# Asterisk AI Voice Agent

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Asterisk AI Voice Agent and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People like that it lets you run a voice AI agent on your own Asterisk or FreePBX phone system, with easy setup and a wide choice of providers.

## Why people recommend it

- Fresh idea for phone services (2 comments): "This opens up new possibilities for interactive phone services." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381496)) "its cool to see something different and marketable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387697))
- Enthusiasm for the project (2 comments): "It's fantastic and I'd love to see more of this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384746)) "this Asterisk project looks really great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381541))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Unpod.ai](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unpod-ai.md): 8 recommend
- [Dograh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dograh.md): 6 recommend
- [Vapi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vapi.md): 6 recommend
- [Speko](https://hackerapproved.com/p/speko.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Asterisk AI Voice Agent", https://hackerapproved.com/p/asterisk-ai-voice-agent/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).