trixbox (formerly Asterisk@Home) was a software
PBX based on
Asterisk.
trixbox was initially released under the name Asterisk@Home. In October 2006 it was renamed to trixbox after
Digium
Digium, Inc. is a communications technology company based in Huntsville, Alabama, and since 2018, a subsidiary of Sangoma Technologies Corporation. The company makes VoIP business phone systems, IP phones, and hardware products. It was founded ...
requested that its developers cease the use of the word "Asterisk"; the renaming was further justified by the fact that the product at that time consisted of much more than just Asterisk.
Versions
trixbox CE (end of life)
trixbox CE, the community edition founded by Kerry Garrison and Andrew Gillis, was completely free and was available under a GPLv2 license. It has been downloaded more than any other Asterisk-based PBX system according to
SourceForge
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, with over two million downloads as of August 22, 2009.
trixbox CE was last updated with a beta release, and shortly after a blog post was made by Andrew Gillis, founder & leader of development stating he was leaving.
In October 2012, Fonality announced that they would no longer support or update trixbox CE, and would instead focus on trixbox Pro.
The FreePBX Project announced the availability of scripts to convert existing end of life trixbox CE systems to a current version of
FreePBX
FreePBX is a web-based open-source graphical user interface (GUI) that manages Asterisk, a voice over IP and telephony server.
FreePBX is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. It is a component of the FreePBX Distro, which is ...
, an open source PBX platform with ongoing support and development.
trixbox Pro
trixbox Pro is the commercial version trixbox. Unlike the community edition it contains components for which the source code is not available. These extra components are geared towards making the software better able to fulfill the needs of larger companies and
call centers.
trixbox Appliance
trixbox Appliance is a
server appliance
A computer appliance is a home appliance with software or firmware that is specifically designed to provide a specific computing resource. Such devices became known as ''appliances'' because of the similarity in role or management to a home ...
available from Fonality which comes preloaded with either trixbox CE or trixbox Pro.
Core technologies
trixbox CE's core technologies include:
*
CentOS - The
Linux distribution on which trixbox is built.
*
Asterisk - Provides the core PBX functionality.
*
FreePBX
FreePBX is a web-based open-source graphical user interface (GUI) that manages Asterisk, a voice over IP and telephony server.
FreePBX is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. It is a component of the FreePBX Distro, which is ...
- Provides a web interface for managing and configuring Asterisk through a web browser.
* Flash Operator Panel (FOP) - Provides a graphical overview of current calls and provides controls to operators. This is created with
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich web applications, desktop applications, mobile apps, mobile games, and embedded web browser video players. Fla ...
and is accessed via a web browser.
Similar software distributions
*
FreePBX Distro - Officially maintained Distro of the FreePBX Project
*
AsteriskNOW - Uses FreePBX GUI Maintained by Digium
*
Elastix - Maintained by PaloSanto Solutions based in Ecuador. Uses Forked version of FreePBX GUI
*
PBX in a Flash - Uses FreePBX maintained by PBX in a Flash Development Team
References
External links
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