Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

jason_f · 2009-06-12 03:20:58

I'm looking to deploy a shared calendar for my workgroup at the office, on our server.

Ideally I would like this to be simple to setup, and am really looking for something with a web based client.
I've come across quite a few calender server apps but they require client software to communicate with the server.

found a few that have built in web clients but the setup seems fairly complex.

I suppose complex setup is okay but would still like recommendations for a good one so i'm not wasting time getting it setup if it sucks.

something like google calendar would be perfect but I want to run it on my (arch) server and not the interwebz.

As far as for what we plan to do with it would be a single, or possibly 2 or 3 shared calendars. I would like to have logins for each user and give them either read only or change access to the calendar. I dont need individual calendars for each user. Just a couple of global shared ones that everyone can update. Currently running lighttpd but I can change to apache if need be.

any ideas appreciated

timm · 2009-08-28 15:14:17

I'm looking to do the same thing, wondering if you made a decision and how it's working out.

jason_f · 2009-09-02 01:45:21

Not working out very well im afraid
I did find a few and played around with them but really didnt find anything that did what I wanted.

http://www.bedework.org/bedework/
setup seemed a bit complicated and it was also very much targeted at universities. though I didnt play around with it very long, might be promising if you invest some time into it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_%28software%29
this project is dead. It works. You can build it, but the interface is horrible and it doesnt seem very usable or user friendly.

http://www.zimbra.com/community/downloads.html
This is email and everything. It has a calendar, but its pretty heavy to run this if you just want a calendar app.

http://bongo-project.org/Main_Page
This one is very promising. I got wonderful support from the devs on irc when I ran into install issues. Unfortunately the gui hasnt been fully developed it seems. The calendar comes up fine but there is no interface to add appointments, etc. at least that I could see. I was a bit discourced and didnt go back to the devs to get more info...

maybe you will have better luck than I did...

rwd · 2009-09-03 11:42:16

You might try these:
squirrelmail - webmail client, also has calendar plugin
OpenGoo - google apps-like suite
citadel - groupware suite << this seems closest to what you want

Last edited by rwd (2009-09-03 11:52:17)

zenlord · 2009-09-03 12:08:29

We are using davical on our server, it's using the full caldav-spec and is written in PHP/postgreSQL. Easy to set up and we are using it together with evolution (but every caldav-app should be able to use it without any problem)

Recently someone started a webclient (I found it on the sourceforge mailing list), and it should be functional but I didn't get it to work. That is probably completely my fault, since I'm not too experienced (yet) in server setups.

Last edited by zenlord (2009-09-03 12:09:11)

ajc · 2010-02-10 01:10:34

jason_f wrote:

I'm looking to deploy a shared calendar for my workgroup at the office, on our server.
Ideally I would like this to be simple to setup, and am really looking for something with a web based client.
I've come across quite a few calender server apps but they require client software to communicate with the server.
any ideas appreciated

Definitely give Citadel a try.
http://www.citadel.org

Very easy to install, and everything it needs is built in -- no weird database configurations, no manual integration, just install and go.

ngoonee · 2010-02-10 01:53:50

ajc wrote:

jason_f wrote:
I'm looking to deploy a shared calendar for my workgroup at the office, on our server.
Ideally I would like this to be simple to setup, and am really looking for something with a web based client.
I've come across quite a few calender server apps but they require client software to communicate with the server.
any ideas appreciated
Definitely give Citadel a try.
http://www.citadel.org
Very easy to install, and everything it needs is built in -- no weird database configurations, no manual integration, just install and go.

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#1 2009-06-12 03:20:58

Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

#2 2009-08-28 15:14:17

Re: Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

#3 2009-09-02 01:45:21

Re: Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

#4 2009-09-03 11:42:16

Re: Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

#5 2009-09-03 12:08:29

Re: Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

#6 2010-02-10 01:10:34

Re: Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

#7 2010-02-10 01:53:50

Re: Recomendation for calendar app for server/sharing

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