---
name: "jamid"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jami-daemon"
version: "20230206.0~ds2-1.1+deb12u1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jamid"
---

# jamid(1)

core daemon for Jami: secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication platform.

## NAME

jamid - core daemon for Jami: secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication platform.

## SYNOPSIS

**jamid** \[OPTION\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Jami is meant to be a robust enterprise-class desktop phone. It provides functions like call transfer, call hold, multiple lines, multiple accounts support. Jami audio layer is build upon a native ALSA interface and a native PulseAudio interface. **jamid** is the core of Jami; it provides the DBus service "cx.ring.Ring". You need to install a client to use the daemon, for instance the Qt-based client, **jami-client-qt** (now **jami**).

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --console**

  Output the log to the console instead of syslog.

- **-d, --debug**

  Debug mode (more verbose output).

- **-a, --auto-answer**

  Force automatic answer to incoming calls.

- **-p, --persistent**

  Stay alive after all clients quit.

- **-h, --help**

  Print short list of command-line options.

## BUGS

Please report bugs at https://git.jami.net.

## AUTHORS

**jamid** is developed in Montreal by Savoir-faire Linux Inc.

This manual page was written by Emmanuel Milou \<emmanuel.milou@savoirfairelinux.com\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**jami**(1)](/jami/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.