List of collaborative software

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This list is divided into proprietary or free software, and open source software, with several comparison tables of different product and vendor characteristics. It also includes a section of project collaboration software, which is a standard feature in collaboration platforms.

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General

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

General Information

NameCreatorLatest stable releaseStable
release date
First public
release date
Database backendLicenseSoftware
product
available
SaaS
available
Adobe LiveCycle Adobe 92010Filesystem Proprietary YesNo
Alfresco Alfresco Software 23.4 [1] 2024-11-22 [±] 2005 MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server [2] LGPL YesYes
Altova MetaTeam Altova GmbH 201320122010Cloud Proprietary NoYes
Assembla Assembla Continuous Delivery20132006 Proprietary YesYes
Collaborate HighQ 4.420182001 Proprietary NoYes
Collabora Online Collabora 24.04.11.4 [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2025-01-162016n/a as integrates with storage providers MPLv2 YesYes
ConceptDraw Office CS Odessa4.42018-04-172008 Proprietary YesYes
Confluence Atlassian 8.5.2 [4] 4 October 2023;16 months ago (4 October 2023) [±] 2004 Proprietary YesYes
Drupal Drupal 11.1.1 [5]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 6 January 2025; 47 days ago [±] 2001 MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite [6] GPL 2, 3 YesYes
EGroupware EGroupware16.120212003 MariaDB, MySql, PostgreSQL GPLv2 YesYes
Easy Redmine Easy Software13.3.0October 20232007MySQL database (Percona)Open SourceYesYes
EMC Documentum eRoom EMC 7.4.420122003FilesystemProprietaryYesNo
Google Drive Google Cloud Proprietary NoYes
HumHub HumHub GmbH & Co. KG1.17.0 [7] 2025-01-13; 40 days ago2014 MariaDB, MySQL [8] AGPL YesYes
IBM Connections Suite IBM 6 CR5 [9] 2019-05-30 [±] June 27, 2007 IBM Db2 Proprietary YesYes
IBM Domino IBM 8.5.22010-08-24December 1996 Proprietary YesYes
IBM Notes IBM Proprietary YesYes
IBM Sametime IBM Proprietary YesYes
ICEFLO Agenor Technology v 3.15.02009IBM SoftLayer Proprietary YesYes
IceWarp Mail Server IceWarp 12.1.12018-10-301998 Proprietary YesYes
InLoox InLoox, Inc. 10.2.8 [10] 2021-03-291999 Microsoft SQL Server [11] Proprietary YesYes
Jive Jive Software 9.0.7.1 [12] 2019-03-20 [±] 2006Oracle, MS SQL, Db2, mySQL, Postgres Proprietary
Kolab The Kolab-Project and Kolab Systems AG 3.32014-08-20July 17, 2003 IMAP(File/mail)-basedvarious Free Software licensesYesYes
Kune Comunes Collective 1.0.02015-03-18July 17, 2003 AGPL YesYes
LibreOffice Online The Document Foundation 6.1320182017 MPL 2.0 YesNo
LogicalDOC Logical Objects Community Edition 8.7.32022-02-082006 LGPL YesYes
Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft 20162011-08-042007Exchange DB Proprietary YesYes
Microsoft Live Meeting Microsoft 200720071997 Proprietary YesYes
Microsoft Lync Server Microsoft 20102010November 2000SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary YesYes
Microsoft Office Microsoft 201620161990 Proprietary YesYes
Microsoft Project Server Microsoft 20102010-06-152000 Proprietary YesYes
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Microsoft 2019[ citation needed ]2018-10-22 [±] 2001SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary YesNo
Microsoft SharePoint Server Microsoft 2019[ citation needed ]2018-10-22 [±] 2001SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary YesYes
Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Microsoft 2019[ citation needed ]2018-10-22 [±] 2007 Proprietary YesNo
Microsoft Team Foundation Server Microsoft 201520151994SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary YesNo
Microsoft Windows Live Microsoft 20112010-09November 1, 2005Cloud Proprietary NoYes
Nefsis Nefsis 3.722011-01-071998Cloud Proprietary YesYes
Nextcloud Nextcloud 30.0.6 [13]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2025-02-13; 9 days ago2016 MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite [14] AGPLv3+ YesYes
Notion Notion Labs Inc.2016 Proprietary YesYes
Oracle WebCenter Oracle 11g2009-07 Proprietary
SAP NetWeaver Portal SAP 2004 Proprietary
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Software Community Association27.1 [15]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-11-23; 2 months agoOctober 2002 MariaDB, MySQL [16] LGPL YesNo
TrackerSuite.Net Automation Centre 3.62010-112006SQL Server Proprietary YesYes
Traction TeamPage Traction Software 6.2 (76) [17] 2025-01-29 [±] December 1, 1999NoSQL Journal, MySQL Proprietary YesYes
Wrike Wrike 201320072006PostgreSQL Proprietary NoYes
WPS Office Kingsoft 20192019-05-061988SQL Server or SQL EE Proprietary YesYes
XWiki XWiki 17.0.0 [18] 2025-01-28 [±] May 22, 2007 HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle [19] LGPL YesYes
Xaitporter Xait 201420022001 Oracle Proprietary NoYes
Zoho Projects Zoho 5.02015-01-20August 26, 2006 MySQL Proprietary NoYes
NameCreatorLatest stable releaseStable
release date
First public
release date
Database backendLicenseSoftware
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
IBM Sametime No, integrated with Lotus DominoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
IBM Lotus Domino YesYesYes with integrated SametimeYes with integrated SametimeYes with integrated SametimeYes with integrated SametimeNoYes with integrated SametimeYes with integrated SametimeNo
IceWarp Mail Server YesNoYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYes
Microsoft Exchange Server YesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNo
Microsoft Lync Server No, integrated with Exchange ServerNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft SharePoint No, integrated with Exchange ServerNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNo
Nextcloud YesYes, email to VOIPYesYesYesYesYes collaborative editing with integrated video conferencingYesYesYes
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
Easy Redmine YesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYesNoYesYesYesYesNo
EGroupware YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYes, web, webdav
Google Workspace Yes, Sites Yes, Sites YesNoNoYes, simpleNoYes, simpleYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
IBM Connections YesYesYesYes, simpleYesYes, simpleNoNoYesYesNoNoNoNoYesYesNoNo
IBM Lotus Domino NoNoYesYes, simpleYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
IceWarp Mail Server NoNoYesYes, simpleYesYesNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoYesYesNoYes
InLoox NoNoYesYesYesYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYes, limitedYesYesYes, MS Office Interface
Jive Software YesYesYesYes, simpleNoYesNoNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYes, MS Office Interface
Kune YesIn developmentYesYes, simpleNoYesyes, wave-basedNoYesYesyes (gadget)NoNoNoIn developmentYesNoReal-time collaborative documents
Microsoft Exchange Server NoNoYesYes, simpleYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Microsoft Office NoNoNoNoNoYes, simpleNoYesNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoYes, desktop
Microsoft Project Server NoNoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Microsoft Sharepoint YesYesYesYes, simpleYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes, web
Microsoft Team Foundation Server NoNoYesYesYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYesNoYesYesNoYesNo
Nextcloud NoYesYesYesYes, limitedNoNoNoYesNoYesYesYes, limitedYesYes, limitedYesYes, limitedYes
Smartsheet NoYes [20] Yes [21] Yes [22] Yes [23] Yes [24] YesNoYes [25] NoYes [26] Yes [27] NoYes [28] NoNoYes [29] Yes, MS Office Interface
Traction TeamPage YesYesYesYesYes, simpleYesYesNoYesYesYes, plug-inYes, basicNoYes, usage charts, APIYesYes, plug-inYesYes, web, webdav
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware YesYesYesYes, simpleYesYesYes (newsletter)YesYesYesYesYesNoYes (basic)YesYesYesYes, web
Wrike NoNoYesYesYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYesNoYesYesYesNoYes, web
Xaitporter NoNoYes, limitedYesYesYesNoNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesNoYes, webdav
Trello NoNoYes, limitedYesYesNoNoNoYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNo
XWiki Enterprise YesYesYes, extensionYes, extensionYes, extensionYes, extensionYes, extensionYes, extensionYes, extensionYesYes, extensionNoNoYes, extensionYes, and extension for ratingYesYes, (Lucene/SolR)Yes, web
Zoho Projects YesNoYesYesYes, limitedYesNoNoYesNoNoYesNoYesYes, limitedYesNoYes, 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
IBM Connections YesYesYesYesYesYes
IBM Lotus Domino YesYesYesYesYesYes
IBM Lotus QuickPlace YesYesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft Exchange Server YesYesYesNoNoNo
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server NoYesYesYesYesNo
Microsoft Sharepoint YesYesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft Team Foundation Server NoYesYesYesYesYes
Nextcloud YesYesYesYesYesYes
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

NameMail transfer agentMail storage typeIMAP serverIMAP sharedCalendar formatCalendar sharedIM serverWebDAVWeb UIContacts sharedFiles sharedWeb admin UIAntivirusSpam filterNotes
Axigen SMTP proprietary RFC compliantproprietary indexed storageproprietary RFC compliantYes iCal available from Microsoft Outlook & Webmail NoNoYesYesNoYes ClamAV SpamAssassin, Sieve, othersMobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync, Ajax GUI, multiplatform, Microsoft Outlook connector with online/offline modes
Bynari SMTP PostfixIMAPCyrus IMAPYes iCal iCal JabberYesYesYesYesYes ClamAV SpamAssassin and SieveMobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync, Ajax webapp, Microsoft Outlook connector
Citadel/UX Custom Berkeley DB CustomYes iCal YesYesGroupDAV and WebCal supportYesYesvarious methodsYesClamAV on SpamAssassinSpamAssassin, or pre-processed with Postfix or qpsmtpd Hot backups need retained recent database logs
EGroupware SMTP IMAP server dependent Cyrus or any IMAP serverYes iCal YesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes on Linux- any externalSieve filters Ajax GUI, Mobile responsive template, integrates with: mobile devices (Z-Push), any IMAP client
Feng Office Community Edition Sendmail, SMTP Database or File system Any IMAP serverNo SQL, iCal iCal NoNoYesYesYesYesAny 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 dependentCustomYes iCal Web interface NoYesYesYesYesYes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM Synchronizes with: Microsoft Outlook, iPhone, Android, Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, other SyncML or ActiveSync clients
Horde Sendmail, SMTP No Cyrus, othersNoNoDB, ICAL exportNoYesYesYesYesYesNo rule-based filtering integrates into Kolab, has SyncML-interface
Jumper 2.0 NoNoCustomNo SQL, iCal iCal NoYesYesYesShares any content, media, or dataYesNoNo 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-ExportNoYes Roundcube IMAP and LDAP YesYes ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, othersRuns 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 NoNoExport to iCal XMPP, if purchasedNoNoNoNoIf purchased
Open-
Xchange
Postfix [33] IMAP server dependent [34] Cyrus, Courier, Dovecot [35] Yes iCal [36] LDAP, CalDAV, Google, Export to iCal [37] NoYesYesYesYesIf purchased ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, others Ajax GUI, Microsoft Outlook integration, tasks module
PhpGroupWare NoNoNoUn­knownUn­known ICAL YesUn­knownYesUn­knownYesYesQuite similar to eGroupWare
Simple Groupware SMTP IMAP server dependent, Database Cyrus, Courier IMAP, UW IMAP, othersYes SQL, iCal and XML format Database, ICAL import/exportBuilt-in chat modulePlanned for 0.3YesYesYesYes ClamAV, othersMail server dependentSynchronizes with: Outlook, Symbian, Pocket PC, mail notifications, document preview
Tine 2.0 Postfix or any other SMTP Server SQL DBMail or other IMAP-serverif IMAP server support SQL not yet CalDAV or iCalNoNoYesYesNoYesNoNoUses external IMAP server; synchronizes with: Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, other ActiveSync clients
Tonido Workspace NoNoNoNoSynchronizing, Web-based accessBuilt-in chat moduleYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoFree, 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
Twproject relies on existing SMTPsynchronizes with clientsNoYes iCal iCal NoNoYesYesYesYesNoNoSynchronizes with: Outlook, Google calendars, mail; full project management module
Wrike NoNoNoNo iCal YesNoYesYesYesYesYesNoNoMobile 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 filesystemYesPublic Folder available Outlook, WebApp, Webaccess, iCal, Z-Merge Outlook, WebApp, Webaccess, Z-Merge YesYesYesYesYesYes ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, othersHTML5 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
Kopano Postfix, Exim, Qmail, Sendmail, others MySQL, optional attachments on filesystemYesPublic Folder available Outlook, WebApp, iCal, Z-Merge Outlook, WebApp, Z-Merge YesYesYesYesYesYes ClamAV, others SpamAssassin, othersHTML5 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, WebaccessUn­knownUn­knownYesYesUn­knownYes 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 dbCustomNo iCal ICAL (Removed in v8)YesYesYesYesYes ClamAV SpamAssassin, DSPAM
NameMail transfer agentMail storage typeIMAP serverIMAP sharedCalendar formatCalendar sharedIM serverWebDAVWeb UIContacts sharedFiles sharedWeb admin UIAntivirusSpam filterNotes

See also

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