Draft:FreePBX version history

FreePBX is a web-based open-source graphical user interface (GUI) that manages Asterisk, a voice over IP (VoIP) and telephony server.[1]. It was first released as the Asterisk Management Portal (AMP) 1.10.002 on October 15, 2004. AMP was later renamed to freePBX (later FreePBX) on the release of version 2.0 on March 17, 2006[2].

The latest release is FreePBX 16, released on October 31, 2021[3]

FreePBX maintain the currently released version and the previous release behind this.[4][5] When a new version is released, the oldest supported version becomes end of life at the same time.

Overview

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AMP Version History
Version Release Date Features
1.10.002 2004-10-15 Initial release as Asterisk Management Portal (AMP)[2]

See release notes for features

1.10.003 2004-10-27[2] See release notes for features
1.10.003a 2004-10-29[2] See release notes for features
1.10.004 2004-12-22[2] See release notes for features
1.10.005 2004-12-28[2] See release notes for features
1.10.006 2005-01-26[2] See release notes for features
1.10.007 2005-03-28[2] See release notes for features
1.10.007a 2005-03-28[2] See release notes for features
1.10.008 2005-05-25[2] See release notes for features
1.10.009 2005-09-09[2] See release notes for features
1.10.010 2005-11-18 Final AMP release[2]

See release notes for features

Legend:   Older version, unsupported
FreePBX Version History
Version Release Date Features
2.0.0 2006-03-17[2] Initial release as FreePBX

See release notes for features

2.0.1 2006-03-17[2] See release notes for features
2.1.0 2006-05-15[2] See release notes for features
2.1.1 2006-05-30[2] See release notes for features
2.1.2 2006-09-14[2] See release notes for features
2.1.3 2006-09-25[2] See release notes for features
2.2.0 2007-01-05[2] See release notes for features
2.2.1 2007-02-06[2] See release notes for features
2.2.2 2007-06-08[2] See release notes for features
2.2.3 2007-07-18[2] See release notes for features.
2.3.0 2007-08-24[2] See release notes for features
2.3.1 2007-10-22[6] See release notes for features
2.4.0 2008-02-10
  • Support for Asterisk 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6
  • New Language, Voicemail Blast Group and Custom Apps modules
  • Improvements to Paging and Intercom, Queues, Zap Channel Inbound and Device and User modules
  • DUNDI trunk support
  • New system wide extension and destination registry
  • Added call confirmation to Follow-Me and Ring Groups[7]
2.5 2008-09-19[8] See milestone for features
2.6 2009-10-27
  • Added 'extended' module repository
  • New Asterisk SIP Settings, Asterisk IAX Settings, Outbound Route Messages, Phone Restart and Weak Password Check modules
  • Improvements to Queue, Print Extensions, Paging and Extension/User modules
  • New Virtual Extensions
  • New PHP dependencies for modules
  • Updates to Flash Operator Panel (FOP) and Java SSH module
  • Added SIPSTATION module and support[9][10]
2.7 2010-03-01
  • New Fax module and improvements to underlying fax mechanism
  • Added Fax For Asterisk (FFA) support
  • Improvements to Queues, Backup, Outbound Routes, Follow Me, Ring Groups, Trunks and Conferences module[11]
2.8 2010-07-13
  • Support for Asterisk 1.4 and 1.6+
  • Combined macro-dial and dialparties.agi into macro-dial-one
  • Improvements to Outbound Routing and Trunk modules
  • Native DAHDI support
  • Added Real Company Directory module[12][13]
2.9 2011-05-08
  • Support for Asterisk 1.4, 1.6.2 and 1.8
  • Architectural enhancements
  • Added Endpoint Management and DAHDI module
  • Improvements to Extensions, Feature Codes, Queues and Voicemail modules[14]
2.10 2012-02-29
  • Support for Asterisk 1.6, 1.8 and 1.10
  • Requires PHP 5
  • Architectural enhancements
  • Improvements to Call Parking, Backup & Restore, IVR, Paging and Phonebook modules
  • Google Voice support in Trunks module[15]
2.11 2013-05-14
  • Adds support for Asterisk 11
  • Destination popOvers
  • Improvements to Module Admin - added security auditing capability, Outbound Route and Trunk
  • Added Extension Routin, Hotel Wakeup Call and CallerID Superfecta module
  • Chan Motif Module (Google Voice enabler)[16]
12 2014-10-30
  • Moved to single version number
  • Adds support for Asterisk 12 & 13
  • New User Control Panel
  • New dashboard
  • Improvements to Module Admin
  • HTML5 playback in CDR Reports
  • Direct parking slot supporting in Parking module
  • Secure Module Signing
  • PJSIP Support[17]
13 2016-01-06[18]
  • Expanded localization support for audio and sound files
  • HTML5 sound playback
  • Adds responsive GUI
  • New Call Event Logging (CEL) Reports, Sound Language and VPN Configuration modules
  • amportal deprecated, new fwconsole CLI system management
  • Bulk extensions and Bulk DIDs merged into Bulk Handler module
  • Depricated CampOn module
  • New global search option[19]
14 2017-08-02[20]
  • PHP 5.6 support
  • Automatic system and modules update
  • System updates via System Admin module
  • Globalization and localization improvements
  • New calendar module
  • User Control Panel redesign
  • XMPP improvements
  • Multiple and improved directory support in User Manager, including LDAP and Active Directory
  • Updated NodeJS and python libraries[20][21]
15 2019-10-31
  • Adds a new REST and GraphQL API
  • Adds a rebuilt backup module and a new Filestore module[22]
16 2021-10-31
  • PHP 7.4 support
  • Additions to the GraphQL API
  • Defaults to PJSIP
  • User Control Panel templates
  • New firewell module and intrusion detection features
  • HTTPS redirects
  • SSL protocol config
  • AMI bindaddr
  • User Control Panel password validation
  • Support up to Asterisk 20 due to no Asterisk GoSub support[3]
17 Expected 2024-06
  • Move from CentOS base to Debian Linux base
  • Move from Asterisk Macro to GoSub allowing support for Asterisk =>21
  • PHP 8.2 support
  • Updated NodeJS and front end libraries[23]
Legend:   Older version, unsupported   Older version, still supported   Latest version   Preview version
  1. ^ Bryant, Russell; Van Meggelen, Jim; Madsen, Leif (2013). Asterisk: The Definitive Guide (4th ed.). O'Reilly Media. p. 800. ISBN 978-1-4493-3242-6. FreePBX, the juggernaut of the Asterisk community. This interface (which is at the heart of many of the most popular Asterisk distributions, such as AsteriskNOW, Elastix, the FreePBX Distro, and PBX in a Flash), is unarguably a very large part of why Asterisk has been as successful as it has. With the FreePBX interface, you can configure and manage many aspects of an Asterisk system without touching a single configuration file. While we purists may like everyone to work only with the config files, we recognize that for many, learning Linux and editing these files by hand is simply not going to happen. For those folks, there is FreePBX, and it has our respect for the important contributions it has made to the success of Asterisk.
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  17. ^ Nagy, Andrew (2014-10-30). "FreePBX 12 Release and Astricon". FreePBX Blog. FreePBX. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  18. ^ Finstrom, James (2016-01-06). "Happy New Year, FreePBX 13 out of RC". FreePBX Blog. FreePBX. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  19. ^ "FreePBX 13.0 - FreePBX Modules - Documentation". FreePBX wiki. FreePBX. 2015-09-11. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  20. ^ a b Nagy, Andrew (2017-08-17). "FreePBX 14, Distro 14 & More!". FreePBX Blog. FreePBX. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  21. ^ Nagy, Andrew (2017-03-21). "FreePBX 14 Release Candidate". FreePBX Blog. FreePBX. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  22. ^ Fredrickson, Matt (2019-10-31). "The Release of FreePBX 15". FreePBX Blog. FreePBX. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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