[Freeswitch-users] State of GUIs

[Avi Marcus]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Brett Wilson <brett at launch3.net> wrote:

> I checked out freepbx. Freepbx v3, the complete rewrite that was supposed
> to work with freeswitch, actually got spun off into the blue.box project.
> Seems that the blue.box project is basically dead. The last commit was
> November 2011.
>
As mentioned, the blue.box devs are working on deployment rather than the
PBX side. I'd figure they think they have a stable product in the PBX.. go
ask at #2600hz.


> Fusionpbx looks to be the only game in town.
>
 FreePYBX.org was just released.

Fusionpbx looks to be the only game in town. I was wrong, it is still being
> developed. I just did a new install of it today, and allowed it to auto
> update. There are indeed some changes that I see from my install from about
> 4 months ago. So that is a positive thing, but its too bad that the feel is
> still lacking. I took a look at some code, and what I saw did not impress
> me. Display code mixed right in with the logic. I did not look for more
> than about 30 seconds, but IMO it is not ‘proper’ application design. I am
> a big proponent of MVC architecture, and what I saw of fusionpbx code does
> not look all that impressive. I give credit where credit is due. The
> platform is functioning to an extent, most things actually work. I do
> realize that developing something of that size requires tons of effort.
>
As you see.. the cross section of great programmer + motivation +
time/availability + interest in a gui for FS that is opensource... is very
very rare.



> My ideal solution would be something driven by ExtJS and PHP on the
> backend. ExtJS provides the most advanced and rich javascript controls i
> have seen. Plus its sister product, sencha touch, would enable great admin
> functionality from a smartphone or tablet device. Here I go rambling on… I
> wish someone would develop an awesome GUI for freeswitch to help get it
> into the limelight where it deserves to be. If I had the time I would love
> to create a comprehensive and great looking GUI.
>

Make the time.

Or resurrect wikipbx.org.. it's in python/django and has
an impressive feature set. Or add what you want to blue.box - it's in
php/kohana. Or work on freepybx.. also developed by one person.

-Avi

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> *From:* Andrew Cassidy [mailto:andrew at cassidywebservices.co.uk]
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> Look at http://www.freepybx.org although I didn't manage to get it
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> On 7 March 2012 08:35, Brett Wilson <brett at launch3.net> wrote:****
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> Hey guys,****
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> I was wondering if anyone had any info on the current state of FS guis? It
> seems that most of the gui projects (blue.box, fusionpbx) have been mostly
> abandoned in terms of development. I would like something simple for end
> users to self-administer if needed. The problem I have with fusionpbx is
> that config files are overwritten by whatever is in the database. If you
> hand-edit a config file, fusion will not parse the file and load those
> settings  into the interface. I realize that takes much more coding to do
> than using a database to simply write config files. But I feel that the
> freeswitch interface could be improved anyway. Unfortunately it seems that
> project has been abandoned. There have not been any releases since mid-2011.
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