The Asterisk project is sponsored and maintained by Sangoma, the steward of the Asterisk code base and owner of the Asterisk trademark. Proud of our open source heritage, Sangoma develops award-winning products and services designed for use with Asterisk, including hardware, phones, and cloud services, as well as plug-and-play business phone systems based on Asterisk.
Asterisk powers millions of communication and networking solutions worldwide, including carrier and service provider networks as well as phone systems for organizations of all sizes. Since its initial release, Asterisk has continued to be enhanced by a robust global community of users and developers. And, as a monument to its success, the Asterisk community celebrated the 25 millionth download of the Asterisk source code in 2019.