Mumble
Mumble is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Team Chat category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in C++. It is a self-hosted alternative to Discord. It has 8,365 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 8,365
- Forks
- 1,407
- Open issues
- 421
- Commits, last 12 months
- 599
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.5.939Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Feb 26, 2011
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 599 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 599 |
| Latest release | v1.5.939 (Oct 11, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 51 |
| Open issues | 421 |
| Open pull requests | 58 |
| Good first issues | 41 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 26, 2011 |
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About Mumble
Low-latency, high quality voice/text chat software.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mumble-voip/mumble.
Topics
- voicechat
- voip
- audio
- client
- server
- gaming
- open-source
- linux
- macos
- quality-voice-chat
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Is Mumble free and open source?
Yes. Mumble is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause 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 Mumble with Docker?
Mumble 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 Mumble?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Mumble include Rocket.Chat, Novu and Mattermost. Mumble itself is a self-hosted alternative to Discord.
Is Mumble actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Mumble was on Oct 25, 2026 with 599 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.5.939, published Oct 11, 2026. It had 421 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.