Groupware in Debian
Name |
in Debian (packages.d.o link) |
Status, current issues |
lenny and later |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages |
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BongoProject (was: Hula) |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, request of removal, 438769 |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, build debs |
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lenny and later |
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squeeze and later |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, Debian Installation description |
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lenny, squeeze. Removed from the archive (RoQA, 574186). Upstream packages available. |
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etch and later |
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etch and later (see wiki:Kolab) |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, single developer and requires patches to apache source |
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upstream packages are available on obm.org etch and lenny |
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sid |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, Alioth pkg-ogo 285949 removed (RoM). outdated upstream Debian Info, upstream development slow/unclear/moved to SOGo. Needs special fork of gnustep-make to build |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, (fork of OpenGroupware.org), patched to build with official gnustep-make as available in sid (compare ?OpenGroupware.org); providing a good default-configuration/debconf-support will be a bit difficult; upstream software has RC status, but has promising functionality (see below) |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, dependencies and additional infos on on aditional page Open-Xchange |
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etch and later |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, fork of egroupware |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, upstream Debian packages |
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not packaged, nobody working on packages, RfP 498316, upstream Debian packages |
Features
Roughly, we consider groupware to include:
- addressbook
- calendar
- tasks
- notes
and integration between these components.
Other functionality such as chat or ticket systems are not considered on this page.
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Addressbook |
Calendar |
Tasks |
Notes |
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Apple Calendar Server |
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BongoProject |
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? |
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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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OBM |
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SOGo |
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Compatibility
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Ice* |
Kontact |
Evolution |
Web Interface |
Outlook |
CalDAV protocol |
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- |
Open Outlook Connector, alpha and proprietary |
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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 |
(kitchensync) |
unpackaged SyncEvolution ITP |
- |
? |
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Apple Calendar Server |
CalDAV |
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CalDAV |
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Citadel |
See GroupDAV protocol. IMAP/POP/SMTP work. |
See GroupDAV protocol; IMAP/POP/SMTP work. |
See GroupDAV protocol. IMAP/POP/SMTP work. |
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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 |
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eGroupWare (see also here) |
GroupDAV, LDAP, iCal |
GroupDAV, LDAP, iCal |
limited support |
main UI |
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Horde |
only addresses via LDAP |
only addresses via LDAP, calendar via Kolab |
only addresses via LDAP |
main UI |
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Kolab |
with kolabsync (not packaged) |
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via Horde |
yes, proprietary |
OBM |
multiple calendar/Contacts/Task with plugin |
just mail |
just mail |
main UI |
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
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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 |
OBM |
PostgreSQL/Mysql and LDAP |
LDAP/SASL internal |
SOGo |
LDAP |
LDAP |
Meeting
There were groupware meetings wiki:GroupwareMeeting2008-04-25to27, wiki:GroupwareMeeting2009-04-17to19, wiki:GroupwareMeeting2010-04-09to11 and we are organising a new one in autuum 2010 or fall 2011