99c5bb2
Dec 5, 2022 4:53am		0	VERSION_BUMP	cd9343f3