Baby's first international landline

In plain words

Baby's First International Landline is a DIY physical phone system built on a Raspberry Pi running Asterisk and Twilio, designed to let toddlers make international calls safely. It is intended for young children of expatriates who want to stay connected with family across continents. The builder has documented the complete setup and published the code and Ansible playbooks on GitHub for others to replicate.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Téléfonefix is a kid-friendly telephone system allowing kids to safely call relatives, locally and abroad.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN, As a weekend project, I hacked together a physical phone, a Raspberry Pi running Asterisk and Twilio, to let toddlers safely make international calls. I’ve documented the setup in this write-up and published the code + Ansible playbooks on GitHub so others can replicate it. I built this so kids of expats can…

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