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Mumble

Free, open-source, low-latency, high-quality voice chat.

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Mumble is a free, open source voice chat application designed for low latency and high quality audio. It solves the problem of coordinating real-time voice communication, particularly in gaming contexts, by supporting self-hosted servers, encrypted communication, and positional audio.

The application includes an extensive permission system for server administration, positional audio for gaming, and extensibility through Ice protocols and server APIs. Documentation is organized into categories covering user, server, administration, and developer topics, including HTML and CSS in Mumble. The core project is licensed under a BSD-style license.

Mumble is suited for communities and groups that want to run their own voice servers, as well as developers integrating voice functionality through its APIs. It is packaged as free and open source software, with source code available through its GitHub repositories.

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