HylaFAX Community Edition

Spec sheet

Purpose

HylaFAX is an enterprise-class system for sending and receiving faxes and sending alphanumeric pages.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Deployment

HylaFAX is described as a telecommunication system for UNIX systems; binary package links include Linux distributions and BSD ports.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

API

The maker lists client protocol APIs and implementations for Perl, Java, Windows Fax Service, and .NET.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Support

Community support is available through a public mailing list, and the site also lists commercial support from iFAX Solutions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Access controls

An access control mechanism can restrict which users and machines access a server and which classes of phone numbers it can call.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Architecture

It uses a client-server design, allowing clients on networked machines to submit jobs to a server hosting fax modems.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Documents and cover pages

Outgoing documents can be converted to PostScript or TIFF/F, and users can generate and customize cover pages.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Fax functions

It supports sending, receiving, and polled retrieval of faxes, as well as shared modem use and alphanumeric paging.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Integration

The maker lists connectors for SAP, Asterisk, H.323-compatible gateways, and Qmail.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Intended use

The maker recommends HylaFAX for users expecting to send more than a few faxes per day.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Modems and throughput

It supports Class 1, Class 2, and Class 2.0 fax modems, multiple modems, and scheduling for high throughput.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Monitoring and delivery

Incoming faxes can be stored as TIFF/F and automatically mailed or printed, and faxstat monitors queues and server state.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Requirements

Useful operation requires a PostScript-to-fax imaging utility unless only pre-imaged faxes are transmitted.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Security advisory

The download page notes a security advisory addressing CVE-2018-17141 and vulnerabilities in JPEG-supporting code.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hylafax.org

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Fax Server Software#13 of 237.7