<s>
Jami	B-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
GNU	B-Protocol
Ring	I-Protocol
,	O
SFLphone	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
SIP-compatible	O
distributed	O
peer-to-peer	O
softphone	B-Protocol
and	O
SIP-based	O
instant	B-Application
messenger	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jami	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Canadian	O
company	O
Savoir-faire	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
a	O
global	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
contributors	O
,	O
Jami	B-Protocol
positions	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
potential	O
free	O
Skype	B-Application
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jami	B-Protocol
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-3.0-or-later	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
account	O
types	O
are	O
SIP	B-Application
and	O
Ring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SIP	B-Application
account	O
enables	O
the	O
Jami	B-Protocol
softphone	B-Protocol
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
standard	O
SIP	B-Application
server	O
and	O
a	O
Ring	O
account	O
can	O
register	O
(	O
or	O
use	O
an	O
account	O
set	O
up	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
decentralised	O
Jami	B-Protocol
network	O
which	O
requires	O
no	O
central	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Jami	B-Protocol
uses	O
a	O
OpenDHT	B-Operating_System
node	O
maintained	O
by	O
Savoir-faire	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
join	O
the	O
network	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
connects	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
adopting	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
hash	I-Operating_System
table	I-Operating_System
technology	O
(	O
as	O
used	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
within	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
network	O
)	O
,	O
Jami	B-Protocol
creates	O
its	O
own	O
network	O
over	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
distribute	O
directory	O
functions	O
,	O
authentication	O
and	O
encryption	O
across	O
all	O
systems	O
connected	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
including	O
Debian	O
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documentation	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Ring	O
's	O
Tuleap	B-Application
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jami	B-Protocol
was	O
initially	O
known	O
as	O
SFLphone	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
softphones	B-Protocol
under	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
support	O
PulseAudio	B-Library
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
documentation	O
recommended	O
it	O
for	O
enterprise	O
use	O
because	O
of	O
features	O
like	O
conferencing	O
and	O
attended	O
call	O
transfer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
CIO	O
magazine	O
listed	O
SFLphone	B-Protocol
among	O
the	O
top	O
five	O
open-source	O
VoIP	B-Application
softphones	B-Protocol
to	O
watch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jami	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
MVC	O
model	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
daemon	O
(	O
the	O
model	O
)	O
and	O
client	O
(	O
the	O
view	O
)	O
communicating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
daemon	O
handles	O
all	O
the	O
processing	O
including	O
communication	O
layer	O
(	O
SIP/IAX	O
)	O
,	O
audio	O
capture	O
and	O
playback	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D-Bus	B-Language
can	O
act	O
as	O
the	O
controller	O
enabling	O
communication	O
between	O
the	O
client	O
and	O
the	O
daemon	O
.	O
</s>
