Farstream

For other uses, see Far sight (disambiguation).

Farstream
Original author	Collabora
Initial release	2006 (2006)
Stable release	0.2.9 / 12 March 2020 (2020-03-12)
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Written in	C GLib
Engine
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	telecommunication technology
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream

Farstream (previously known as Farsight) is an audio/video conferencing framework based on GStreamer. The project provides audio/video conferencing for as many instant messengers as possible through a modular design. Telepathy and Farsight constitute the first implementation of the Jingle XMPP protocol.

The software is open-source, being distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and is intended to run on POSIX-compliant operating systems, including Linux but also Windows and Mac OS X. It is being used for audio/video conferencing on the Nokia 770, N800, N810 and N900. It is also the VoIP framework used by Meego.

Farsight is under development in the Farsight 2 series. The maintainer is Olivier Crête.

Examples of applications using Farstream:

• Pidgin
• Empathy
• aMSN
• MeeGo
• Gajim
• Minbif

External links

• Freedesktop project website