Kamailio

Modular SIP server (registrar/proxy/router/etc).

Active Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 2,042 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
3k
Last commit
2026-11-10
Latest release
6.1.5
2026-10-15
Commits (12 mo)
2k
Releases (12 mo)
10+
License
GPL-2.0
Language / platform
C, deb

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 2,042 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Kamailio yourself

  • RAM: ~512 MB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr512 MB$3.5Deploy →
DigitalOcean512 MB$4Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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