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Asked: 2010-10-25 13:01:50 +0800 CST

Open source Skype application

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I'm looking for an open source Skype application that I can use instead of the current beta we have to install.

software-recommendation alternative skype voip open-source

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  1. Best Answer

    Skype uses proprietary protocol and there are no opensource application which can make use of this protocol. However skype is planning to opensource the skype application (protocol will still remain proprietary) however they havent specified a time frame yet.

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  2. There is no open source Skype application.

    But of course there are several alternative VoIP applications that use the standard SIP protocol (including Empathy and Ekiga) which is supported by most VoIP providers (except Skype...).

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  3. There's a new version of Skype available - and it runs quite nicely too:

    http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=799681

    Yes, this is intended as humor.

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  4. You can use http://imo.im instead of skype

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