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Install baresip with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Modular SIP useragent. Version 4.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install baresip

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install baresip

MacPorts ports tree · net/baresip/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add baresip

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · baresip · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install baresip

Debian stable package indexes · baresip · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install baresip

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · baresip · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#baresip

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ba/baresip/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S baresip

Arch Linux sync databases · baresip · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install baresip

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · baresip · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Modular SIP useragent

Commands and aliases

  • baresip

history

Project history and usage

Baresip is a portable, modular SIP user agent with audio and video support, used from the command line and built around selectable modules for signaling, media, devices, and NAT traversal.

Project history

The upstream README credits Alfred E. Heggestad and contributors from 2010 onward and describes Baresip as a BSD-licensed SIP user agent. It depends on the related libre networking library and is configured through simple files that are generated in the user's home directory on first run.

Baresip has expanded from a compact SIP endpoint into a broad media and signaling toolkit with TLS, SRTP, DTLS-SRTP, ZRTP, STUN, TURN, ICE, multiple audio and video codecs, native audio/video backends, command-line control, and optional HTTP and MQTT management modules.

Adoption history

Baresip is adopted by users who want a scriptable or terminal-friendly SIP softphone instead of a large desktop VoIP client. Its package coverage across Alpine, Debian, Fedora, Arch, Ubuntu, openSUSE, MacPorts, Nix, and Homebrew reflects its usefulness to VoIP developers, test environments, and Unix telephony setups.

How it is used

A typical installation starts baresip once to generate configuration under ~/.baresip, then edits accounts and config files for SIP registration, codecs, devices, NAT traversal, and modules. The package exposes a single baresip executable while related examples and wiki pages document account and configuration syntax.

Why package nerds care

Baresip is package-nerd significant because it pulls real-time communications into normal Unix packaging: OpenSSL/libre dependencies, optional media modules, platform audio backends, codec feature choices, and configuration files that make SIP testing possible from scripts and terminals.

Timeline

  • 2010: Upstream copyright history begins for Alfred E. Heggestad and contributors.
  • 2024: Baresip 3.x continues monthly-style releases with modular SIP, audio, video, and NAT traversal work.
  • 2025: Baresip 4.0.0 is released.
  • 2026: Baresip 4.9.0 is released with continued SIP, TLS, Android audio, contact, and test improvements.

Related projects

  • Baresip is closely related to the libre library from the same project ecosystem. It also sits near SIP clients and tools such as Linphone, PJSIP/PJSUA, SIPp, and Asterisk, but with a smaller modular user-agent focus.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for baresip. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.baresip/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.baresip/accounts

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
baresipcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.9.0
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv4.9.0

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:baresip
Version4.9.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/baresip
Homepagehttps://github.com/baresip/baresip
Repositoryhttps://github.com/baresip/baresip
Upstream docshttps://github.com/baresip/baresip/wiki/Accounts
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/baresip/baresip/archive/refs/tags/v4.9.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-25T13:37:37+02:00
Pulseupdated
Dependencieslibre
Build dependenciescmake, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namebaresip
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

baresip 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip
  • Section: comm
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: baresip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

baresip-core 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - core parts

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-core
  • Section: comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 25 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: baresip-core from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

baresip-ffmpeg 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - FFmpeg codecs and formats

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-ffmpeg
  • Section: comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: baresip-ffmpeg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

baresip-gstreamer 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - GStreamer pipelines

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-gstreamer
  • Section: comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: baresip-gstreamer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

baresip-gtk 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - GTK+ front-end

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-gtk
  • Section: comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: baresip-gtk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

baresip-x11 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - X11 features

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-x11
  • Section: comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 8 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: baresip-x11 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

baresip

nix profile install nixpkgs#baresip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/baresip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

baresip 1.0.0-4build14

portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip
  • Section: universe/comm
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

baresip-core 1.0.0-4build14

portable and modular SIP user-agent - core parts

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-core
  • Section: universe/comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 25 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-core from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

baresip-ffmpeg 1.0.0-4build14

portable and modular SIP user-agent - FFmpeg codecs and formats

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-ffmpeg
  • Section: universe/comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-ffmpeg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

baresip-gstreamer 1.0.0-4build14

portable and modular SIP user-agent - GStreamer pipelines

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-gstreamer
  • Section: universe/comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-gstreamer from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

baresip-gtk 1.0.0-4build14

portable and modular SIP user-agent - GTK+ front-end

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-gtk
  • Section: universe/comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-gtk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

baresip-x11 1.0.0-4build14

portable and modular SIP user-agent - X11 features

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apt install baresip-x11
  • Section: universe/comm
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-x11 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

baresip 4.8.0-r0

Baresip is a modular SIP User-Agent with audio and video support

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apk add baresip
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baresip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

baresip-dev 4.8.0-r0

Baresip is a modular SIP User-Agent with audio and video support (development files)

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo apk add baresip-dev
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baresip-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

baresip 4.8.0-1.fc45

Modular SIP user-agent with audio and video support

https://github.com/baresip/baresip

sudo dnf install baresip
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: baresip
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Baresip
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: baresip from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • freeswitchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip.
  • libexosipShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip.
  • pjprojectShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip.
  • sngrepShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip.
  • sofia-sipShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip.
  • activemqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.

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