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Asterisk vs Lifesize
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Asterisk and Lifesize — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Asterisk vs Lifesize: at a glance
What is Asterisk?
Asterisk 24.0.0 is out, with 20, 22 and 23 getting their matching releases the same hour.
Asterisk closed its release round on November 5 with 24.0.0 final plus 23.6.0, 22.12.0 and 20.22.0, each resolving 32 to 37 issues across roughly 45 commits. The final tags followed four release candidates, the last of which repaired park slot hints and a presence-hint segfault left by 22.11.0. No security advisories were part of the round.
What is Lifesize?
Lifesize feed has degraded to scraped UI chrome.
There is no real product signal in the recent Lifesize feed. The 'entries' are scraped page fragments — site-nav language switchers, popup-dismiss text, a chat-widget greeting, the converse360 chatbot loader, and product-page boilerplate noting the Enghouse Systems acquisition. No release notes, no shipped features, no version events.
Asterisk vs Lifesize: editorial side-by-side
Asterisk
5.0MEETINGS
Asterisk 24.0.0 is out, with 20, 22 and 23 getting their matching releases the same hour.
◆ Current state
Asterisk closed its release round on November 5 with 24.0.0 final plus 23.6.0, 22.12.0 and 20.22.0, each resolving 32 to 37 issues across roughly 45 commits. The final tags followed four release candidates, the last of which repaired park slot hints and a presence-hint segfault left by 22.11.0. No security advisories were part of the round.
◆ Where it's heading
The project ships every supported branch in lockstep, so fixes land everywhere at once and the version number mostly signals which line a deployment is on. With 24 now final, the next round should move 24 into the same maintenance rhythm as the older branches.
◆ Prediction
Expect 24.0.1 or 24.1.0 alongside matching 20, 22 and 23 point releases in the next cycle, likely starting with release candidates again; the entries do not show which branch will drop out of the round next.
Lifesize
1.3MEETINGS
Lifesize feed has degraded to scraped UI chrome.
◆ Current state
There is no real product signal in the recent Lifesize feed. The 'entries' are scraped page fragments — site-nav language switchers, popup-dismiss text, a chat-widget greeting, the converse360 chatbot loader, and product-page boilerplate noting the Enghouse Systems acquisition. No release notes, no shipped features, no version events.
◆ Where it's heading
Lifesize is now part of Enghouse Interactive Group, and the public release-notes surface this scraper points at appears to have been retired or replaced by Enghouse's own communications. Until the source feed is repointed, this product has no observable trajectory — silence here is a data-collection problem, not necessarily a product-quality signal.
◆ Prediction
No grounded prediction is possible from this batch. The next useful signal will only arrive if the underlying scraper target is fixed to point at Enghouse's product comms, or if Lifesize-branded products are wound down entirely.
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Recent activity from Asterisk and Lifesize
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 4d agoAsteriskAsterisk 24.0.0 final ships after four release candidates
- 4d agoAsteriskAsterisk 23.6.0: 35 fixes from the shared release round
- 4d agoAsteriskAsterisk 22.12.0 closes the 22.11 hint regressions
- 4d agoAsteriskAsterisk 20.22.0: 37 fixes on the oldest branch
- 11d agoAsteriskAsterisk 24.0.0-rc4: park hints and presence-hint crash fixed
- 11d agoAsteriskAsterisk 23.6.0-rc4: same two hint fixes
- 6mo agoLifesizeScraped support-nav fragment (no product signal)
- 7mo agoLifesizePopup-dismiss text captured as entry
- 7mo agoLifesizeChat widget greeting (scraper noise)
- 7mo agoLifesizeChatbot loader text (scraper noise)
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Asterisk and Lifesize?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Asterisk is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 1.3), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Asterisk better than Lifesize?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Asterisk is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 1.3), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Meetings products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Asterisk?
Top Asterisk alternatives in Meetings are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Asterisk alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/asterisk for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Lifesize?
Top Lifesize alternatives in Meetings are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Lifesize alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/lifesize for the full list with editorial commentary on each.