List of collaborative software

This list is divided into proprietary or free software, and open source software, with several comparison tables among different product and vendors characteristics. It also includes a section of project collaboration software, which are combining with cloud computing services to become a standard feature in an emerging category of computer software: collaboration platforms. There may be some overlap between this list and the list of wiki software.

Collaborative software

The following are software applications or solutions including free software:

Comparison of notable software

General Information

Name Creator Latest stable release Stable release date First public release date Database backend License Software product available SaaS available
Adobe LiveCycle Adobe 9 2010 Filesystem Proprietary Yes No
Alfresco Alfresco Software Community Edition 5.0.d 2015 2005 LGPL Yes Yes
Altova MetaTeam Altova GmbH 2013 2012 2010 Cloud Proprietary No Yes
Assembla Assembla Continuous Delivery 2013 2006 Proprietary Yes Yes
Clearspace (Jive SBS) Jive Software 4.6 2010 2006 Oracle, MS SQL, DB2, mySQL, Postgres Proprietary
Collaborate HighQ 3.1 2013 2001 Proprietary Yes
ConceptDraw Office CS Odessa 2010 December 14, 2010 2008 Proprietary Yes Yes
Confluence Atlassian 5.7 2015 2004 Proprietary Yes Yes
Eclipse (suite) Sapienza Consulting Ltd. 3.3 2014 2009 Oracle Proprietary Yes Yes
Edraw Max EdrawSoft 8 2014 2004 Proprietary Yes Yes
EGroupware EGroupware 16.1 2016 2003 MariaDB, MySql, PostgreSQL GPLv2 Yes Yes
EMC Documentum eRoom EMC 7.4.4 2012 2003 Filesystem Proprietary Yes No
eXo Platform eXo Platform Community Edition 4.0.4 2014 2003 LGPL Yes Yes
Drupal Drupal 7 2011 2001 MySQL, Postgres, SQL-Lite GPL 2, 3 Yes
GoDrive Linoma Software 5.0.2 Jan 30th, 2015 Jan 15 th, 2015 SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, IBM i, DB2, Derby Proprietary, Free Yes No
Google Drive Google Cloud Proprietary No Yes
IBM Lotus Connections Suite IBM 3.0 November 24, 2010 June 27, 2007 IBM DB2 Proprietary Yes Yes
IBM Lotus Domino IBM 8.5.2 August 24, 2010 December 1996 Proprietary Yes No
IBM Lotus Notes IBM Proprietary Yes Yes
IBM Lotus Quickr IBM 8.5 IBM Lotus Domino, IBM DB2 Proprietary
IBM Lotus Sametime IBM Proprietary Yes Yes
ICEFLO Agenor Technology v 3.15.0 2009 IBM SoftLayer Yes Yes
InLoox InLoox, Inc. 8.1 September 18, 2014 1999 MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle Proprietary Yes Yes
Intraboom Intraboom 2.0.13 April 28, 2016 2015 MS SQL Proprietary Yes Yes
Kolab The Kolab-Project and Kolab Systems AG 3.3 August 20, 2014 July 17, 2003 IMAP(File/mail)-based various Free Software licenses Yes Yes
Kune Comunes Collective 0.3.0 July 1, 2010 July 17, 2003 AGPL Yes Yes
LogicalDOC Logical Objects Community Edition 7.1.2 2014 2006 LGPL Yes Yes
Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft 2016 August 4, 2011 2007 Exchange DB Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft Live Meeting Microsoft 2007 2007 1997 Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft Lync Server Microsoft 2010 2010 November 2000 SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft Office Microsoft 2010 June 15, 2010 1990 Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft Project Server Microsoft 2010 June 15, 2010 2000 Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Microsoft 2010 April 22, 2010 2001 SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary Yes No
Microsoft SharePoint Server Microsoft 2010 April 22, 2010 2001 SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Microsoft 2010 June 15, 2010 2007 Proprietary Yes No
Microsoft Team Foundation Server Microsoft 2015 2015 1994 SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary Yes No
MindView MatchWare 5.152 2013 2002 Proprietary Yes No
Microsoft Windows Live Microsoft 2011 September 2010 November 1, 2005 Cloud Proprietary No Yes
Nefsis Nefsis 3.72 January 7, 2011 1998 Cloud Proprietary Yes Yes
Oracle WebCenter Oracle 11g July 2009 Proprietary
SAP NetWeaver Portal SAP 2004 Proprietary
TeamWox MetaQuotes Software Corp. 1.0 October 11, 2011 February 9, 2009 Firebird Proprietary Yes Yes
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Software Community Association 15.2, 14.4, 12.9 LTS, 9.11 LTS November 30, 2013 October 2002 MySQL LGPL Yes No
TrackerSuite.Net Automation Centre 3.6 November 2010 2006 SQL Server Proprietary Yes Yes
Traction TeamPage Traction Software 6.1 July 22, 2015 December 1, 1999 NoSQL Journal, MySQL Proprietary Yes Yes
Wrike Wrike 2013 2007 2006 PostgreSQL Proprietary No Yes
XWiki XWiki XWiki Enterprise 8.0 March 15, 2016 May 22, 2007 MySQL LGPL Yes Yes
Xaitporter Xait 2014 2002 2001 Oracle Proprietary No Yes
Zoho Projects Zoho 5.0 January 20, 2015 August 26, 2006 MySQL Proprietary No Yes
Name Creator Latest stable release Stable release date First public release date Database backend License Software product available SaaS available

Comparison of unified communications features

Name E-mail server Faxing Instant messaging Telephony Videoconferencing Web conferencing Data conferencing Application sharing Electronic meeting system Synchronous conferencing
eXo Platform No No Yes, with chat add-on No Yes, with chat add-on + weemo No No Yes, chat add-on + weemo No Yes, chat add-on + weemo
IBM Sametime No, integrated with Lotus Domino No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Lotus Domino Yes Yes Yes with integrated Sametime Yes with integrated Sametime Yes with integrated Sametime Yes with integrated Sametime No Yes with integrated Sametime Yes with integrated Sametime No
Microsoft Exchange Server Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No
Microsoft Lync Server No, integrated with Exchange Server No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft SharePoint No, integrated with Exchange Server No No No No No No No Yes No
Name E-mail server Faxing Instant messaging Telephony Videoconferencing Web conferencing Data conferencing Application sharing Electronic meeting system Synchronous conferencing

Comparison of collaborative software features

Name Wikis Web publishing Calendaring software Project Management Workflow system Document Management List Management XML Forms Management and workflow Discussion Blogs Surveys Time Tracking Business Intelligence Charting Bookmarking, Tagging, Rating and Comments Social software Enterprise search Office suite
Eclipse (suite) No, Yes, via Webservice Yes, limited Yes, limited Yes, limited Yes Yes Yes, simple No No No No No No Yes, limited No Yes Yes, web
EGroupware Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes, web, webdav
eXo Platform Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Google Apps Yes, Sites Yes, Sites Yes No No Yes, simple No Yes, simple Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Connections Yes Yes Yes Yes, simple Yes Yes, simple No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No
IBM Lotus Domino No No Yes Yes, simple Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
IBM Quickr Yes Yes Yes Yes, simple Yes Yes, simple Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No
InLoox No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes, limited Yes Yes Yes, MS Office Interface
Intraboom No No Yes Yes, simple Yes, simple Yes Yes, simple No Yes Yes, simple No No No Yes Yes, limited Yes No No
Kune Yes In development Yes Yes, simple No Yes yes, wave-based No Yes Yes yes (gadget) No No No In development Yes No Real-time collaborative documents
Microsoft Exchange Server No No Yes Yes, simple Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Microsoft Office No No No No No Yes, simple No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No Yes, desktop
Microsoft Project Server No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Microsoft Sharepoint Yes Yes Yes Yes, simple Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, web
Microsoft Team Foundation Server No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No
Mindview No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No MS Office Interface
Smartsheet No Yes[1] Yes[2] Yes[3] Yes[4] Yes[5] Yes No Yes[6] No Yes[7] Yes[8] No Yes[9] No No Yes[10] Yes, MS Office Interface
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Yes Yes Yes Yes, simple Yes Yes Yes (newsletter) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (basic) Yes Yes Yes Yes, web
Wrike No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes, web
Xaitporter No No Yes, limited Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes, webdav
Trello No No Yes, limited Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
XWiki Enterprise Yes Yes Yes, extension Yes, extension Yes, extension Yes, extension Yes, extension Yes, extension Yes, extension Yes Yes, extension No No Yes, extension Yes, and extension for rating Yes Yes, (Lucene/SolR) Yes, web
Zoho Projects Yes No Yes Yes Yes, limited Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes, limited Yes No Yes, web
Name Wikis Web publishing Calendaring software Project Management Workflow system Document Management List Management XML Forms Management and workflow Discussion Blogs Surveys Time Tracking Business Intelligence Charting Bookmarking, Tagging, Rating and Comments Social software Enterprise search Office suite

Comparison of targets

Name Public Intranet Extranet Personal Sites Team Sites Developer
eXo Platform Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Connections Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Lotus Domino Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Lotus QuickPlace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Exchange Server Yes Yes Yes No No No
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft Sharepoint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Team Foundation Server No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Name Public Intranet Extranet Personal Sites Team Sites Developer

Open source software

The following are open source applications for collaboration:

Standard client–server software

Groupware: Web based software

Other

Project collaboration software

Web-based software

Other

Comparison

Name Mail transfer agent Mail storage type IMAP server IMAP shared Calendar format Calendar shared IM server WebDAV Web UI Contacts shared Files shared Web admin UI Antivirus Spam filter Notes
Axigen SMTP proprietary RFC compliant proprietary indexed storage proprietary RFC compliant Yes iCal available from Microsoft Outlook & Webmail No No Yes Yes No Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin, Sieve, others Mobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync, Ajax GUI, multiplatform, Microsoft Outlook connector with online/offline modes
Bynari SMTP Postfix IMAP Cyrus IMAP Yes iCal iCal Jabber Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin and Sieve Mobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync, Ajax webapp, Microsoft Outlook connector
Citadel/UX Custom Berkeley DB Custom Yes iCal Yes Yes GroupDAV and WebCal support Yes Yes various methods Yes ClamAV on SpamAssassin SpamAssassin, or pre-processed with Postfix or qpsmtpd Hot backups need retained recent database logs
Collaber No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Client–server architecture; for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Collabtive Sendmail, SMTP IMAP server dependent, Database Any IMAP server Unknown iCal Web interface Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Ajax GUI; runs on any operating system with Apache, PHP and MySQL, e.g. Windows, Linux, macOS; commercial support via Open Dynamics
EGroupware SMTP IMAP server dependent Cyrus or any IMAP server Yes iCal Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes on Linux- any external Sieve filters Ajax GUI, Mobile responsive template, integrates with: mobile devices (Z-Push), any IMAP client
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 Sieve filters Ajax GUI, integrates with: mobile devices (Z-Push, Funambol), any IMAP client
Feng Office Community Edition Sendmail, SMTP Database or File system Any IMAP server No SQL, iCal iCal No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Any external (e.g., ClamAV) 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 via Feng Office
Group-Office Custom Postfix IMAP server dependent Custom Yes iCal Web interface No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM Synchronizes with: Microsoft Outlook, iPhone, Android, Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, other SyncML or ActiveSync clients
Horde Sendmail, SMTP No Cyrus, others No No DB, ICAL export No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No rule-based filtering integrates into Kolab, has SyncML-interface
i-sense Sendmail, SMTP IMAP server dependent, Database Any IMAP server Unknown iCal iCal and custom export/synchronisation services No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No SpamAssassin, others Ajax GUI and Microsoft Outlook integration
Intraboom No No No No Own, iCal and Outlook support iCal, Outlook and Google import and export Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Ajax GUI (SPA - single-page application); instant messaging using SignalR; Outlook and Google synchronization
Jumper 2.0 No No Custom No SQL, iCal iCal No Yes Yes Yes Shares any content, media, or data Yes No No Enterprise bookmarking engine, uses peer and social networking principles to tag and link distributed data resources for universal search regardless of vendor, format, or location
Kolab Postfix IMAP (Kolab-XML format) and LDAP Cyrus and (experimental) Dovecot Yes iCal and Kolab-XML format IMAP, iCal- and HTML-Export No Yes Roundcube IMAP and LDAP Yes Yes ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, others Runs on almost all Unix/Linux; integrated Roundcube webfrontend, and ActiveSync (via Syncroton), and serves most common PIM-clients such as Kontact, Microsoft Outlook (with connector plug-in) and others.
OpenGroupware Postfix Mail Dir Cyrus No No Export to iCal XMPP, if purchased No No No No If purchased
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Postfix IMAP server dependent Cyrus or any IMAP server Yes iCal LDAP, Export to iCal No Yes Yes Yes Yes If purchased ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, others Ajax GUI, Microsoft Outlook integration, tasks module
PhpGroupWare No No No Unknown Unknown ICAL Yes Unknown Yes Unknown Yes Yes Quite similar to eGroupWare
Qontext N/A N/A N/A N/A No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No via sign-in and Nofollow Collaboration via wiki, blog, discussion, microblogging, quiz, surveys, shared bookmarks, and integrating with browser based tools like Salesforce.com
Simple Groupware SMTP IMAP server dependent, Database Cyrus, Courier IMAP, UW IMAP, others Yes SQL, iCal and XML format Database, ICAL import/export Built-in chat module Planned for 0.3 Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV, others Mail server dependent Synchronizes with: Outlook, Symbian, Pocket PC, mail notifications, document preview
Synovel Collabsuite Postfix Maildir Dovecot Yes iCal CalDav XMPP N/A Yes Yes No Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin Linux based server with web administration panel; client software for Windows and Linux; rich Ajax-based web access
Teamwork 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; full project management module
Tine 2.0 Postfix or any other SMTP Server SQL DBMail or other IMAP-server if IMAP server support SQL not yet CalDAV or iCal No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Uses external IMAP server; synchronizes with: Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, other ActiveSync clients
Tonido Workspace No No No No Synchronizing, Web based access Built-in chat module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Free, for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux; built-in web server allows P2P synchronizing similar to Microsoft Groove and usual guest workspace access via Ajax based WebUI
Wrike No No No No iCal Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Mobile synchronizing using full compliant Dropbox & Google docs, rich Ajax web access, Microsoft Outlook & iMail connector
Zarafa Postfix, Exim, Qmail, Sendmail, others MySQL, optional attachments on filesystem Yes Public Folder available Outlook, WebApp, Webaccess, iCal, Z-Merge Outlook, WebApp, Webaccess, Z-Merge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, others HTML5 WebApp (with Videoconferencing functionality and (large) file sharing), 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
Zentyal Postfix IMAP server dependent Dovecot No Outlook, Webaccess, iCal Outlook, Webaccess No No Yes Yes No Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin Ajax Web UI, online and offline Outlook native compatibility, fully ActiveSync compatible using SOGo integrates with Samba AD server
Zimbra Custom Postfix Mail Dir w/ index db Custom No iCal ICAL (Removed in v8) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM
Name Mail transfer agent Mail storage type IMAP server IMAP shared Calendar format Calendar shared IM server WebDAV Web UI Contacts shared Files shared Web admin UI Antivirus Spam filter Notes

See also

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