GNU Gatekeeper

The GNU Gatekeeper (GnuGk) is a H.323 gatekeeper, available freely under GPL license. It forms the basis for IP telephony (VOIP) or video conferencing systems.
It is compatible with almost all other H.323 capable devices.

There is a detailed manual and new users should read the tutorial.

The source code is freely available, but you can also buy a pre-configured VM with a web interface.

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Features

The GNU Gatekeeper is very stable. It is being used commercially by many organizations to provide VOIP or video conferencing services.

  • runs on Linux, Windows, MacOS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD
  • can run as a Windows service
  • accounting and call authorization via SQL database, Radius, file or external application
  • database drivers for ODBC, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle (thanks GB Shop) and Firebird
  • flexible call routing
  • number rewriting (calling and called)
  • support for NAT traversal (H.460.17, H.460.18, H.460.19, H.460.23 and H.460.24)
  • full H.323 proxy
  • IPv6 support (incl. IPv4-IPv6 conversion)
  • TCP interface for applications
  • CTI functions (eg. VOIP call-center, call transfers)
  • gatekeeper clustering support (neighbors, parent/child, alternates)
  • H.235 security (password authentication and H.235.6 media encryption)
  • LDAP / ActiveDirectory support (H.350 or free form schema)
  • graphical user interface
  • list of supported standards
  • it's free, including source code

Support

Professional (paid) support is available directly from the authors of GnuGk. Please contact Jan Willamowius at jan@willamowius.de for more information or use the contact form.

Please subscribe to the mailinglist to stay up-to-date, discuss the GNU Gatekeeper or ask questions. Also follow us on Twitter and subscribe to our blog to stay up to date.

Web Interface

Take a look at the web interface and try the demo. It makes managing the GNU Gatekeeper a lot easier.

         

The web interface is a commercial add-on to the GNU Gatekeeper. You can order it here.


 

Did you know ?

NewsGNU Gatekeeper Blog

19. Feb 2024
GnuGk 5.12 released

GnuGk 5.12 has been released (Download).

20. Feb 2023
GnuGk 5.11 released

GnuGk 5.11 has been released (Download).

17. May 2020
Chinese manual available

The latest GNU Gatekeeper manual has been translated and is now available in Chinese.

June 2019
Celebrating 20 Years of GnuGk

The GNU Gatekeeper was first released 20 years ago. Happy Birthday!

5. Feb 2015
Nagios Plugin for H.323

New Nagios plugin for H.323 released.

2. Dec 2014
GnuGk Web Interface

The new GnuGk Web Interface is now available.

25. May 2010
Windows Install Video

Video tutorial how to install GnuGk on Windows.

17. Sep 2009
Point 9 Meeting

The GnuGk presentation from the Point 9 Meeting is now online.

5. May 2006
OpenSource Telephony Summit

Here are the slides of the GnuGk talk at the OpenSource Telephony Summit 2006.

3. Aug 2002
Site moved

OpenH323 Gatekeeper moved from www.willamowius.de to www.gnugk.org



Last updated: 03. Dec 2023