The following is a list of software programs that can communicate with and/or host directory services via the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Developer | Software license [lower-alpha 1] | Comments | |
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389 Directory Server (formerly Fedora Directory Server) | Red Hat | GPL linking exception [9] with exception to allow linking to non-GPL [10] | |
Active Directory | Microsoft | Proprietary | |
Authorized Entities Directory (Æ-DIR) | Michael Ströder | Apache License 2.0 | based on OpenLDAP with additional tools |
Apache Directory Server | Apache Software Foundation | Apache License 2.0 | |
Apple Open Directory - A fork of the OpenLDAP project | Apple Inc. | Proprietary [11] | |
BEJY LDAP Server, [12] a Java LDAP Server. | Stefan "Bebbo" Franke | GPL | |
CA Directory | CA Technologies | Proprietary | |
Critical Path Directory Server | Critical Path | Proprietary | Now owned by Synchronoss Technologies. |
Directory services - A fork of the OpenDJ project | ForgeRock | Proprietary | |
DirX Directory | Atos (ex-Siemens) | [ citation needed ] | |
FreeIPA | Red Hat (using 389 Directory Server) | GPL | |
IBM Tivoli Directory Server | IBM | Proprietary | |
ldapjs, [13] implementation of LDAP in JavaScript on Node.js. | Mark Cavage [14] | MIT License | |
Mandriva Directory Server, now part of Mandriva Management Console | Mandriva development team | GPL | |
/ Meerkat DSA | Wildboar Software | MIT License | Also supports the full X.500 directory protocols: DAP, DSP, and DOP |
Nexor Directory | [ citation needed ] | [ citation needed ] | |
NetIQ eDirectory | NetIQ | Proprietary | Successor to eDirectory and NDS |
OpenBSD ldapd [15] | Martin Hedenfalk, OpenBSD | ISC | |
OpenDJ | Open Identity Platform Community | CDDL | A fork of the OpenDS project developed by ForgeRock, until 2016, [16] now maintained by OpenDJ Community |
OpenDS | Sun Microsystems | CDDL | CDDL-licensed product no longer maintained, now Oracle Unified Directory. |
OpenLDAP | Kurt Zeilenga and others (based on Slapd) | OpenLDAP Public License | |
Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition [17] | Oracle, based on Sun DSEE | Proprietary | |
Oracle Internet Directory | Oracle | Proprietary | |
Oracle Unified Directory | Oracle, based on OpenDS | Proprietary | |
PingDirectory (formerly UnboundID Directory Server [18] ) | Ping Identity | Proprietary | Based on OpenDS. UnboundID was purchased by Ping |
RadiantOne | Radiant Logic | [ citation needed ] | |
Red Hat Directory Server | Red Hat | GPL plus exception | Commercial version of 389 Directory Server |
ReOpenLDAP [19] | Peter-Service R&D | AGPL and OpenLDAP Public License | fork of OpenLDAP with improved stability for highload and multi-master clustering |
Samba4 - Active Directory compatible Domain Controller | Samba Team | GPLv3 | |
Slapd - Standalone LDAP Daemon | University of Michigan | Free[ citation needed ] | superseded by OpenLDAP [20] |
Sun Java System Directory Server | Sun Microsystems | [ citation needed ] | no longer maintained |
Wren:DS [21] | Wren Security [22] | CDDL | A community driven open-source fork of OpenDJ project. |
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