What phones work with TwoCans?
Kids can use the Linphone app on an old phone or tablet, a Grandstream GHP desk phone, or an ordinary corded phone plugged into a Grandstream HT801…
TwoCans: Home Phone Line for Kids
TwoCans runs a small phone exchange on Asterisk for the household, with a parents' web app for contacts, bedtime hours, call logs, voicemail and live listen-in. It installs with one script on a Raspberry Pi or other 64-bit Linux box, or as a Synology package, and is in early development.
TwoCans requirements
The key facts for TwoCans.
| Requirement | TwoCans |
|---|---|
| Architecture | x86 + ARM |
| Min hardware | 4 GB RAM · 3 GB |
| Price | Free for household use |
| Containers | Worth checking: 5 (app, MariaDB +3) |
| Database | MariaDB |
| Runtime | PHP |
| Install options | Docker + Synology |
| Clients | web |
Common questions
Can kids call ordinary phone numbers?
Phones on the line can call each other with no provider. To call or take calls from outside numbers, you connect a SIP trunk from Twilio or SIP.IO in…
Do call recordings leave the house?
No. Recordings, voicemail and transcripts stay on the server, and transcription runs with a Whisper model in a local container that publishes no…