23 Mar 2025
Baresip
Baresip is a modular CLI SIP user agent with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. It is designed to be lightweight and efficient, making it suitable for various platforms, including Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Install with: brew install baresip
Access Accounts with: open -e ~/.baresip/accounts
Add account as sip:{SIP_ID}@sipgate.de;auth_pass={SIP_PASSWORD}
23 Mar 2025
Can't make it to work with coreaudio & my devices names (microphone, speaker) are not recognized.
Need to try with portaudio instead.
Here’s a basic workflow for building baresip from source on macOS (Apple Silicon), with portaudio support:
1) Uninstall any existing baresip:
brew uninstall baresip
2) Install prerequisites (portaudio, libre, pkg-config, cmake):
brew install portaudio libre pkg-config cmake
3) Clone the baresip repo:
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/baresip/baresip
cd baresip
4) Configure and build with portaudio enabled (using CMake):
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DUSE_PORTAUDIO=ON ..
make
5) Install it:
sudo make install
Now your baresip has a portaudio.so module. In your config:
audio_player portaudio
audio_source portaudio
Then run “baresip” and test.
Newer Baresip versions have switched to using CMake (without a simple “Makefile”). The “USE_PORTAUDIO=1” syntax is no longer recognized. You need the correct CMake option name. For example, if you look in CMakeLists.txt, you’ll see something like:
option(ENABLE_PORTAUDIO "Enable portaudio module" OFF)
So the steps might be:
1) Uninstall old Baresip:
brew uninstall baresip
2) Install prerequisites:
brew install libre portaudio pkg-config cmake
3) Clone the Baresip repo (with submodules):
git clone --recursive https://github.com/baresip/baresip.git
cd baresip
4) Create a build folder and run CMake with the correct flag:
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DENABLE_PORTAUDIO=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
(If the variable name is different, for example WITH_PORTAUDIO, check inside CMakeLists.txt and adjust accordingly.)
5) Build and install:
make
sudo make install
Then confirm that “portaudio.so” shows up in the Baresip modules folder and set in your config:
audio_player portaudio
audio_source portaudio
The new CMake-based build no longer supports the old “USE_PORTAUDIO=1” flag. Instead, you must explicitly enable the portaudio module in Baresip’s module list. A typical approach:
1) Make sure you have portaudio installed:
brew install portaudio
2) In your cloned baresip repo, open “modules/modules.cmake” (or “modules/CMakeLists.txt”) and look for the line(s) defining “MODULES”. Ensure “portaudio” is included in that list. For example:
set(MODULES
...
portaudio
...
)
3) From the top-level baresip directory, create and enter a build folder, run CMake, and then make:
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo make install
4) Confirm that “portaudio.so” is now built/installed to “/usr/local/lib/baresip/modules” (or the corresponding path on Apple Silicon).
5) In your “~/.baresip/config” (or wherever your config is), set:
audio_player portaudio
audio_source portaudio
Now Baresip should load the “portaudio.so” module instead of coreaudio.
Yes. By default, CMake only includes modules listed in the MODULES variable. You need to add "portaudio" to that list so it gets built. The simplest method:
1) Open “modules/modules.cmake” (or wherever set(MODULES ... ) is defined) in your baresip repo.
2) Insert “portaudio” in the MODULES list, for example:
set(MODULES
avcapture
coreaudio
portaudio
...
)
3) Then, from the baresip top-level directory:
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo make install
Check “build/modules/portaudio/portaudio.so” after building. Then in your baresip config:
audio_player portaudio
audio_source portaudio
That’s it. By adding "portaudio" to the MODULES list, CMake will find “modules/portaudio/” and build/install the portaudio module.
Yes, that’s correct. The “..” tells CMake to look in the parent directory (where CMakeLists.txt is located). If you’re in a newly created “build” folder inside the baresip repo, then “..” is the top-level directory containing CMakeLists.txt.
You have a mismatch between the Baresip source you’re building and the version of libre installed on your system. The error “call to undeclared function 'rtpext_find'” means your Baresip code expects a newer libre function than the one actually installed.
Two solutions:
1) Build and use the matching libre from submodule:
cd baresip
git checkout v3.20.0
git submodule update --init --recursive
Then build libre from inside Baresip's submodules so it matches exactly:
cd re
make
sudo make install
Return to baresip and rebuild:
cd ..
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo make install
2) Or upgrade your system-wide “libre” to the exact version expected by the code. For example:
brew reinstall libre
cd /path/to/baresip
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo make install
Either way, you need Baresip and libre at matching versions so rtpext_find is recognized.
That error (“call to undeclared function 'rtpext_find'”) happens when the version of libre in your system is mismatched with Baresip’s source code. The Baresip code expects a newer (or different) libre version than the one you have from Homebrew. There are two main ways to fix:
1) Build and install the libre submodule that ships with Baresip (so both match exactly):
cd /path/to/baresip
git submodule update --init --recursive
cd re
make clean
make
sudo make install
cd ..
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo make install
2) Or check out the same Baresip tag that matches your Homebrew libre (e.g. “v3.20.0”) and build that exact revision:
cd /path/to/baresip
git fetch --tags
git checkout v3.20.0
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo make install
Either approach ensures Baresip and libre are in sync, resolving the “rtpext_find” error.
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % git submodule update --init --recursive
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % cd re
cd: no such file or directory: re
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % git fetch --tags
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % git checkout v3.20.0
M CMakeLists.txt
Note: switching to 'v3.20.0'.
You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by switching back to a branch.
If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command. Example:
git switch -c
Or undo this operation with:
git switch -
Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false
HEAD is now at 7721e925 release v3.20.0 (#3309)
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % git submodule update --init --recursive
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % mkdir build && cd build
mkdir: build: File exists
(base) nic@StudioN baresip % cd build
(base) nic@StudioN build % cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
-- Checking for one of the modules 'portaudio'
MODULES_DETECTED=coreaudio;avcapture;portaudio
-- Configuring done (0.1s)
-- Generating done (0.1s)
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/nic/Python/baresip
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(base) nic@StudioN build % sudo make install
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Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Debug"
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libbaresip.pc
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/baresip
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libbaresip.20.20.0.dylib
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libbaresip.20.dylib
-- Installing: /usr/local/include/baresip.h
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules/coreaudio.so
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules/avcapture.so
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules/portaudio.so
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libbaresip.dylib
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/baresip/autoanswer.wav
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(base) nic@StudioN build %
You’re running a Baresip binary that’s still trying to load modules from the old Homebrew path (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/baresip/...)—but you’ve built a new version from source, so the modules ended up somewhere else (e.g. /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules).
To fix:
1) Confirm which baresip you’re actually calling:
which baresip
2) If the path is still /opt/homebrew/..., then you’re running the old binary. Either remove it from PATH or manually run your newly built version (e.g. /usr/local/bin/baresip or wherever make install put it).
3) Adjust your config (~/.baresip/config) to set the correct module path, for example:
module_path /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules
4) If you haven’t done so, run:
sudo make install
from your new baresip build folder so the modules install into a system location (e.g. /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules), and ensure that’s the version you run.
Once the correct baresip binary and matching module path line up, the modules should load properly.
Comment out or remove any references to “/opt/homebrew/Cellar/baresip” in your ~/.baresip/config. For example:
#audio_path /opt/homebrew/Cellar/baresip/3.20.0_1/share/baresip
Then set the correct paths for your locally installed baresip, e.g.:
module_path /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules
audio_path /usr/local/share/baresip
That way, your ~/.baresip/config points to the new install in /usr/local instead of the old Homebrew path.
The error shows that baresip is looking fopen -e ~/.baresip/configor modules in a path literally called “module_path/…”, which doesn’t exist. You need to fix the module path in your config so that it points to where your newly built modules actually live. For example, in your ~/.baresip/config:
module_path /usr/local/lib/baresip/modules
audio_path /usr/local/share/baresip
Remove or comment out any old references to brew paths or a “module_path/…” placeholder. Then run “baresip” again and it should load those modules correctly.
Two popular alternatives:
• PJSUA (part of PJSIP):
brew install pjsip
Then run “pjsua --id sip:youruser@sipdomain --registrar sip:sipdomain --realm * --username youruser --password yourpass …”
• Linphone CLI (“linphonec”):
brew install linphone
Then invoke “linphonec” to register and make calls.
These both generally work on Apple Silicon out of the box.
PJSIP
brew install pjproject
You’ve successfully installed “pjproject” which provides “pjsua.” You can now configure it with your SIP account and make calls, for example:
pjsua --id sip:USERNAME@sipgate.de \
--registrar sip:sipgate.de \
--realm '*' \
--username USERNAME \
--password PASSWORD \
sip:PHONENUMBER@sipgate.de
That should register and place a call via pjsua on Apple Silicon.