# Install sofia-sip with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper SIP User-Agent library. Version 1.13.17 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sofia-sip ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sofia-sip ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install sofia-sip ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: comms/sofia-sip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add sofia-sip ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sofia-sip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libsofia-sip-ua-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install sofia-sip ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sofia-sip 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#sofia_sip ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sofia_sip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S sofia-sip ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sofia-sip from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libsofia-sip-ua-glib3 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libsofia-sip-ua-glib3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sofia-sip - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.13.17 - **Source summary:** SIP User-Agent library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - addrinfo (cli) - localinfo (cli) - sip-date (cli) - sip-dig (cli) - sip-options (cli) - stunc (cli) - addrinfo (alias) - localinfo (alias) - sip-date (alias) - sip-dig (alias) - sip-options (alias) - stunc (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - glib - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool - 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: 1.13.17 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/freeswitch/sofia-sip - Upstream latest detected: v1.13.17 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Sofia-SIP is an LGPL SIP user-agent library and companion utility suite rooted in Nokia Research Center SIP stack work and now maintained from the FreeSWITCH GitHub organization. ### Project history The Sofia-SIP project site describes the library as an open-source SIP User-Agent implementation compliant with IETF RFC3261 and based on a SIP stack developed at the Nokia Research Center. Its original documentation centered on GNU/Linux, SIP client building blocks, VoIP, instant messaging, and person-to-person communication services. The SourceForge-era site lists 1.12.11, dated 2011-03-11, as the latest release from that project page and now warns that the old repository is not currently maintained. The same page directs users to the FreeSWITCH-hosted GitHub repository as the maintained version. The current FreeSWITCH README keeps the same core identity: Sofia-SIP is a C library built with GNU autotools, with libsofia-sip-ua as the main user-agent library and small utilities such as sip-options, sip-date, addrinfo, and localinfo. ### Adoption history Sofia-SIP's adoption came through VoIP and real-time communications software rather than through an end-user command alone. The official site listed Telepathy and FreeSWITCH among projects using it, and the maintained repository now lives under FreeSWITCH. Its package-manager footprint is broad for a C networking library: the input records packages for Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE-style zypper ecosystems. ### How it is used Developers use Sofia-SIP as a SIP stack for clients, servers, and protocol utilities. The installed command-line tools are useful for package smoke tests and protocol diagnostics: sip-options queries with the OPTIONS method, sip-date handles SIP date parsing and printing, and addrinfo/localinfo expose supporting network information. The library supports SIP transports over IPv4 and IPv6, UDP and TCP, SSL/TLS signaling, SIMPLE presence and instant messaging, STUN-related NAT traversal, and SDP offer-answer functionality, according to the official project page. ### Why package nerds care Sofia-SIP is package-nerd-significant because it is the kind of small C library that keeps telephony stacks portable across distributions. The package is less about a flashy CLI and more about headers, shared libraries, pkg-config-style build integration, and a few protocol inspection tools. Its history also shows a common open-source lifecycle: an older SourceForge project with reference documentation, a long-lived packaged ABI, and later maintenance through a larger downstream user, FreeSWITCH. ### Timeline - 2000s: SIP stack work from Nokia Research Center becomes the basis for Sofia-SIP. - 2011-03: SourceForge project page lists Sofia-SIP 1.12.11 as the latest release. - 2020: FreeSWITCH GitHub repository for the maintained Sofia-SIP source is created. - 2020s: Sofia-SIP remains packaged across common Unix-like package managers. ### Related projects - FreeSWITCH: current maintainer namespace and major Sofia-SIP user. - Telepathy: listed by the Sofia-SIP project site as a project using Sofia-SIP. - SIP and RFC3261: the protocol target that defines the library's main role. - STUN and SDP offer-answer: protocol areas covered by Sofia-SIP modules. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.executables - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sofia-sip - **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 - libsofia-sip-ua-dev - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Sofia-SIP library development files | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Sofia-SIP library glib/gobject interface development files | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libsofia-sip-ua-glib3t64 - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-glib3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Sofia-SIP library glib/gobject interfaces runtime | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libsofia-sip-ua0t64 - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Sofia-SIP library runtime | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - sofia-sip-bin - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sofia-sip-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Sofia-SIP library utilities | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - sofia-sip-doc - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sofia-sip-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Sofia-SIP library documentation | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - sofia_sip: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sofia_sip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libsofia-sip-ua-dev - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sofia-SIP library development files | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sofia-SIP library glib/gobject interface development files | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libsofia-sip-ua-glib3t64 - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua-glib3t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sofia-SIP library glib/gobject interfaces runtime | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libsofia-sip-ua0t64 - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsofia-sip-ua0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sofia-SIP library runtime | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - sofia-sip-bin - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sofia-sip-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sofia-SIP library utilities | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - sofia-sip-doc - 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sofia-sip-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Sofia-SIP library documentation | http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/ - apk - sofia-sip - 1.13.17-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sofia-sip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | RFC3261 compliant SIP User-Agent library | https://github.com/freeswitch/sofia-sip - apk - sofia-sip-dbg - 1.13.17-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sofia-sip-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | RFC3261 compliant SIP User-Agent library (debug symbols) | https://github.com/freeswitch/sofia-sip - apk - sofia-sip-dev - 1.13.17-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sofia-sip-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | RFC3261 compliant SIP User-Agent library (development files) | https://github.com/freeswitch/sofia-sip ## Related links - [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. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - 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/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [libexosip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libexosip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, telephony, 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. - [baresip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/baresip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, sip, voip. - [c-ares](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/c-ares/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, library, networking. - [czmq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/czmq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, library, networking. - [hesiod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hesiod/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, library, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sofia-sip.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sofia-sip.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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