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, nobody working on packages

BongoProject (was: Hula)

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, request of removal, 438769

Chandler

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, build debs

Citadel

(./) citadel

{OK} lenny and later

DAViCal

(./) davical

{OK} squeeze and later

Group Office

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, Debian Installation description

eGroupWare

(./) egroupware

{OK} lenny, {X} squeeze. Removed from the archive (RoQA, 574186). Upstream packages available.

Horde

(./) horde

{OK} etch and later

Kolab

(./) kolab

{OK} etch and later (see wiki:Kolab)

mod_caldav

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, single developer and requires patches to apache source

OBM

{X}

upstream packages are available on obm.org etch and lenny

openchange

(./) openchange

{OK} sid

OpenGroupware.org

{X}

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 outdated upstream Debian Info, upstream development slow/unclear/moved to SOGo.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

Scalable OpenGroupware.org

{X}

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)

Open-Xchange

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, dependencies and additional infos on on aditional page Open-Xchange

phpGroupWare

(./) phpgroupware

{OK} etch and later

tine

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, fork of egroupware

Zarafa

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, upstream Debian packages

Zimbra

{X}

not packaged, nobody working on packages, RfP 498316, upstream Debian packages

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

(./)

?

(./)

?

?

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

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

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

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