FreeSWITCH vs SIPCAPTURE Homer

Both are self-hosted communication - sip projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

SIPCAPTURE Homer scores 77 against FreeSWITCH's 67, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — FreeSWITCH may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	FreeSWITCH	SIPCAPTURE Homer
Health score	67/100	77/100
Commits (11 mo)	113	594
Commits (last 3 mo)	73	366
Stars	5.2k	2k
Latest release	28 Aug 2026	25 Sept 2026
Licence	MPL-2.0	AGPL-3.0
Built with	C	Nodejs, Go, Docker
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

FreeSWITCH

Scalable open source cross-platform telephony platform.

67/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 13/40

Releases 25/25

Community 13/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 33% of tracked projects; popularity more than 67%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

SIPCAPTURE Homer

Troubleshooting and monitoring VoIP calls.

77/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 27/40

Releases 25/25

Community 10/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 68% of tracked projects; popularity more than 49%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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