sofia-sip ☆

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Description:
SIP User-Agent library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: sip voip networking library telephony

Install: brew install sofia-sip

About:
Sofia-SIP is an open-source SIP User-Agent library, compliant with the IETF RFCs for SIP and SDP. It provides a framework for building SIP-enabled applications, handling protocol signaling and session management. The library is written in C and is designed to be portable and efficient for integration into various software.

Key Features:

RFC 3261 compliant
C-based library for portability
Supports UDP, TCP, and TLS transports
Includes SDP implementation for media negotiation

Use Cases:

Developing custom VoIP clients or softphones
Building SIP-based network servers and proxies
Integrating SIP signaling into embedded devices

Alternatives:

PJSIP – PJSIP is a comprehensive open-source SIP library that also includes media handling, whereas Sofia-SIP focuses primarily on the signaling stack.
libre – libre is a lightweight SIP/SDP stack often used in security-focused applications, while Sofia-SIP is a more established, traditional library.

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