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Install baresip with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Modular SIP useragent. Version 4.10.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install baresip.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install baresip

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install baresip

MacPorts ports tree · net/baresip/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add baresip

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · baresip · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install baresip

Debian stable package indexes · baresip · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install baresip

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · baresip · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#baresip

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ba/baresip/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S baresip

Arch Linux sync databases · baresip · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install baresip

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · baresip · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Modular SIP useragent

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

baresip

history

Project history and usage

Baresip is a portable, modular SIP user agent with audio and video support, used from the command line and built around selectable modules for signaling, media, devices, and NAT traversal.

Project history

The upstream README credits Alfred E. Heggestad and contributors from 2010 onward and describes Baresip as a BSD-licensed SIP user agent. It depends on the related libre networking library and is configured through simple files that are generated in the user's home directory on first run.

Baresip has expanded from a compact SIP endpoint into a broad media and signaling toolkit with TLS, SRTP, DTLS-SRTP, ZRTP, STUN, TURN, ICE, multiple audio and video codecs, native audio/video backends, command-line control, and optional HTTP and MQTT management modules.

Adoption history

Baresip is adopted by users who want a scriptable or terminal-friendly SIP softphone instead of a large desktop VoIP client. Its package coverage across Alpine, Debian, Fedora, Arch, Ubuntu, openSUSE, MacPorts, Nix, and Homebrew reflects its usefulness to VoIP developers, test environments, and Unix telephony setups.

How it is used

A typical installation starts baresip once to generate configuration under ~/.baresip, then edits accounts and config files for SIP registration, codecs, devices, NAT traversal, and modules. The package exposes a single baresip executable while related examples and wiki pages document account and configuration syntax.

Why package nerds care

Baresip is package-nerd significant because it pulls real-time communications into normal Unix packaging: OpenSSL/libre dependencies, optional media modules, platform audio backends, codec feature choices, and configuration files that make SIP testing possible from scripts and terminals.

Timeline

2010: Upstream copyright history begins for Alfred E. Heggestad and contributors.
2024: Baresip 3.x continues monthly-style releases with modular SIP, audio, video, and NAT traversal work.
2025: Baresip 4.0.0 is released.
2026: Baresip 4.9.0 is released with continued SIP, TLS, Android audio, contact, and test improvements.

Related projects

Baresip is closely related to the libre library from the same project ecosystem. It also sits near SIP clients and tools such as Linphone, PJSIP/PJSUA, SIPp, and Asterisk, but with a smaller modular user-agent focus.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for baresip. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.baresip/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.baresip/accounts

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`baresip`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version4.10.0

manager updated2026-07-22

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:baresip
Version	4.10.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/baresip/baresip
Repository	https://github.com/baresip/baresip
Last updated	2026-07-22T12:03:23Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Debian apt95%

baresip 1.1.0-3

portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage