Jitsi

Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Bonjour, and many other useful features. Jitsi supports the ZRTP protocol stack by Phil Zimmerman for encrypted private communications.

Jitsi is Open Source / Free Software, and is available under the terms of the LGPL and performs secure video calls, conferencing, chat, desktop sharing, file transfer, support for your favorite OS, and IM network. All this, and more, in Jitsi - the most complete and advanced Open Source communicator.

General:

• Log DNS queries in packet log
• Option to disable popups
• Updated translations
• Database based configuration service enabled by default (switch back to properties file based configuration by creating ~/.jitsi/.usepropfileconfig)
• Binaries signed with SHA256 by Ingo Bauersachs reflecting the community maintenance
• Improved add contact dialog
• DNSSEC validation based on dnssecjava
• Improved IPv6 handling
• Draggable call window
• Fix treating a new ZRTP ID as a mismatch
• Show SHA256 fingerprint when encoutering untrusted certificates
• Update embedded JRE to 1.8.121

Removed Support:

• Yahoo!, the network doesn't exist anymore
• Facebook, doesn't allow XMPP connections anymore
• MSN, the network doesn't exist anymore

Protocols:

• SIP
• New Busy Lamp Field plugin to monitor lines on a PBX
• Fix display name field in SIP account wizard
• Option to disable proxy filter for HA environments
• New SDES ciphers
• Allow to add SIP contacts with spaces in their phone number
• Support for domains that have NAPTR records for other protocols than SIP

• Improved handling of xmpp: URIs
• Querying of Google Contacts with OAuth2
• Improve Carbon handling
• Improve Last Message Edit
• ICQ
• Remove 8 character password limitation
• IRC
• Realtime contact updates
• Some support for IRC v3.1
• SASL authentication
• Proxy support

• Remove 8 character password limitation

• IRC
• Realtime contact updates
• Some support for IRC v3.1
• SASL authentication
• Proxy support

Platforms:

• Windows
• Support for Office 2016
• Removed support for Office 2003/2007
• Support for Windows 10 default application list
• Support for more webcams, e.g. ManyCam virtual camera
• Sanitize filename in incoming file transfers

• Tray icon disabled by default, support for AppIndicator if enabled in options
• Fixed crash when switching consoles, enabling screensaver, etc.

• Support for tel: and callto: URIs