phpGroupWare (formerly known as webdistro) is a web-based and web service for groupware applications. It includes all the standard PIM applications such as email, calendar, address-book, todo list, and notes. The system as a whole supports user preferences, themes, user permissions, multi-language support, an advanced API, and user groups.

Due to the powerful, well defined and easy to use API other applications can and have been fully integrated. All applications are optionally installed so that the admin can pick and choose only the applications that meet the needs of users.

The web interface is the most fully supported interface to the applications in phpGroupWare but not the only one. With the use of the simple XML-RPC protocol which is now supported in phpGroupWare, developers and users can access the applications functionality and data from other applications. These applications would need to be written in a language that supports XML-RPC but that includes most of the existing. This makes phpGroupWare a "web service" because it is offering up is functionality as a service to other applications and this gives developers and users alike great power and flexibility.

phpGroupWare is a web based, open source alternative to expensive groupware solutions such as MS Exchange, Lotus Notes or Novell Groupwise. The core applications listed below are accessed with a web browser from a single login prompt. Access to information in each application can be granted based on user and group privileges.

phpGroupWare is becoming a top intranet/groupware tool and application framework. It includes a great many features:

• Web based Email account - you@yourdomain.com
  • send and receive attachments
  • store messages in folders
  • filter and search capabilities
  • manage multiple imap and pop3 accounts
  • secured with 128 bit SSL encryption
• Address Book
  • integrated with email
  • over 30 predefined fields
  • import/export to Outlook, Netscape, Palm
  • assign categories
  • create mail merge files, etc
• Calendar
  • share calendars
  • emails meeting notices automatically
  • accept/decline meetings
  • re-occuring events support
  • matrix view of your calendar and any others you have access to
• To-Do list
  • keep track of your tasks
  • assign or receive tasks from others, basing on your privileges and group memberships
• Project Management
  • plan and track multiple projects
  • keep track of budgets and work hours
• File Manager
  • store files privately in your own filespace or share files with other members of groups you belong to
  • supply as much disk space as you need (depending of your web-hosting plan capabilities)
• Chat
  • private, secure chat with other users logged on to the system
• Content Management System
  • site admin can define overall site design and delegate responsibility for categories and individual pages
  • powerful module system makes it easy to create and add new modules

And much more...

• Bookmark program
• Trouble Ticket System
• Forums
• Polls
• Headline news
• FTP Client
• Resource Booking System (being merged into calendar) Human Resources Program Inventory Program

This new framework makes full use of new XML technologies, standards and protocols. It improves performance, and makes movement to support languages other than PHP for its applications.

Online Demo

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Technical features:

• Built-in setup program
• Tight security controls (inheritance and inheritance rights masks)
• Input validation as standard
• Performance improvements
• Consistant standards throught system
• Embrace XML solutions
• Use XSLT for interface templating/skins
• Offload XSLT rendering to browser when possible (IE 5.5+ and Mozilla 1.4+)
• Interface structure provides transparent support for SOAP and XML-RPC.
• Automatic anonymous session support
• Better structure for web content management
• Contain all required parts in the API
• Multi-language support using gettext
• Cleaner directory structure
• Much cleaner and faster setup/installation system
• XML for config, and for app table setup and upgrade details
• Class caching mechanism for nice a performance boost.
• Preferences system which has ability to allow users to change prefs only for current session (does not save to database)
• Supports nearly all of the popular database out there, by using adodb and axmls

Help4Hosters offers a great variety of services regarding phpGroupWare. We will develop a custom module or application following your request. Our designers will create a unique theme for your software to gain a pleasant and remarkable outlook.

We accept all kinds of custom orders featuring any task for phpGroupWare. We offer installation of phpGroupWare for as low as $20.