Asterisk GUI: Graphical user interfaces

There are various attempts to write graphical user or administrator’s interfaces to Asterisk. It is ok to list in more than one category as long as the product truly meets the requirements in more than one area. Please sort by alphabetically and do specify the following items when adding an entry:

• Date of entry (month & year, e.g. “Nov 05”)
• License(s): GPL, BSD, Commercial, Freeware for < X users
• Technology used: PHP, Perl, Ruby, Java, Tomcat, Horde etc
• Database used: MySQL, Postgres, SQLite etc.
• Asterisk version supported: With or without Realtime (ARA)?

Page Contents

• Full Service PBX
• Configuration Managers
• VVoIP Platforms
• Solutions for service providers
• Billing & Call Detail Reporting
• Call Centre & Contact Centre Management Solutions
• Operator Manager Interfaces
• Status Viewers
• User Interfaces
• Voicemail Message Synchronization
• Concepts
• See also:

Full Service PBX

Products which come as completely configured systems including hardware, or as a complete bare-metal CD/DVD install.

• 3CX – IP PBX software solution that can be easily installed in the cloud with Google, Amazon AWS, Azure and Amazon Lightsail or on-premise on Windows or Linux.
• ansitel: Easy-to-use IP/ISDN-PBX based on Asterisk, ansitel-webinterface 2.0: Full German-/English-Language, for small and medium-sized enterprises. Commercial. Free Live-CD available: www.asterisk-berlin.de.
• AsteriskNOW is a Software Appliance; a customized Linux distribution that includes Asterisk, the Asterisk GUI (as above), and all other software needed for an Asterisk system. AsteriskNOW includes all the Linux components necessary to run, debug and build Asterisk, and only those components. However, you will need to use only RPath Linux, which may not be as compatible with other Asterisk programs compatible with CentOS. Unlike other Linux distributions used to deploy Asterisk, no unnecessary components that might compromise security or performance are included. AsteriskNOW is currently in Beta testing. (Dec 06) GPL
• Astimax: Complete IP PBX solution based on Asterisk, german, English. small, medium and enterprise versions up to 1000+ phones, video call support, operator panel, Astimax LiveConference for managing conferences, web based user interface, administrator interface with roles, Android mobile application, fax2mail, hot desking, webrtc conferencing Commercial
• ESCAUX net.PBX: ESCAUX VIC3 is a Vendor-Independent Communication and Collaboration solution that includes the net. A desktop client offering Text Messaging via Instant Messaging and SMS, Video Communication, Visual Voicemail, Fax Communication, Unified Directory, Audio Recording and multi-server and multi-site Presence. net.Console is one of the most advanced Attendant Consoles offering Unified Directory and Presence for several thousands of users, 100% keyboard or mouse controlled with advanced features like blind and attended transfer, normal and direct park, chained calls and camp on. ESCAUX VIC3 is scalable up to 100’000 users. Commercial
• EXS7: SME and Enterprise versions of EXS7 and available pre-configured on business grade server hardware at affordable prices. Basic systems include high end features such as network monitoring, automatic phone provisioning and call recording. Commercial
• ScopServ: The most complete Web based GUI for Asterisk. Multi-lingual, Multi-Tenants, Multi-Servers, Support for Zap, CAPI, MFC/R2, SIP, IAX, SCCP, H323, MGCP. Reportings tools for CDR, ACD and IVR, XMLRPC/SOAP Interfaces, TFTP/Web Provisioning, Network and Traffic Management, Debugging Tools, and more. ScopServ Commercial
• TeamSIP: Business VoIP Suite with web based server/client administration and fully integrated SIP client. Commercial
• Thirdlane Multi Tenant PBX: Multi-Tenant Asterisk based PBX and unified communications solution for ITSPs offering hosted virtual PBX services. Scales to many thousands of endpoints, actively maintained, currently at V8. Commercial
• Thirdlane Business PBX: Complete Asterisk based PBX for SMBs. Easy to install, easy to configure and easy to manage. Includes Thirdlane Communications Manager GUI + extras. Fully customizable, VAR friendly. Actively maintained, currently at V8. Commercial
• VoIP PBX Software – Taridium ipbx: ipbx eXpress has been designed with flexibility in mind. An easy to use and powerful enterprise class VoIP PBX solution. Includes a web based operator console. Ideally suited for VARs and consultants. Free version available for download in 32/64 bit flavor ISOs. Requires a dedicated server. Commercial and Free Editions
• VadaXchange browser based user-friendly call control and management interface developed on top of an Asterisk PABX. About time business PABX become user friendly!

Basic or Beta (products that have limited functionality)

• Briker: Integrates Asterisk, FreePBX, Asterisk2Billing and Webmin to convert PC into an IP PBX. GPL
• DRUID 3.2: Druid Telephony Platform:Professional grade Asterisk management tool (web-based) in a 1 CD installer & support natively Sangoma cards out of the box + Digium/Rhino/OpenVox hardware. Highly AJAX enabled, IVR menu & inbound/outbound DID management. Druid is now free for evaluation for 12 days. Professional version has 24/7 hour email support.
• tcPbX: All-in-one self-installing CD with Asterisk WEB-based GUI interface. Free and supported PRO versions, ISDN/BRI integration, various architectures available. Simple integration with existing PBXs. Commercial
• Easypbx Hybrid IP-PBX Solution for Service Providers and System Integrators that control and monitor thousands of PBX trough a Web Management System based on Level (Provider, Reseller, PBX Admin, User). EasyPbx is commerical grade PBX software and it provides the key system functionality found in traditional Enterprise or SoHo phone systems. Administration based on an Ajax Web Interface on remote Server (VLSRV). Service Providers and System Integrators can use their Private Label on the system. The Linux Distro (200 Mb) created from scratch is performed to work with E1-T1 and above all BRI network. Real Time VOIP and PSTN Diagnostic and Alerting System integrated into the platform. Voiplinux Distro under GPL Provider&Telco Main Server Commercial
• Evolution by Intuitive Voice Technology: Evolution is the Easiest most Intuitive Asterisk Interface available. The entire solution can be installed and configured in under an hour. The Free Trial comes with 30 Days Free Support. Designed to be more than just an Asterisk Management Tool, Evolution manages all aspects of your telephony environment right down to the phones. Specially designed for small businesses with very little telephony skills. Turnkey installation CD and packages available. Live assistance available online or call us @ Free Trial and Free support for 30 days. Commercial – FREE Version.
• Freevoice PBX: Complete VoIP PBX System based on FreePBX, Asterisk, vTiger CRM, Avantfax and more. All GPL software with optional paid support.
• PLEXTEL IP-PBX.: IP-PBX Appliance Software with Web based GUI based on Asterisk System. Multi-Company & Group, Call Policy, Call Permission, Support for Zap Channel (Digium/Samgoma), Full CDR and Billing System, Support Provisioning for SIP phones, Network Debugging Tools, Support DDNS, PPPoE, NTP Server and more. Commercial
• Sipcat: Sipcat is a business grade Voice over IP solution based on Asterisk. The complete system is manageable via an intuitive web based interface and can be downloaded as an ISO file from our website. Commercial
• Starfish PBX: An open source alternative to Switchvox, free for noncommercial use.
• Switchvox: All aspects of the server are controlled through an intuitive web interface, no editing of conf files here! Commercial
• Trixbox: Self-installing, self configuring ISO of full versions of Asterisk, CentOS, Web based FreePBX, SugarCRM, Festival Speech Engine, Open A2Billing. A full service PBX in 1 hour. (note: Used to be called Asterisk@Home) GPL

Graveyard (products that are missing or have not been updated in very long time)

• CallFon: Complete Web GUI IP PBX and Call Center Solution based on Asterisk. Spanish Commercial
• ip-telefonat.de: Complete web based front based on Asterisk 1.2 with Mysql
• Iritgo/PBX: A commercial business software solution that contains a full featured PBX based on Asterisk. Supports browser based configuration and contains a personal call manager client application. Visit the website for an online demo.

Configuration Managers

These are programs that provide an interface for configuring Asterisk, typically used by the phone system admin. (Software that is only available as fully pre-configured PBX should go in “Full Service PBX”)

Released (software that is active and in a final released state)

• ansitel-webinerface 2.0 Easy-to-use webinterface for Asterisk based on debian. Fast, flexible, module based, german-/english language. Interactive demo version available: www.ansitel.de.
• AMIgo for .NET AMIgo offers an extensive set of visual controls which supports drag and drop and offers context menus to display and interact with extensions / trunks, active channels, active calls, queues, queues members, queues calls, agents, conferences and conferences users. Build a full featured Asterisk Control Panel with drag and drop support in no time, using Visual Studio and C# or Visual Basic. Also include .config and dialplan editor, command panel, site manager and more.
• Apstel Visual Dialplan for Asterisk – innovative development platform for Asterisk dialplan development. Simply drag, drop and connect dialplan blocks to make Asterisk dialplan.Commercial
• Asterisk Assistant for MacOS X to add extensions and phones, by Sunrise Telephone Systems Ltd. This is following the format of Apple’s Setup Assistants (“”Wizards”” in Wintel lingo) and therefore aimed at new Asterisk on MacOSX users without prior knowledge. An FWD Setup Assistant is now also available. Voicepulse will follow shortly. GPL
• ASTIX Webmanager 2: Webadministration Panel for Asterisk Server, based on PHP and MySQL. Commercial
• AstWebMgr: Edit .conf files and all other server aspects through a web interface. PHP with JavaScript. GPL licensed. With Manager API interface, voicemail & mailbox access and much more. Not intended for a novice admin, though. GPL
• DRUID Asterisk Management Interface 2.6 from Voiceroute : LATEST UPDATE! Professional grade Asterisk management tool (web-based) with a Graphical Java console, Highly AJAX enabled, Zapata (Sangoma/Digium) Configuration support interface. Free Evaluation Version available. PHP & Java. Price: $89 only. Commercial
• Evolution by Intuitive Voice Technology: Evolution is the easiest most intuitive Asterisk Interface available. The entire solution can be installed and configured in under an hour. The Free Trial comes with 30 Days Free Support. Designed to be more than just an Asterisk Management Tool, Evolution manages all aspects of your telephony environment right down to the phones. Specially designed for small businesses with very little telephony skills. Turnkey installation CD and packages available. Live assistance available online or call us @ Free Trial and Free support for 30 days. Commercial.
• Gemeinschaft: Full-featured PBX by Amooma with clustering and failover. Gemeinschaft can be configured via the web GUI or via shell scripts. PHP. (2009) GPL
• Interactive Dialplanner: Interactive Dialplanner is a tool for helping you to build up IVR call flow and dialplan for Asterisk PBX more easily. It is free of charge that simply drag-and-drop the building blocks (Call Flow Controls) that you want as you create your Asterisk dialplan. Freeware
• PhoneCALL: Php/MySQL/SMARTY based GUI for Asterisk. GPL & Commercial licensing/support models. Creates flat .conf files and can be used together with astlinux (but not only). Full Configuration support of Zaptel Hardware and VoIP trunk providers along with Multi-Tenant & Multilingual options. Now has Tenant and User Portals integrated. Last Updated: July 2006. GPL
• Thirdlane PBX: Complete Asterisk based PBX for SMB – CentOS based CD – easy to install, easy to configure and easy to manage . Includes Thirdlane PBX Manager GUI + extras Fully customizable, VAR friendly. Translated in Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian and Portuguese. Commercial
• Thirdlane Communications Manager GUI: management and user portal GUI for Asterisk based PBXs. Distributed as a component of Thirdlane Business PBX or as a Webmin module. Commercial

Basic or Beta (software that has limited functionality)

• ACTOS: GUI tool for editing .conf files and setting up all aspects of an Asterisk server (client/server support, wizards for dial plan creation,… ). Non-web GUI; only French and Russian documentation available so far. (Last Updated: 13/06/2005) GPL
• Asterisk Configuration and Management Interface (short: ACaMI): Web-based framework to administrate and configure Asterisk PBX. Currently under development, but planning release until the end of February 2006 with complete rewritten dialplan (optimized for European users with a focus on ISDN), ARA support and user access. GPL
• Asterisk tips managing CID names: Quick’n’dirty PHP form for editing CallerIDNames in the Asterisk Db. GPL
• DeStar: Web configuration interface for Asterisk. Licensed under GPL2. Current version: 0.2. Translations for Spanish ans French, Flas Operator Panel integration, Virtual PBX and more. GPL
• Gofti AStApp : Database driven configuration tool with history and simple CDR display (use ‘guest’ as username and password). demo only

Graveyard (Software that is missing or has not been updated in very long time)

• AM: Asterisk HTML based Configuration and Remote Administration system written in PERL. Free to All. Runs on LINUX or Windows (no admin functions if run on Windows)
• ARTCP – Asterisk RealTime Control Panel in development. Website link to come soon. Currently in use at a VOIP provider, controls Voicemail, IAX, SIP, and user configurations for users in a RealTime environment. PHP/MySQL/Asterisk RT. More info to come.
• AstConsole for MacOS X to monitor and control local and remote Asterisk servers – preview
• AsterWatch: C# extendable manager (development has stalled afaik)
• Payment Online PBX Manager: Configuration and Management interface built with Ruby On Rails. BSD licensed. Postgresql, Mysql, and Sqlite3 supported. Multi tenant support.
• phpconfig: PHPconfig (in the Asterisk CVS) – php web based * files editor and parser. Now with installation instructions.

VVoIP Platforms

• VMukti alpha: a web2.0 VoIP video conferencing software for Asterisk built on .NET3.0/3.5 technologies.

Solutions for service providers

Software that is specifically designed for multi-tenant management (not including billing).

Released (software that is active and is in a final released state)

• Attractel – Asterisk Based Carrier solutions for ITSPs with 999 to 100k+ users. Commercial
• ICTBroadcast Service Provider Edition – ICTBroadcast SP Edition is a unified communications broadcasting application for service providers and ITSP. It is Multi-Tenant application supporting Fax broadcasting, Email marketing, Voice Broadcasting and SMS Blasting software solution. Commercial
• ICTFAX : ICTFAX is Fax over IP solution for service providers, Its features Email to Fax , Fax to Email and Web to Fax services, ICTFax supports Fax over IP over T.38 as well as G.711 pass through. GPL
• MORCC – automated online Calling Card store. Paypal integrated. GPL

Commercial

• taridium provider solutions: taridium’s provider VoIP platform combines all the advantages of an open standards solution with the reliability of non-stop hardware, 7×24 monitoring and world class software support. Commercial
• TeamSIP Hosted PBX Solution with web based server/client configuration and fully integrated SIP client. Commercial
• Thirdlane Cloud-Ready PBX: Multi-Tenant multi-server Kamailio + Asterisk realtime based solution for larger deployments by ITSPs offering virtual PBX services to small businesses. Commercial
• Vidanetwork Technologies: A VPN enabled turnkey solution for service providers and IP PBX appliances for businesses. The solution offers scalable network management, pre-pay, post-pay, flat-rate billing, user provisioning, calling cards, hosted virtual PBXes, conference room management, CRM integration and Web based end user portal for online payment. Commercial

Basic or Beta (software that has limited functionality)
none.
Graveyard (Software that is missing or has not been updated in a very long time)
none.

Billing & Call Detail Reporting

Software for billing and/or displaying call detail records. (note: If the software also does configuration then it should be listed in “Configuration Management” or “Solutions for service providers”)

Released (software that active and is in a final released state)

• Asterisk-Stat: CDR-Analyser: impressive CDR.viewer & statistic tool for CDR (PHP, GD library). GPL
• AstWeb: CDR search interface GPL
• CDRTool: Tool to access CDR records generated by SER, Cisco or Asterisk (RADIUS protocol) – by Adrian Georgescu, free for non-commercial use. GPL

Billing & Call Detail Reporting

• Asterisk CDR Viewer – Simple and fast viewer for asterisk CDRs / recordings. Features: PHP without any additional dependencies, CDR search, Call Graph, Concurrent calls graph, ASR & ACD report, Minutes report, CSV dump, Asterisk regexp, Callrates support, Plugins support, CSS based. GPL
• ICTBroadcast Service Provider Edition : ICTBroadcast SP Edition is a unified communications broadcasting application for service providers and ITSP .ICTBroadcast features multiservice billing, routing and payment management system. ICTBroadcast is a product of ICT Innovations Commercial
• MOR Advanced Billing solution. Retail/Wholesale. For VoIP providers/Call Centers/etc. LiveCD available. Homepage Commercial
• Novacom IPBX Billing: This software developed by Novacom allows you to be supplied with a projected billing mechanism in the function of a pre-established pricing system. It will also allow you to be provided with a complete statistical scheme of the given and received calls, including those inside call groups. Commercial
• SAM Reports by Token: Asterisk CDR Reports made Simple. Drag and Drop Drill down reports with BI interface. Windows desktop application. No installation or maintenance required. Commercial
• Thirdlane FreeMetrics Thirdlane FreeMetrics produces charts and reports from Call Detail and Queue Log records generated by Asterisk based systems such as Thirdlane Call Center, Thirdlane Multi Tenant PBX, and Thirdlane Business PBX. Thirdlane FreeMetrics works with both commercial and free (limited by log files size) Splunk servers (requires Splunk server installation). FREE

Basic or Beta (software that has limited functionality)

• Humbug Labs Carrier-class analytics and fraud detection for your soft switch and PBX. FREE

Graveyard (Software that is missing or has not been updated in a very long time)

• Televox Billing system: Asterisk Billing System, Hotel Management System, support asterisk 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 (vnpt, vinaphone, sfone, local call, international call…) – by VNASTER

Call Centre & Contact Centre Management Solutions

• • AACC – Asterisk Advanced Call Center: Open source call center solution. Inbound and outbound capabilities.
  • Aheeva CCS: Aheeva CCS is a complete Call Center Solution. It includes Inbound, Outbound and Chat features such as an IVR Scripting Tool, Predictive Dialling, Form Builder, Realtime Monitoring, Evaluation Forms, Reporting, Call Recording and much more. We use MySQL Database and the latest version of Asterisk. ….COMMERCIAL…
  • ((https://astercc.org|asterCC)): Call center solution: Inbound, outbound, fax, campaign, dialer …, full featured and free IP PBX functions. Commercial
  • ((http://www.asternic.net|Asternic Call Center Stats)): LITE version GPL and commercial version available. Just released the PRO 2 version. Recordings, Outbound, Realtime, Spy and Whisper, Report Designer, Rest Web Service and more. Request 30 days trial.
  • Apstel Visual Dialplan for Asterisk – development platform for call centre dial plan (call routing) development
  • Asterisk Queue Activity: PHP Page to monitor queue members activity on real time
  • AstraG: Realtime Management Interface for Asterisk. Manage Queues, Agents, SIP Extensions, and more. Perfect for an outsourcing firm. (Still in development/beta)
  • At Predictive Dialer you’ll find a couple of additional solutions for call centers, contact centers and CTI
  • Attractel Call Centre solutions including Predilux – a fully optimized solution for outbound calling, with real predictive dialing; multiprotocol softphone, developed to run on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
  • CallFon CC: Call and Contact Center Solution for Asterisk, Predictive dialing, IVR, CTI, SugarCRM, Control and monitor
  • DialApplet Call Center Suite: | Deutsch | English | Espa’f1ol |. Predictive dialer, CTI, Monitoring, Recording, Metrics & Connectors | Windows | Linux | Mac |

• ICTBroadcast Service Provider Edition: ICTBroadcast SP Edition is a unified communications broadcasting application for service providers and ITSP, ICTBroadcast features multiservice billing, routing, and payment management system. ICTBroadcast is a product of ICT Innovations Commercial
• inConcertCC Full featured all-in-one-box Call Center solution including IVR, predictive dialing, call recording, scripting, and designing tools
• IPSwitchBoard BETA – Queue Log Analyzer.
• MOR: Open source Outgoing Call Center Solution for Asterisk PBX
• Open Call Suite – OCS: A free opensource solution for call centers, including free tools for AgentLoggers, PopUP URL launches, Recording Software and monitoring/statistics software for SLA metrics and reports
• OrderlyStats – Dedicated Real Time Call Centre Management and Statistics Package. Over 480 reports, charts tables and figures. All Asterisk 1.2 – 1.8 support. Easy installer, Free Trial
• QueueMetrics: a complete, industrial-grade call-center monitoring and reporting solution, with over 150 metrics tracked
• SAM Reports by Token: Asterisk Queue Reports made Simple. Drag and Drop Drill down reports with BI interface. Windows desktop application for Queue Reporting and CDR reports. No installation or maintenance required. Commercial
• ViciDial: Open source campaign dialer (for heavy loads)
• Thirdlane Call Center: Call Center software solution for hosted Multi Tenant or on-premises deployment. Integrated with and based on Thirdlane Business PBX or Thirdlane Multi Tenant PBX. Includes core PBX features as well as IVR, ACD, queue and agent management, historical reporting and real time monitoring with web interface for agents and supervisors. Commercial
• Thirdlane FreeMetrics Thirdlane FreeMetrics produces charts and reports from Call Detail and Queue Log records generated by Asterisk based systems such as Thirdlane Call Center, Thirdlane Multi Tenant PBX, and Thirdlane Business PBX. Thirdlane FreeMetrics works with both commercial and free (limited by log files size) Splunk servers (requires Splunk server installation). FREE

Operator Manager Interfaces

These are programs that provide an interface that lets you view and manipulate calls, typically for switchboards. (for view only, see “Status Viewers”)

Released (software that is in a final released state)

• AMIgo for .NET AMIgo offers an extensive set of visual controls which supports drag and drop and offers context menus to display and interact with extensions / trunks, active channels, active calls, queues, queues members, queues calls, agents, conferences and conferences users. Build a full featured Asterisk Control Panel with drag and drop support in no time, using Visual Studio and C# or Visual Basic. Also include .config and dialplan editor, command panel, site manager and more.
• Asterisk Flash Operator Panel: realtime web-based status viewer for extensions, allowing hangup/transfer
• Asterisk Monitor/Monast – Asterisk Monitor is a web based operator panel for asterisk to display user/peer status and calls. It uses reverse AJAX, PHP and Python to originate, transfer and hangup calls, manage queues and meetme rooms. Supports Asterisk 1.4/1.6. BSD License
• Asterisk Windows Operator Panel: realtime windows based status viewer for extensions, allowing hangup/transfer. Developed specifically for big installations, allowing monitoring of hundred of extensions and be used on a very fast way, even with several receptionist / operators simultaneously
• EasyPABX With Easy PABX you can create your own virtual PABX online in just minutes. (non-free)
• FlowVox Asterisk Operator Panel: The next generation of Asterisk Operator Panel software. FlowVox transforms your desktop into an intuitive interface for managing and controlling calls and call flow. Control and manage all calls and call operations via smooth drag-and-drop and right-click procedures.
• ((http://www.fop2.com|FOP2)): The first switchboard for Asterisk just getting better. Free for 15 buttons. Chat, phonebook, outstanding!
• Icecom Switchboard: Switchboard application in Java
• iSymphony: Real-time Cross-platform Operator Panel. Commercial
• Noojee Receptionist Commercial Receptionist Console, includes built in address book and advanced features. By the makers of Noojee Fax
• TclMyAst: The included demonstration GUI allows hangups and redirects, along with integrated help system for documentation of all Asterisk v1.2 manager commands. Released 1.0 in Nov 05, LGPL, Tcl/Tk, cross-platform.

Basic or Beta (software that has limited functionality)

• AsteriskControl: Windows VB6 based program to kill, view and move calls. (Last Updated: 24th August 2006)
• Basic Panel: A simple PHP based asterisk interface panel utilizing the manager api.
• Gastman: GTK+ interface (e.g. for XWindows) (Not under active development)
• Meetme Manager: A simple PHP based meetme conference administration panel.

Graveyard (Software that is missing or has not been updated in very long time)

• AM-WEB: PHP-based service for Cisco phones (or a web browser).
• Asterisk Call Manager for Windows by Steven Sokol
• Astman: Unix terminal-based interface. Very limited functionality.
• IPSwitchBoard BETA: Transfer calls, organize extensions, speed dialing, monitor queues, log in and out of queues. This has been replaced by EasyPABX.
• WAMi: Windows Asterisk Management Interface

Status Viewers

These are programs that provide an interface for monitoring the status of calls.

Released (software that is in a final released state)

• AMIgo for .NET AMIgo offers an extensive set of visual controls which supports drag and drop and offers context menus to display and interact with extensions / trunks, active channels, active calls, queues, queues members, queues calls, agents, conferences and conferences users. Build a full featured Asterisk Control Panel with drag and drop support in no time, using Visual Studio and C# or Visual Basic. Also include .config and dialplan editor, command panel, site manager and more.
• QueueMetrics: the Asterisk queue_log analyzer lets you see the flow of calls to queues in real-time
• Yet Another Asterisk Caller ID: Native Windows interface for displaying incoming callerid info using manager interface (Last Update: v1.0 09/10/2005)

Basic or Beta (software that has limited functionality)

• Asterisk Channels Live this is a windows project, which we can see all Asterisk channels. it is written in C# .GPL
• Asterisk Queue Activity: PHP Page to monitor queue members activity on real time
• aTinyMON: Simple PHP/Perl application to monitor Asterisk devices activity (SIP phones, Zap channels, …). Needs MySQL. GPL.
• http://asterisk.toad.net/qview.pl: Perl script to view queues in web browser (see also bug 236) (Last updated in 2003)

Graveyard (Software that is missing or has not been updated in very long time)

• • Asterisk Real-Time Events: C# project (beginning) showing calls managed by Asterisk in real-time
  • AstWinPeers: A combination of the four programs below (SIP/IAX PeerGraph, SIP/IAX Peers)
  • PHP Status Viewer: Currently basic

User Interfaces

These are programs designed for use by a single user. For example, outlook dialers, caller id screen pops etc.

Released (software that is in a final released state)

• ADM – Asterisk Desktop Manager: Integrate your desktop with Asterisk and hardware IP phone. Bluetooth presence detection redirects calls to your mobile when you walk out of the office. One click dialing (paste numbers from clipboard). Appears to be GPL.
• ARI: Asterisk Recording Interface – User Portal for Users to easily view and listen to their voicemail, view and listen to call monitor logs and recordings, and allow them to change their own common PBX settings (call forward, voicemail passwords). Voicemail and call monitor pages self-update using AJAX so Users will never have to refresh pages to see new voicemail or call monitor entries. GPL
• Astguiclient: An end-user Graphical User Interface. Perl/TK and web versions. Runs on Linux and Windows. GPL
• CommLink Lite for Asterisk: by 1CTI, LLC – SIP enabled Screen Pop and custom Call Routing. Manage and Synchronize your Asterisk voicemail messages from Outlook application. Freeware
• CRI CRI (Crystal Clear Recording Interface) providing the user an intelligence web interface to track is recordings and his voice mail.GPL
• GDS Voice Conferencing Solution: A complete Enterprise Voice Conferencing solution based on Asterisk platform. Commercial.
• vTiger is an opensource PHP/mySQL full-fledged CRM application which can easily be used as a user-level interface to dial from address book and can be integrated to view call history and other functions. GPL
• OutCALL: Open source Outlook integration desktop application. BSD
• Switchvox User Switchboard: Control 6 lines even on a 1 line phone. Shows who’s on a call and allows for a URL to be sent to the person answering the call. (note: only available as part of the full SwitchVox PBX package). Commercial
• taridium ipbx user panel: Users can view, listen to, delete their voicemail messages, view missed, placed, received calls, check if users are on the phone, setup forwarding, follow-me sequences, change their voicemail setting, manage conference rooms and much more. Includes mobile interface for cellphones with callback Commercial
• TeamCenter: SIP Client with Outlook integration, graphical voicemail manager and server based phone book. Expandable by connectors. Commercial
• Thirdlane Dialer: Microsoft Outlook add-in and a Windows toolbar for dialing (via Asterisk) of phone numbers stored in Outlook contacts or email as well as any CRM or a phone book supporting callto: URLs. Supports screen pops, search engine and CRM integration, intercom. Fully integrated with and supported with both older (V6) and the most recent (V7) versions of Thirdlane Business PBX or Thirdlane Multi Tenant PBX. Also works with other Asterisk based PBXs or base Asterisk installations. Free

Basic or Beta (software that has limited functionality)

• • Asteriod: Pop-up note-taking windows based on caller-ID, outgoing call dialing from directory lookup selection. GPL

• Simple call manager: Free web based call manager with address book, missed call list and SMS feature. Needs only running httpd. BETA stage. GPL
• vmail.cgi: Vmail.cgi is a script to read voicemail via the web. The script is distributed with Asterisk. GPL
• AstTray: Simple Open Source Windows tray tool for incoming call notification, call originate and screen popping.

Graveyard (Software that is missing or has not been updated in very long time)

• Caller ID display by Brett Schwarz (written in Tcl). For Windows users: install Tcl/TK and then start with “c:tclbinwish c:directorycallerid.tcl”
• MeetMe Control: Manage conference room participants (PHP)
• Snap: Windows interface for Dialing via Asterisk (Enhanced support for Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, and Excel, Firefox & Thunderbird). $29.95. Commercial

Voicemail Message Synchronization

• CommLink Lite for Asterisk: by 1CTI, LLC – Manage and Synchronize your Asterisk voicemail messages from Outlook application. SIP enabled Screen Pop and custom Call Routing. Freeware

Concepts

• Digium’s Asterisk GUI framework : Screenshots and more
• embedding the STS Template Engine into your GUI application to generate Asterisk configuration files from templates.
• phpMyEdit: General notes on how to quickly create a custom WebUI using phpMyEdit
• use the Simple Manager Proxy as middle ware to avoid every application to have to connect to Asterisk; by David Troy
• use FLASH with PHP, ming and ActionScript to quickly create a user interface that can obtain its data e.g. from Mysql

See also:

• Asterisk configuration from database
• Asterisk Appliances
• Asterisk configuration from template files
• Asterisk monitoring
• Asterisk TAPI
• Asterisk Alternatives
• Call Center Monitoring

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