 | Parts of this article (those related to Lede, § History) need to be updated. The reason given is: "currently developed"? Ekiga 5 was never released.. (August 2023) |
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 Ekiga 3.0.0 | |
| Developer(s) | Damien Sandras |
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| Stable release | 4.0.1[1] 
/ 21 February 2013 |
| Preview release | n/a (n/a) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C/C++, with GUI written in C[2] |
| Platform | Unix-like, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | VoIP, video conferencing |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | ekiga |
Ekiga (formerly called GnomeMeeting) was a VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME and Microsoft Windows. It was distributed as free software under the terms of the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later. It was the default VoIP client in Ubuntu until October 2009, when it was replaced by Empathy.[3] Ekiga supports both the SIP and H.323 (based on OPAL) protocols and is fully interoperable with any other SIP compliant application and with Microsoft NetMeeting. It supports many high-quality audio and video codecs.[4]
Ekiga was initially written by Damien Sandras in order to graduate from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). It is currently developed by a community-based team led by Sandras. The logo was designed based on his concept by Andreas Kwiatkowski.[5]
Ekiga.net was also a free and private SIP registrar, which enabled its members to originate and terminate (receive) calls from and to each other directly over the Internet. The service was discontinued at the end of 2018.[6]
- ^ "Ekiga 4.0.1 [STABLE] available". 21 February 2013.
- ^ "Inside GnomeMeeting". O'Reily Linux devcentre.com. 2005-03-17.
- ^ "Ekiga". Ubuntu Documentation. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "About Ekiga". Ekiga Wiki. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "Ekiga". Josetteorama. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
- ^ "Ekiga General - Ekiga.net discontinued". Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.