Kiax – VoIP client

Last Updated on July 11, 2021

Kiax is a softphone (soft phone, VoIP client) with a simple and comfortable user interface for making VoIP calls to Asterisk PBX.

The software depends on the iaxclient library to use Asterisk’s IAX2 protocol for easy call configuration and audio setup.

Kiax uses the Inter-Asterisk eXchange, or IAX (TM) Protocol, used as a native communication protocol between Asterisk PBX Servers. It requires only one UDP port per endpoint to create a successful communication channel for VoIP calls. This makes it friendlier for users behind NAT, which is not the case with SIP and H.323.

Features include:

• Decoupled Signaling, Storage and Visualization aspects.
• Modularized, lightweight core layer.
• GCC4 ready code.
• SQLite as default storage backend.
• QT4.4 as GUI frontend.
• Webkit integration.
• Even simpler (than old Kiax) to use UI.
• Completely brandable.
• Remote configuration.
• Simplified integration with service providers (via JSON).
• Support for multiple service providers.
• Support for simultaneous calls.
• Registry fail-over support.
• Live CDR and Contacts search.
• Codecs: G711, iLBC, GSM, Speex.
• Noise reduction filter.
• Internationlization (I18n) support.

Website: sourceforge.net/projects/kiax
Support: Manual
Developer: Forschung-Direkt, MIXvoip
License: GNU GPL v3, LGPL v2

Kiax is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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