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1 .. image:: https://jami.net/assets/images/logo-jami.svg 2 3 Introduction 4 ============ 5 6 Jami is a free and private communication platform. 7 8 It’s Free/Libre, end-to-end encrypted, and requires no central 9 authority. 10 11 Features include text chats, voice and video calls, screen sharing, file 12 sharing, conference calls, and group chats (:ref:`coming 13 soon <general/technical-overview:swarms>`). Jami can also function as a 14 regular SIP client. 15 16 Jami works on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Multiple devices 17 can be linked to one account. No personal information is required to 18 create an account. 19 20 How does it work? 21 ----------------- 22 23 Jami uses a `distributed hash 24 table <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table>`__ to 25 connect peers. Jami accounts are asymmetric x.509 certificates generated 26 by the GnuTLS library. Calls are made over the SIP protocol after 27 negotiating a secure connection using TLS. 28 29 For more in-depth information, see :doc:`the Technical 30 Overview <technical-overview>`. 31 32 Who makes Jami? 33 --------------- 34 35 This project is led by `Savoir-faire 36 Linux <https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/en/>`__ – a Canadian/Quebecois 37 GNU/Linux consulting company – and is supported by a global community. 38 39 Jami is Free software: its sources are licensed under the 40 `GPLv3+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>`__.