HylaFAX Community Edition

hylafax.org · checked 30 Sept 2026

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YesPublic API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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HylaFAX is an enterprise-class system for sending and receiving faxes and sending alphanumeric pages.

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HylaFAX Community EditionFree complete source form · no price statedFree

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Website: hylafax.org
Price: Free tier
Free trial: Not stated
Access controls: An access control mechanism can restrict which users and machines access a server and which classes of phone numbers it can call.
Architecture: It uses a client-server design, allowing clients on networked machines to submit jobs to a server hosting fax modems.
Deployment: HylaFAX is described as a telecommunication system for UNIX systems; binary package links include Linux distributions and BSD ports.
Documents and cover pages: Outgoing documents can be converted to PostScript or TIFF/F, and users can generate and customize cover pages.
Fax functions: It supports sending, receiving, and polled retrieval of faxes, as well as shared modem use and alphanumeric paging.
Feature limits: The maker's comparison lists FoIP/T.38, virtualization, clustering, an included web interface, and built-in email-to-fax support as Enterprise features rather than Community Edition features.
Integration: The maker lists connectors for SAP, Asterisk, H.323-compatible gateways, and Qmail.
Intended use: The maker recommends HylaFAX for users expecting to send more than a few faxes per day.
Modems and throughput: It supports Class 1, Class 2, and Class 2.0 fax modems, multiple modems, and scheduling for high throughput.
Monitoring and delivery: Incoming faxes can be stored as TIFF/F and automatically mailed or printed, and faxstat monitors queues and server state.
Requirements: Useful operation requires a PostScript-to-fax imaging utility unless only pre-imaged faxes are transmitted.
Security advisory: The download page notes a security advisory addressing CVE-2018-17141 and vulnerabilities in JPEG-supporting code.

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