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Asterisk is a free and open source framework for building communications applications and is sponsored by Sangoma.

11500000
Downloads Annually
Downloads Annually
85000
Community Members
Community Members
150
Countries with Installations
Countries with Installations
11500000
Servers Worldwide
Servers Worldwide
85000
New Endpoints Each Year
New Endpoints Each Year
Asterisk is the #1 open source communications toolkit.
Asterisk powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers, and is used by SMBs, enterprises, call centers, carriers and governments worldwide.
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AstriCon
AstriCon is the longest-running open source convention celebrating open source projects featuring Asterisk and FreePBX. Consisting of multiple tracks, sessions, and EXPO hall, AstriCon offers various levels of education sessions and provides attendees networking opportunities with some of the best in the open source community.


Asterisk News
Asterisk 21.0.0 Now Available
October 18, 2023
Asterisk 20.5.0 Now Available
October 18, 2023
Asterisk 18.20.0 Now Available
October 18, 2023
libpri-1.6.1 Now Available
August 16, 2023
Asterisk 20.4.0 Now Available
July 20, 2023
Security Advisories
Heap buffer overflow when decoding STUN message in pjproject (GHSA-4xjp-22g4-9fxm)
July 7, 2023
AST-2022-009: GetConfig AMI Action can read files outside of Asterisk directory
December 1, 2022
AST-2022-008: Use after free in res_pjsip_pubsub.c
December 1, 2022