Watcamp CalendarCalendaring Server Software
Posted by Bob on 16th April 2011
I’m looking for a free/libre calendar server to run on a GNU/Linux server.
It needs to have CalDAV connectivity, so that I can use Evolution, Sunbird or Thunderbird/Lightning as my only client. Ideally, it will also have a Web interface for both administration and calendar viewing, exports to iCal (.ics) files, supports iMIP, and offers Atom/RSS feeds of calendar items.
Here’s what I’ve found so far. If you know of others, please leave a comment.
There’s also a list at CalConnect’s CalDAV Servers
| Name | WebUI | Export iCal (.ics) | CalDAV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin | View | Edit | iCal (.ics) | iMip | Atom/RSS | ||
| Kolab | |||||||
| DAViCal | |||||||
| phpGroupWare | No | No | |||||
| Chandler Project | |||||||
| Bedework | |||||||
| Zimbra | |||||||
| EGroupware Community Version | |||||||
| WebCalendar | No | ||||||
| Darwin Calendar Server | |||||||
| Tryton Calendar | |||||||
The other calendars I’ve been trying are WordPress plugins. There is much promise in their description blurbs, but so far I’ve rejected Calendar JCM (no longer supported), Event Calendar / Scheduler (missing .php modules when running), and The Events Calendar. WP Events Calendar works, but had no iCal or Atom/RSS feeds. I’ve added iCal for Events Calendar for one of my WordPress installations, since it at least provides an iCal download for “WP Events Calendar”…
11 January 2011: Originally posted
26 March 2011: Added Linuxaria’s suggestions
16 April 2011: Added WordPress plugin info; added CalDAV column; filled in some attributes
This is a “living” post, so it will float back to the top of the blog as I update it.
–Bob.
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