# Install baresip with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Modular SIP useragent. Version 4.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:baresip ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install baresip ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install baresip ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/baresip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add baresip ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baresip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install baresip ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: baresip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install baresip ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: baresip from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#baresip ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/baresip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S baresip ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: baresip from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install baresip ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: baresip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:baresip - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.9.0 - **Source summary:** Modular SIP useragent - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:37+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - baresip (cli) - baresip (alias) ## Dependencies - libre ## Build dependencies - cmake - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.9.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Upstream latest detected: v4.9.0 (current) ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.baresip/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.baresip/accounts ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** baresip - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - baresip - 1.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baresip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Debian apt - baresip-core - 1.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baresip-core from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - core parts | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Debian apt - baresip-ffmpeg - 1.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baresip-ffmpeg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - FFmpeg codecs and formats | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Debian apt - baresip-gstreamer - 1.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baresip-gstreamer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - GStreamer pipelines | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Debian apt - baresip-gtk - 1.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baresip-gtk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - GTK+ front-end | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Debian apt - baresip-x11 - 1.1.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baresip-x11 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - X11 features | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Nix - baresip: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/baresip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - baresip - 1.0.0-4build14: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Ubuntu apt - baresip-core - 1.0.0-4build14: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-core from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - core parts | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Ubuntu apt - baresip-ffmpeg - 1.0.0-4build14: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-ffmpeg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - FFmpeg codecs and formats | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Ubuntu apt - baresip-gstreamer - 1.0.0-4build14: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-gstreamer from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - GStreamer pipelines | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Ubuntu apt - baresip-gtk - 1.0.0-4build14: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-gtk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - GTK+ front-end | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - Ubuntu apt - baresip-x11 - 1.0.0-4build14: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baresip-x11 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable and modular SIP user-agent - X11 features | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - apk - baresip - 4.8.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baresip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Baresip is a modular SIP User-Agent with audio and video support | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - apk - baresip-dev - 4.8.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baresip-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Baresip is a modular SIP User-Agent with audio and video support (development files) | https://github.com/baresip/baresip - dnf - baresip - 4.8.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: baresip from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Modular SIP user-agent with audio and video support | https://github.com/baresip/baresip ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freeswitch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freeswitch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip. - [libexosip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libexosip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip. - [pjproject](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pjproject/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip. - [sngrep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sngrep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip. - [sofia-sip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sofia-sip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip. - [activemq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [adns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [aerleon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerleon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking. - [aliddns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliddns/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking. - [amfora](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amfora/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/baresip.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/baresip.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph