Northline

Self-hosted telephone

The phone company you run yourself.

Numbers, department trees, and AI receptionists that never pretend to be human. Host it for your shop, or stand it up for a client on their own box.

Demo numbers use the 555 exchange. They are not reachable on the public telephone network. Real DIDs still need a licensed carrier. Sign in to keep your desk.

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Caller

Public or your own handset

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Number

DID or 555 demo line

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Tree

1 sales · 2 billing · 0 AI

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Agent

Disclosed voice, logged

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A real switch.

Assign numbers, build the press-1 press-2 tree a big company uses, route to departments, voicemail, or an agent. The console is the control plane you would hand a receptionist.

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Honest AI on the line.

Inbound or outbound, the agent discloses that it is AI and that the call may be recorded. It takes messages, qualifies, and never invents a file number. Quality is a setting, not a vibe.

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Yours to host.

This app is the operator desk and the AI brain. Point it at Twilio, Telnyx, or an Asterisk trunk when you are ready for real copper. Until then, the whole product is playable here.

What this is.

  • A multi-client phone console you can demo and operate today.
  • Live IVR and AI voice in the browser, using real Grok speech.
  • Transparent by design: disclosure is required, not a toggle buried in settings.
  • A path to self-host and connect a real SIP trunk, documented in Field notes.

What this is not.

  • It cannot mint a public phone number. Carriers do that. We document how.
  • It is not a secretly-human receptionist. If someone asks, it says it is AI.
  • It is not a robocaller. Outbound campaigns require consent notes and a stop path.
  • Open-source PBX (Asterisk, FreeSWITCH) is complementary, not replaced by a webpage.

Try Harbor & Birch.

A fictional Missouri law firm on a 555 number. Walk the tree, then talk to Maya — she will tell you she is AI in the first breath.

Open the phone