HOMER

Spec sheet

Purpose

HOMER is an open-source SIP, VoIP, and RTC packet capture and monitoring system.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Product

Homer 11 is an all-in-one HEP capture and API server for ingest, DuckLake storage, data nodes, and a REST API coordinator.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Deployment

The project provides release downloads, official Docker builds, and Compose examples; its README lists x64 and ARM64 support on Linux and macOS.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

API

Homer includes a Coordinator REST API gateway for its user interface and external applications.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The project documents optional Arrow FlightSQL for Grafana and REST API access for the UI and external applications.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

Homer 11 documentation says protected API routes require authentication and describes generated JWT secrets when none is configured.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

License

The Homer repository states that the software is released under the AGPL-3.0 license.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Founded

2011Read 28 Sep 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

AI integrations

The optional MCP module lets compatible clients including Cursor and Claude Desktop search HEP data using natural language.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

AI tools

The opt-in MCP module lets MCP clients search HEP data using natural-language queries, and its SQL validator permits only SELECT or WITH queries against the specified table.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Authentication

The security guide says protected API routes require authentication and describes JWT sessions or Auth-Token access when enabled.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Capture

The ingest module receives HEP packets over UDP, TCP, TLS, HTTP, and HTTPS.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Data pipeline

Homer 11 combines HEP capture and ingest, DuckLake storage, a query node, and a REST API coordinator.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Distribution

The project documents release downloads, official Docker builds, and Compose examples as installation options.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Grafana

The Homer Node module offers optional Arrow FlightSQL support for Grafana.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limits

The OTLP receiver is only constructed when the writer module is enabled, so a coordinator-only deployment does not start its listener.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

MCP access limit

The MCP module is disabled by default and its SQL validator permits only SELECT or WITH queries against the specified call table.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

OpenTelemetry

Homer can ingest OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs over OTLP/gRPC and OTLP/HTTP using protobuf or JSON.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Optional collectors

Optional VQRTCP SIP QoS collection and SIPREC signaling capture are disabled by default and require the writer module.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Protocols

The ingest module receives HEP packets over UDP, TCP, TLS, HTTP, or HTTPS.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Querying

DuckLake supports time-travel queries using snapshots or timestamps.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Search

The command-line search supports table, vertical, CSV, JSON, chart, call-flow, and SIP PCAP output formats.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

SIP options

Optional VQRTCP collection and SIPREC signaling capture are disabled by default and require the writer module.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Storage

Homer stores data in Parquet files with a DuckLake catalog, and documents local disk, S3, and Azure Blob Storage as data locations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sipcapture.github.io

Supported platforms

The Homer Core codebase supports Linux and macOS on x64 and ARM64.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Use case

The project describes HOMER as open-source telecom observability for SIP, VoIP, and RTC packet capture and monitoring.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Network Protocol Analyzers#15 of 307.9