Groupware in Debian

Name

in Debian (packages.d.o link)

Status, current issues

Apple Calendar Server

(./) calendarserver

{OK} lenny and later

Bedework

{X}

not packaged

BongoProject (was: Hula)

(./) bongoproject

{OK} experimental, alpha software

Chandler

{X}

not packaged: upstream debs

Citadel

(./) citadel

{OK} lenny and later

DAViCal

(./) davical

{OK} squeeze and later

Group Office

{X}

not packaged

eGroupWare

(./) egroupware

{OK} lenny and later

Horde

(./) horde

{OK} etch and later

Kolab

(./) kolab

{OK} etch, {X} lenny ( {OK} with APT-Pinning from testing), {OK} squeeze and later (see wiki:Kolab)

mod_caldav

{X}

not packaged, single developer and requires patches to apache source

openchange

(./) openchange

{OK} experimental, alpha software

OpenGroupware.org

{X}

Alioth pkg-ogo -- It's GPL; why is no one packaging? Previous packages removed (RoM). Upstream packages available. Nobody is working on Debian packages. Upstream development slow/unclear/moved to SOGo. Needs special fork of gnustep-make to build

Scalable OpenGroupware.org

{X}

(fork of OpenGroupware.org) not packaged; Patched to build with official gnustep-make as available in sid (compare ?OpenGroupware); providing a good default-configuration/debconf-support will be a bit difficult; upstream software has RC status, but has promising functionality (see below)

Open-Xchange

{X}

packaging being prepared, see Open-Xchange; lots of dependencies need to be prepared

phpGroupWare

(./) phpgroupware

{OK} etch and later

tine

{X}

not packaged; fork of egroupware

Zarafa

{X}

not packaged

Features

Roughly, we consider groupware to include:

and integration between these components.

Other functionality such as chat or ticket systems are not considered on this page.

Email

Addressbook

Calendar

Tasks

Notes

Apple Calendar Server

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BongoProject

(./)

?

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Citadel

(./)

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eGroupWare

(./)

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Horde

(./)

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Kolab

(./)

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phpGroupWare

(./)

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-

SOGo

(./)

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-

Compatibility

Ice*

Kontact

Evolution

Web Interface

Outlook

CalDAV protocol

(./) server chart

{X} KDE Bug

(./)

-

Open Outlook Connector, alpha and proprietary

GroupDAV protocol

It appears there has been some work 3 years ago, but it's discontinued. Alternatively there's a GPLv2 Add-on SOGo Connector supporting GroupDAV contacts and freebusy info

(./) (calendars and addressbooks)

evolution-groupdav plugin had no commits in 15 months. Fails to compile on sid. Old ITP was closed a year ago.

-

yes, proprietary

SyncML protocol

(./) Funambol Add-on

(./) (kitchensync)

unpackaged SyncEvolution ITP

-

?

Apple Calendar Server

(./) CalDAV

{X}

(./) CalDAV

{X}

Citadel

See GroupDAV protocol. IMAP/POP/SMTP work.

(./) See GroupDAV protocol; IMAP/POP/SMTP work.

See GroupDAV protocol. IMAP/POP/SMTP work.

(./)

yes, proprietary

DAViCal

(./) CalDAV

No CalDAV support in Kontact, but it actually works to some degree using the "remote file" KDE resource.

See CalDAV protocol. But Evolution fails to show events created by other clients.

only for administration

eGroupWare (see also here)

(./) GroupDAV, LDAP, iCal

(./) GroupDAV, LDAP, iCal

limited support

(./) main UI

Horde

only addresses via LDAP

only addresses via LDAP, calendar via Kolab

only addresses via LDAP

(./) main UI

{X}

Kolab

with kolabsync (not packaged)

(./)

{X}

(./) via Horde

yes, proprietary

SOGo

(./) calendar via CalDAV, or calendar and contacts via SOGo Connector

(./) GroupDAV

(./) CalDAV (same as with DAViCal: Doesn't show entries made by other clients)

(./) main UI

?

Authentication and User Databases

Users stored in

Authentication options

Apple Calendar Server

XML, SQLite, Apache file, Open Directory, NSS

GSSAPI, plain, digest

Citadel

internal

internal, PAM

DAViCal

PostgreSQL

?

eGroupWare

LDAP, SQL

SQL, LDAP, Active Directory, IMAP, HTTP, NIS, PAM

Horde

?

?

Kolab

LDAP

SASL

SOGo

LDAP

LDAP

Meeting

There were a groupware meeting wiki:GroupwareMeeting2008-04-25to27 and we are organising a new one wiki:GroupwareMeeting2009-04-17to19