Twinkle (software)

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Twinkle
Developer(s)Michel de Boer, Luboš Doležel
Initial release27 April 2005
Stable release
1.10.3[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 19 February 2022
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemLinux
PlatformQt
TypeVoIP
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitetwinkle.dolezel.info Edit this on Wikidata

Twinkle is a free and open-source application for voice communications over Voice over IP (VoIP) protocol.

Architecture[edit]

It is designed for Linux operating systems and uses the Qt toolkit for its graphical user interface. For call signaling it employs the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).[2] It also features direct IP-to-IP calls. Media streams are transmitted via the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) which may be encrypted with the Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) and the ZRTP security protocols.

Since version 1.3.2 (September 2008), Twinkle supports message exchange and a buddy-list feature for presence notification, showing the online-status of predefined communications partners (provider-support needed).

Supported audio formats[edit]

  • G.711 A-law: 64 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • G.711 μ-law: 64 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • G.726: 16, 24, 32 or 40 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • GSM: 13 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • G.729: 8 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • iLBC: 13.3 or 15.2 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • Speex narrow band: 15.2 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate
  • Speex wide band: 28 kbit/s payload, 16 kHz sampling rate
  • Speex ultra wide band: 36 kbit/s payload, 32 kHz sampling rate

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Twinkle 1.10.3 Latest". 19 February 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Twinkle - soft-phone for making telephone calls". LinuxLinks.