Ekiga was first released back in 2001 under the GnomeMeeting name, as a graduation thesis
In 2001, voice over IP, IP Telephony, and videoconferencing were not widespread technologies as they are now
The GNU/Linux desktop was at its infancy, and let's not speak about multimedia capabilities
Most webcam drivers were buggy, ALSA had not been released yet and full-duplex audio was something difficult to achieve
General performance could also be an issue, especially when most efficient codecs were closed source
Generally speaking, the technology was not ready yet but Ekiga was already kicking!
Nowadays, everyone knows about voice over IP and videoconferencing
However, proprietary programs using closed communication protocols are dominating the market
Few people know that alternatives exist, and even less people know that using standard tools allows doing voice over IP, videoconferencing but also IP Telephony
The purpose of Ekiga has always been to be a mix between a simple chat application and a professional IP Telephony tool for the GNU/Linux destop
As a SIP softphone, it can completely replace hardware SIP IP phones and many people are using it as such

With the upcoming 5
0 release, we were very ambitious
Most of the code has been reorganized, some parts have been completely rewritten
Things are getting simplified to attract new contributors (I am now 15 years older than when I started coding on Ekiga)
The user interface is completely new and is now using cutting-edge technologies like GTK+3 or even Clutter to display video
New codecs have been added, and new features are still being added regularly (I would like to complete TLS and SRTP support before the release as well as MSRP chat)

Ekiga.net 2.0 - Why?

We would also like to upgrade Ekiga
net before releasing Ekiga 5
0
First, there are a few shortcomings that must be fixed with the platform: users should be able to delete their SIP accounts, to modify their e-mail and password preferences, passwords should not be sent in cleartext (ouch!)

But we also need to add support for the new Ekiga features (TCP support, the upcoming TLS support,

)

As we do not have any ICE implementation yet, and as NAT is still a problem, we would like to implement Far End NAT Traversal on the new platform

All of this should come with a brand new modern look for all websites related to Ekiga and Ekiga
net

Why is it important that you help?

On the contrary of many projects, Ekiga has always been developed during my spare time with a few contributors working in their spare time too
Spare time is what it is: spare time

Sometimes you have much spare time, sometimes you don't have any spare time for a few weeks
That means that progress on the project is slow, especially when you want to be ambitious

Our team is relatively small and there are many areas where we are not competent: website design is one of them

If you are a coder and want to develop on Ekiga, if you are a graphical designer, if you are a Drupal expert, if you like writing documentation, if you are a PHP developer and want to work on Ekiga.net ... Feel free to reach me at dsandras AT seconix.com !

Ekiga 4.0.1 [STABLE] available

This is the first update of the 4
0
0 stable release
It deals exclusively with bug fixing

The most important change is fixing ALL known crashes and freezes, especially the long-standing freeze on quit on Windows
Add to this making H
323 with gatekeeper functional again, two registration fixes, and numerous other fixes here and there
There is also a security fix

We encourage everyone to upgrade to this latest greatest version of ekiga

The next release will be 4
0
2 or 4
2
0, targetted mainly at replacing obsolete technologies and fixing remaining registration and communication issues
After 4
2
0, we will switch to using v12 of ptlib/opal underlying libraries and will be able to provide the much-awaited communication encryption and IPv6 support

Ekiga 4.0 aka "The Victory Release" available!

The legendary Linux softphone is back for more!
Three years after the 3
2 release, Ekiga 4
0 aka "The Victory Release" is finally available

This is a major release with many major improvements

Where to get it ?

Ekiga sources and Windows binaries are available at:
http://www
ekiga
org/download-ekiga-binaries-or-source-code
Required librairies can be found at:
http://ftp
gnome
org/pub/gnome/sources/opal/3
10/
http://ftp
gnome
org/pub/gnome/sources/ptlib/2
10/

Ekiga 4.0 : Coming Soon

We are proud to announce the upcoming release of Ekiga 4
0!
The code has already been frozen and we are working on the last details for the best user experience ever!
The screenshots page has already been updated with the new official screenshots of the application
We are now working on the release notes

Stay tuned for more information!

Ekiga 3.9.90 [UNSTABLE] available