eyeBeam is a VoIP softphone for Windows that uses to facilitate voice, video conferencing and instant messaging. X-Lite 3.0 is based on the eyeBeam codebase, but with a more limited set of capabilities.
eyeBeam was launched on September 13, 2004 for Windows as Vancouver-based CounterPath Corporation's first video capable softphone. A version for Mac followed shortly after on October 20, 2004 but was discontinued in 2011. Updates for eyeBeam 1.5 ended in or before March, 2015 and the product will no longer be available for sale after March 31, 2018.
eyeBeam can be configured to be used with many IP-PBX providers such as Asterisk and TalkSwitch and is compatible with many unified communication solutions including those offered by Avaya,Oracle and Cisco. CounterPath also provides co-branded and private labeled versions of eyeBeam for enterprises, service providers and original equipment manufacturers.
CounterPath's free softphone X-Lite is based on the architecture of eyeBeam 1.5, but has limited features in comparison to the eyeBeam client.