Mumble

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  • Mumble is a free, open source, low latency, high quality voice chat application.
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  • License:
    BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT

Mumble is a free, open source, low latency, high quality voice chat application.

Mumble was the first VoIP application to establish true low latency voice communication over a decade ago. But low latency and gaming are not the only use cases it shines in.

Administrators appreciate Mumble for being able to self host and have control over data security and privacy. Some make use of the extensive permission system for complex scenarios (for example separating two groups but leaders being able to talk to both). Some love to provide their users with additional functionality with scripts making use of server APIs, or host music bots and the like that connect to the server. Those that have an existing user database often make use of authenticators to allow authenticating with existing account login data.

Features

  • Low-latency - great for talking and gaming
  • Stay private and secure
  • always encrypted communication
  • Public/private-key authentication by default
  • Recognize friends across servers
  • In-game Overlay - see who is talking, FPS and the current time
  • Positional audio - hear the players from where they are located in-game
  • Wizards to guide you through setup, like configuring your microphone
  • Libre software - no licensing hassle, caveats and limitations
  • Open Source - open in security and technology, and open to extendibility
  • Extensive user permission system (ACL)
  • Extendible through Ice protocols
  • Web interfaces - free choice of several community free software projects
  • Channel viewers - even without direct Ice access, if the hoster provides the CVP, easily set up your channel viewer of choice
  • Authenticators - to allow users to authenticate against an existing user database
  • Custom chat commands and context (right click) menu entries

Installation

user $ sudo zypper install mumble

Configuration

See extensive documentation.

External links