Asterisk
Asterisk is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Video Conferencing & VoIP category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in C. It has 3,646 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 3,646
- Forks
- 1,343
- Open issues
- 162
- Commits, last 12 months
- 306
- Last commit
- Oct 22, 2026
- Latest release
- certified-22.8-cert5Oct 19, 2026
- Created
- Apr 11, 2015
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 22, 2026, 306 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 22, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 306 |
| Latest release | certified-22.8-cert5 (Oct 19, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 251 |
| Open issues | 162 |
| Open pull requests | 43 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 11, 2015 |
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About Asterisk
Easy to use but advanced IP PBX system, VoIP gateway and conference server.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/asterisk/asterisk.
Topics
- asterisk
- pbx
- c
- sip
- voip
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Is Asterisk free and open source?
Yes. Asterisk is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Asterisk with Docker?
Asterisk does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Asterisk?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Asterisk include Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton and Janus.
Is Asterisk actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Asterisk was on Oct 22, 2026 with 306 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is certified-22.8-cert5, published Oct 19, 2026. It had 162 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.