https://github.com/vialer/vialer-js

Pluggable WebRTC softphone and communication platform.
https://github.com/vialer/vialer-js

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Pluggable WebRTC softphone and communication platform.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vialer/vialer-js
• Owner: vialer
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-03T12:08:42.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2019-03-13T13:32:10.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-29T08:51:15.255Z (14 days ago)
• Topics: chrome, electron, sip, softphone, vue, webextension, webrtc
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.46 MB
• Stars: 1,002
• Watchers: 35
• Forks: 60
• Open Issues: 21
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        
**NOTE: THIS PRODUCT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. UPDATES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS REPO WILL FOLLOW**

Take me to the [quickstart guide](https://vialer-js.io/developer/introduction)

# The Vialer-js project

Vialer-js is a free, pluggable, open-source communication platform that

focusses on **customization**, **development pace** and **platform reach**.

Its philosophy is to empower developers and vendors to build their own

communication tools at a fast pace, while maintaining flexibility of

the most opinionated implementation details.

## Customization

From application functionality to the documentation look-and-feel; all parts

about Vialer-js can be styled, branded to fit a corporate identity or customized

through the use of plugins that hook into the core functionality. The build system

accomodates this branding flexibility and offers an easy way to customize

naming, testing, default configurations and more.









## Development pace

The *Bologna* Vialer-js brand uses [SIP-over-websockets](https://sipjs.com/)

and relies on a suitable [SRTP backend](https://github.com/sipwise/rtpengine)

to tap in to all of the call features a PBX like [Asterisk](https://www.asterisk.org/)

or [Freeswitch](https://freeswitch.com/oss/) has to offer: PSTN connectivity,

on-hold, waiting music, transfers, queues, IVR and callgroups. Besides dealing

with audio calls, video [through a PBX](https://blogs.asterisk.org/2017/09/20/asterisk-15-multi-stream-media-sfu/)

may be another interesting application to your end-users. However, having a

PBX in-between a call may not always be the desired situation.

A decentralized approach with a custom WebRTC signalling protocol and p2p

connections between call participants may be more appropriate in situations

where scalability and/or privacy concerns dictate that (video) data needs to

flow between peers instead of through a centralized service. Another reason to

use a custom signalling protocol, would be that features like

[chat and file transfers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCDataChannel)

are much easier to implement without having to deal with the complexity of

the SIP protocol.

The purpose of Vialer-js is not only to facilitate different use-cases,

but also to be able to integrate them in one unified communication experience

for your end-users. In our view, a user will be entirely free to use a

VoIP-service provider with Vialer-js, while at the same time being able to

communicate p2p with their friends over a decentralized signalling network.

## Platform reach

Vialer-js is a readable environment-agnostic ES2017 codebase that uses a simple

but powerful reactive data-oriented design. This allows it to run on several

suitable JavaScript runtimes. At the moment, this includes:

* Blink-compatible WebExtension browsers (Opera, Chrome, Chromium)

* Electron desktop app

Headless Node.js support is implemented partially, to be able to run

unit tests without having to mock data. Calling from Node.js is not supported

yet though.

## Want to learn more?

Great! Nice to have you interested in this project. Head over to the [quickstart guide](https://vialer-js.io/developer/introduction)

to learn more about how to work with Vialer-js. Are you interested in contributing or

would you like to see some feature implemented? Please read our [code of conduct](https://github.com/vialer/vialer-js/blob/develop/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

and [contributing guide](https://github.com/vialer/vialer-js/blob/develop/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) first.

Have any non-technical questions? Feel free to [contact us](mailto:[email protected]).