Mumble vs Linphone
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted chat & communication options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Mumble with
choose an app… Plane Chatwoot Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan SimpleX Chat Etherpad OpenProject Habitica Self-Hosted Element Web Planka Leantime Spectrum Centrifugo Screego Typebot git-bug Kanboard Berty Kaneo The Lounge Papercups Taskwarrior Zammad WorkAdventure Dendrite Soketi Remark42 Isso FreeSWITCH qTox MiroTalk Synapse Ferdium FreeScout Telegram Bot API Server Rustpad Cinny Asterisk WeeChat Ergo Revolt irssi Quicksy Bridge Kamailio Cusdis Tox Stoat Nheko AnyCable Chitchatter Live Helper Chat Conduit Spacebar Nextcloud Talk Indico RetroShare SIPCAPTURE Homer Peer-calls mautrix-telegram Routr gomuks GlobaLeaks openSIPS mautrix Databag Galène InspIRCd Candy Toxic Hyphanet Syphon FusionPBX soju KiwiIRC Glowing Bear Dendrite Lite Bonfire Pretalx Delta Chat Fractal Notifo SimpleX Briar Quassel IRC OTS matrix-commander Mumble Web Comentario Continuwuity BitlBee ngIRCd Miaou Session Nextcloud Talk Signaling Server UnrealIRCd MiroTalk C2C matrix-appservice-irc Chatmail Relay Hookshot Atheme IRC Services Maunium Sticker Picker Spectrum 2 Shhh Gamja Jami Server Bridge Mollysocket Anope PushBits Comm Heisenbridge Slixmpp Ferdium Server Solanum Wesh Network Draupnir baibot matrix-media-repo Charybdis IRCd Zusam Cactus Comments ircd-hybrid Scuttlebutt Room Robust IRC Flexisip SAMA Biboumi Hebbot ircu2 Libervia Jami YunoHost Mail Relay 3CX ARN-Messager Freepbx GNUnet Groupboard MailBag Mailman3 Mailing List Manager Mlmmj Web Peachpub PrivMX WebMail SIP3 TrueConf Wazo Yeti-Switch
Compare Linphone with
choose an app… Chatwoot Jitsi Meet SimpleX Chat Etherpad Centrifugo Screego Typebot Berty BigBlueButton The Lounge Papercups qTox MiroTalk Jitsi Videobridge Tox Dino Nextcloud Talk Peer-calls Galène Toxic Element Call Greenlight CoyIM Spark IM Gajim Nextcloud Talk Signaling Server plugNmeet Jangouts Jami Server Bridge Openfire Pade Plugin Jami
Feature Mumble Linphone Category Chat & Communication Chat & Communication License BSD-3-Clause GPL-3.0 Language C++ C++ Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 128 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary binary, source GitHub stars ★ 8,175 ★ 500 First released 2005 2001 Replaces Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo Skype, Zoom
Why pick each one
Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details Choose Linphone if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Written in C++ Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM Linphone details
Frequently asked questions Is Mumble or Linphone better? Mumble is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Linphone if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Mumble and Linphone free and open-source? Yes. Mumble is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Linphone under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mumble and Linphone with Docker? Mumble: yes. Linphone: check the project docs for container support.