Twinkle (software)

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Twinkle

Twinkle-logo.png
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Main window and address book
Basic data

developer Michel de Boer
Publishing year April 27, 2005
Current  version 1.4.2
(February 25, 2009)
Current preliminary version 1.10.1
(October 7, 2016)
operating system Linux
programming language C ++
category VoIP (software)
License GPL ( free software )
German speaking Yes
mfnboer.home.xs4all.nl (1.4.2) twinkle.dolezel.info (1.10.0)

Twinkle is free software for IP telephony ( Voice-over-IP ) and is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). In addition to the Session Initiation Protocol (hence SIP telephone ), Twinkle uses a number of other protocols, all of which are freely and publicly documented. The user interface uses the Qt library .

development

The project was initiated by the developer M. de Boer, the last publication in this context took place in February 2009 (as of September 2015).

The developer Luboš Doležel then split off with the particular aim of porting the software from the now obsolete Qt version 3 or 4 to the current version 5.

Availability

Twinkle is included in many Linux distributions as a complete software package and can therefore usually be installed with a few clicks of the mouse. If necessary, the current Twinkle version can be translated from the source text with little effort. A Windows version of Twinkle does not yet exist.

properties

The main characteristics of Twinkle are

  • two lines
  • several SIP accounts active at the same time (no restriction)
  • Selectable event sounds
  • Conferences with three participants
  • User-definable scripts for handling incoming calls, individually configurable for each SIP account
  • Can be fully controlled and automated via a command line interface
  • STUN for NAT and firewall crossing
  • KDE address book support
    • Selection possible directly from the address book entry (optional comment field as a popup)
    • Caller photos
  • ALSA / OSS support
  • seven supported audio - codecs ( G.711 law O and μ-law , GSM, Speex , narrow / wide / ultra iLBC )
  • encrypted calls via ZRTP / SRTP possible, encrypted calls to SIP clients under Windows via the "zrtp proxy" Zfone possible
  • Call recording can be easily implemented via ALSA

Web links

Commons : Twinkle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LubusD / twinkle on GitHub . Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Fork L. Doležel