List of collaborative software

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This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software.

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[edit] Open source or free software

The following are open source or free software applications:

[edit] Comparison chart

Name Mail Transfer agent Mail Storage Type IMAP Server Shared IMAP Calendar Format Shared Calendar IM Server WebDAV Web UI Shared Contacts Shared Files Web Admin UI Anti-Virus Spam Filtering Notes
Atmail Custom Exim Mail Dir Custom No No SQL, Outlook MAPI No No No No No No ClamAV SpamAssassin Commercial with Source
Citadel/UX Custom Berkeley DB Custom Yes iCal Yes Yes GroupDAV and WebCal support Yes Yes Yes - various methods Yes ClamAV on top of SpamAssassin SpamAssassin, or pre-processed with Postfix or qpsmtpd Hot backups require retention of recent database logs.
Collaber No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Client-server based architecture. Works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
Expresso Livre Postfix IMAP server dependent Cyrus or any IMAP server No iCal Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes on linux- any external Yes Sieve filters AJAX GUI, fully integration with mobile devices, integration with any imap client.
eGroupWare Exim SQL DBMail or other IMAP-server Yes if IMAP server support Yes SQL, iCal Yes iCal No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes on linux- any external Yes SpamAssassin or other Uses external IMAP server. Synchronizes with: Microsoft Outlook, Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Other SyncML clients and Apple iCal
Group-Office Custom Postfix IMAP server dependent Custom No iCal Web interface No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM Synchronizes with: Microsoft Outlook, Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Other SyncML clients
Horde Sendmail, SMTP No Cyrus and others No No DB, ICAL export No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No rule-based filtering works with Kolab
i-sense Sendmail, SMTP IMAP server dependent, Database Any IMAP server  ? iCal iCal and custom export/synchronisation services No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No SpamAssassin and others AJAX GUI and Microsoft Outlook integration
Instant Business Network SMTP Mail Dir Any IMAP Server SQL and XML Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Rule-based filtering/whitelists/blacklists Help Desk and Project Management solution
Kerika No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No graphical wiki that combines whiteboarding and document management; runs on Windows, Mac OS X & Linux; support private networks
Kolab Postfix IMAP (Kolab-XML Format) and LDAP Cyrus Yes iCal and Kolab-XML Format IMAP, iCal- and HTML-Export No No Horde IMAP and LDAP No Yes ClamAV and others SpamAssassin and others Runs on almost all UNIX/Linux; many clients: Kontact, Microsoft Outlook, Horde and others
Open-
Xchange		 Postfix IMAP server dependent Cyrus or any IMAP server Yes iCal LDAP, Export to ICAL No Yes Yes Yes Yes If purchased ClamAV and others SpamAssassin and others AJAX GUI, Microsoft Outlook integration, Tasks module
OpenGoo Sendmail, SMTP Database or File system Any IMAP server No Yes SQL, iCal Yes iCal No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Any external (e.g. ClamAV) Yes Mail server dependent (e.g. SpamAssassin) AJAX GUI; Runs on any operating system with Apache, PHP and MySQL (e.g Windows, Linux, MacOS); Commercial support available through Feng Office
OpenGroupware Postfix Mail Dir Cyrus No No Export to ICAL Jabber, if purchased No No No No If purchased
PhpGroupWare No No No  ?  ? ICAL Yes  ? Yes  ? Yes Yes Quite similar to eGroupWare
Simple Groupware SMTP IMAP server dependent, Database Cyrus, Courier IMAP, UW IMAP and others Yes SQL, iCal and XML Format Database, ICAL import/export built-in chat module No planned for 0.3 Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV and others Mail server dependent Synchronizes with: Outlook, Symbian, Pocket PC, mail notifications, document preview
Teamwork (software) relies on existing SMTP synchronizes with clients No Yes iCal ICal No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Synchronizes with: Outlook, Google calendars, Mail. Has complete project management module.
Tine 2.0 Postfix or any other SMTP Server SQL DBMail or other IMAP-server Yes if IMAP server support Yes SQL Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Uses external IMAP server. Synchronizes with: Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Other ActiveSync clients
Zarafa Postfix, Exim, Qmail, Sendmail and others MySQL, optional attachments on filesystem Yes Yes: Public Folder available Yes: Outlook, Webaccess, iCal, Z-Merge Yes: Outlook, Webaccess, Z-Merge No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes: ClamAV and others Yes: SpamAssassin and others AJAX WebAccess, online and offline Outlook compatibility, fully ActiveSync compatible using Z-Push (Symbian, Pocket PC, iPhone (firmware 2.X), Nokia (mail4Exchange)), integrates with AD and LDAP, own serverside integration framework Z-Merge
Zimbra Custom Postfix Mail Dir w/ index db Custom No iCal ICAL Jabber No Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM
Name Mail Transfer agent Mail Storage Type IMAP Server Shared IMAP Calendar Format Shared Calendar IM Server WebDAV Web UI Shared Contacts Shared Files Web Admin UI Anti-Virus Spam Filtering Notes
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[edit] Proprietary software

The following are proprietary software applications:

  • Adobe Acrobat Connect is an online training, web conferencing, and learning solution that leverages Adobe Flash technology and is provided as an on-premise and hosted offering.
  • Adobe Acrobat provides for synchronous and asynchronous review of PDF's.
  • Basecamp is a web-based project collaboration and management tool.
  • BSCW Basic Support for Collaborative Work
  • Central Desktop wiki-based on demand team collaboration software for small and medium sized businesses.
  • Clearspace web-based suite integrating forums, blogs, wiki, chat, and VOIP.
  • Collaba is an integrated collaboration and communication platform server.
  • Collaber is an Eclipse-based Client-server platform.
  • Collabnet provides solutions for distributed collaborative software development.
  • Collanos Workplace is a server-less, cross-platform, P2P collaboration solution for teams working beyond enterprise platforms
  • CoMotion by General Dynamics C4S Viz is a multi-tiered client-server collaborative workspace system with extensive data visualization, annotation, and organizational tools.
  • Contactizer Pro by Objective Decision, for Mac OS X only. Decentralized collaborative sharing of contacts, tasks and events.
  • DeskAway is a web based, subscription based online project management and collaboration tool.
  • e is a collaborative editor which works as a live revision control system. It uses an edit-and-commit style of collaboration.
  • EditGrid is an online spreadsheet with access control and revision history support, whose RTU (real-time update) feature allows multiple users to collaborate on the same spreadsheet simultaneously.
  • Elluminate is a web-based, realtime collaboration tool with audio, video, whiteboard, application sharing simultaneously between Windows, Macs, and Linux users.
  • EMC Documentum eRoom is collaboration software provided through the browser as on-premise or hosted software.
  • FirstClass is a client/server groupware
  • GForge Advanced Server distributed software development as a web based platform with numerous plugins to interact with Eclipse IDE as well as Microsoft Visual Studio to handle the full software life cycle.
  • Huddle is a web-based team collaboration and project management tool centered around virtual workspaces.
  • Ipswitch IMail Server fully featured Exchange Alternative Email Server
  • i-sense is a fully featured, web-based groupware application including organizer and collaboration as well as customer relationship and enterprise resources functionality. It is free for non-commercial users and organizations.
  • IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
  • IBM Lotus QuickPlace (name changed to Lotus Team Workspace in version 6.5.1 only)
  • IBM Workplace-branded products
  • IBM Lotus Sametime
  • JavaForge a collaborative OpenSource platform for Java projects.
  • JotSpot Wiki supports calendars, spreadsheets, file repositories, and photo galleries. Built for ease of use
  • Kerika: graphical wiki that combines whiteboarding and document management; runs on Windows, Macs & Linux; supports private networks; free for educational/academic users.
  • Kerio MailServer is a mail and groupware server
  • Marratech Realtime collaboration with audio, video, whiteboard and chat.
  • MetaTeam an environment for collaborative teamwork and team performance management
  • Microsoft Exchange Server and the Microsoft Outlook client
  • Microsoft Groove is a peer-to-peer collaboration application
  • Microsoft Netmeeting
  • Microsoft Live Meeting
  • Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
  • Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
  • Noodle (Software) is a browser-based collaboration platform. It can be used to host knowledge management tools with categories such as documents, wikis, blogs, calendars, and social networking.
  • Novell GroupWise
  • OpenTeams is a web-hosted environment with wiki, blog, bliki, tags, file attachment (with version history), discussion, WYSIWIG editing, and "What's New" change monitoring functionality in an email-like 3-pane Web 2.0/Ajax interface.
  • Oracle Corporation Oracle Collaboration Suite a suite of e-mail, calendar, tasks, IM, web conferencing and document management
  • Owis workflow management, document management, knowledge base, calendar, IM and collaboration suite
  • PabloDraw is a collaborative text and ANSI/ASCII art editing tool on Windows
  • ProjectSpaces is an online workspace tool for project and team collaboration
  • Ramius Corporation Online community systems for virtual collaboration and knowledge sharing. Product is named CommunityZero.
  • SamePage Web-based enterprise wiki for knowledge management and collaboration.
  • Seefile Web-based interface for image collaboration.
  • Socialtext provides wiki and weblog web-based collaboration
  • SubEthaEdit – Collaborative text editing on Mac OS X
  • tmsEKP is a suite of content management, knowledge portal, organisational collaboration, document management, e-Learning, content syndication, human resource, project management and helpdesk software.
  • Traction TeamPage - Traction's model focuses on collaboration within and among groups using a sophisticated permission model that aggregates multiple blog/wiki spaces using a web-based journal modeled on the principals of Douglas Engelbart's On-Line System (NLS)
  • Teamwork Cross-platform solution integrating project management, issue tracking, and groupware
  • Vignette is a content management system
  • WebEx web-based collaboration tools
  • WebTrain web-based collaboration for meetings, training, and education
  • Wiggio web-based free group calendars, list-servs, messaging (texting, email, voice), shared document editing and versioning, meetings management (chat, teleconference).
  • Workspot is a web service providing Linux desktops, which can be shared securely through a browser.
  • Wrike is a tool for project management and collaboration
  • Writeboard is a collaborative text editor
  • Zing Technologies AnyZing and ZingThing - Electronic learning and meeting system software for team rooms and networks.

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