baresip
baresip is a free, open-source messaging app for Android. VoIP and mobile calling and messaging app based on baresip library. It has 437 GitHub stars and is released under the BSD-3-Clause license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
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About baresip
Baresip is security focused open source communication app for Android that originally only supported SIP based VoIP calling and messaging. Now baresip can also be chosen as Android's default mobile calling and messaging app. In addition, contacts are integrated within the app. Voice conference calls, voicemail indication as well as blind and attended call transfers are available when VoIP is used. In VoIP calls audio can be coded with AMR, Codec2, G.729, G.722, G.722.1, iLBC, opus or PCMU/PCMA codecs. Security is achieved via TLS or WSS SIP signaling transport and ZRTP or (DTLS) SRTP media encapsulation. Baresip app can be installed on Android devices running Android version 9 or later.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds baresip from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
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Is baresip free and open source?
Yes. baresip's source code is public on GitHub under the BSD-3-Clause license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install baresip?
You can install baresip from F-Droid (package com.tutpro.baresip) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 94.1.0).
Is baresip still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 22, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.


