DAViCal is a server for storing and sharing calendars and address books using CalDAV and CardDAV. Calendar and contact resources are held in PostgreSQL, with PHP providing the web-facing DAV service and administration components.
The project concentrates on standards-based sharing and interoperability rather than supplying a complete groupware environment. It is suited to installations where desktop or mobile applications provide the user interface while DAViCal manages centrally stored information.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- CalDAV clients can create, update and remove calendar resources held centrally on the server while multiple clients work with the same collections.
- PostgreSQL provides the persistent data store for calendars, principals, permissions and related server information.
- Delegation allows users to grant other principals controlled read or write access to calendars without sharing their own login credentials.
- Scheduling support handles meeting invitations and attendee responses, with the server maintaining the associated scheduling resources.
- Free-busy queries allow authorised users to check availability without exposing the complete contents of another person’s calendar.
- Fine-grained DAV privileges distinguish normal reading and writing from operations such as free-busy access, invitation delivery and scheduling replies.
- LDAP integration can authenticate directory users and synchronise user and group information, with support for OpenLDAP and Active Directory deployments.
- External calendar bindings can expose remotely published calendars through DAViCal and refresh those resources at configured intervals.
- Optional iSchedule support can exchange scheduling information between calendar servers rather than limiting invitations to accounts on one installation.
- Legacy WebDAV access is available for clients requiring it, although normal calendar access is intended to use the CalDAV protocol.
Website: www.davical.org
Support:
Developer: Andrew McMillan and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
DAViCal is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| Radicale | Lightweight CalDAV and CardDAV server that's simple to deploy |
| Davis | Modern CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV server with an admin interface |
| Baïkal | Lightweight CalDAV and CardDAV server with a web admin interface |
| Xandikos | Git-backed CalDAV and CardDAV server with scheduling support |
| DAViCal | PostgreSQL-backed CalDAV server focused on standards interoperability |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
| CardDAV Servers | |
|---|---|
| sabre/dav | Create WebDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV servers |
| Radicale | Small but powerful CalDAV and CardDAV server |
| Davis | CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV server with web administration |
| Baïkal | Extensive web interface managing users, address books and calendars |
| Xandikos | Lightweight and complete CardDAV/CalDAV server |
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Read our verdict in the software roundup.
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