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 / free software

The following are open source or free software applications.

  • Real Time Audio, Video and Data Collaboration
    • Access Grid
    • TalkAndWrite-Professional whiteboard with voice and video. Powered by Skype, with a freeware version.


  • Editors
    • Gobby
    • ACE a collaborative real-time text editor

[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
Citadel/UX Custom Berkeley DB Custom No No Export ICAL Jabber No No No No No Hot backups can't be made unless all the database logs are kept.
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
Zimbra Custom Postfix Mail Dir w/ index db Custom No iCal ICAL Jabber No Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM
Atmail Custom Exim Mail Dir Custom No No SQL, Outlook MAPI No No No No No No ClamAV SpamAssassin Commercial with Source
OpenGroupware Postfix Mail Dir Cyrus No No Export to ICAL Jabber, if purchased No No No No If purchased
PhpGroupWare No No No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?
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
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
Horde Sendmail, SMTP No Cyrus and others No No DB, ICAL export No No No No No No No rule-based filtering works with Kolab
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[edit] Proprietary software

The following are proprietary software applications:

  • Basecamp by 37 Signals is a web based project collaboration and management tool.
  • Atlassian Confluence is an enterprise wiki used for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
  • BrainKeeper is an online enterprise wiki system used for knowledge management and collaboration.
  • BSCW Basic Support for Collaborative Work
  • Calandra CMS, forum and system used for knowledge management and collaboration.
  • Central Desktop wiki-based on demand team collaboration software for small and medium sized businesses.
  • codeBeamer Collaboration Platform with integrated Application Life Cycle Management for distributed software development using SVN.
  • Collab from MercuryGrove is a Web 2.0 collaboration software.
  • Collab software for music collaboration with FL Studio.
  • Collaber is Eclipse (software) based peer-to-peer platform.
  • Collabnet provides solutions for distributed collaborative software development.
  • CoMotion by General Dynamics C4S Viz (formerly MAYA Viz Ltd) is a multi-tiered client-server collaborative workspace system with extensive data visualization, annotation, and organizational tools. Used in systems from the Army's Command Post of the Future to Array BioPharma's drug discovery tools.
  • Contactizer Pro by Objective Decision, for Mac OS X only. Decentralized collaborative sharing of contacts, tasks and events.
  • Coventi Pages allows people to create web pages that their co-workers can discuss and edit together.
  • CrossLoop provides free, easy and secure software for screen sharing.
  • 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.
  • FirstClass
  • 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.
  • Groove is a Microsoft Windows based peer-to-peer platform
  • GroupVille - Web-based Groupware package for desktops and smartphones
  • JotSpot Wiki supports calendars, spreadsheets, file repositories, and photo galleries. Built for ease of use
  • 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 Instant Messaging (Sametime)
  • inKontext by Anapasoft is a realtime collaboration portal for engineering groups and consultants
  • Marratech Realtime collaboration with audio, video, whiteboard and chat.
  • Microsoft Exchange Server and the Microsoft Outlook client
  • Microsoft Netmeeting
  • Microsoft Live Meeting
  • Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
  • Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
  • Novell GroupWise
  • Office.com is a Web-based integrated suite of 15 applications that includes group calendaring, document management, contact management, email, wiki and other collaborative tools.
  • Open Text Corporation Livelink is an Enterprise Content Management solution
  • Oracle Corporation Oracle Collaboration Suite a suite of e-mail, calendar, tasks, IM, web conferencing and document management
  • PabloDraw — Collaborative text and ANSI/ASCII art editing on Windows
  • Ramius Corporation Online community systems for virtual collaboration and knowledge sharing. Product is named CommunityZero.
  • Scalix
  • Socialtext provides wiki and weblog web-based collaboration
  • SubEthaEdit – Collaborative text editing on Mac OS X
  • TalkAndWrite-Professional whiteboard with voice and video.Powered by Skype, with a freeware version.
  • TeamIntegrator by Helicon Soft is a web-based groupware for joint project activities, collaboration and communication. Supports mobile devices.
  • 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).
  • Vignette Collaboration
  • WebEx web based collaboration tools
  • Webasyst online group collaboration software
  • Workspot is a web service providing Linux desktops, which can be shared securely through a browser.
  • WorkSmart.net is a hosted asynchronous collaboration service providing functionality in the areas of document management, calendar sharing, contact management, e-mail, forums, project management and on-line database
  • Wrike
  • Zing Technologies AnyZing and ZingThing - Electronic Learning and Meeting System software for team rooms and networks.

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