OGo is a groupware server for Unix like operation systems. It has very rich functionality, extensive APIs, but unfortunately a very old Web 1.0 user interface.
This is the SOPE based Objective-C version.
There is also a more "modern" Java implementation of the logic layer, called OGoCore which works on the same database / alongside the Objective-C version.
OGo can work on top of a set of databases, from MySQL to Oracle, but the recommended backend is PostgreSQL.
Saves and organizes thousands of personal and company contacts, telephone, fax, addresses, e-mail contact addresses just to mention a few. Easily configurable with extensive and speedy search capabilities, categorization and remotely accessible.
Manage meetings and events for an entire group or individual set of accounts. Attach notes to appointments. Link appointments to contacts and projects. Automatic detection of conflicts.
Keep track of your company's resources such as automobiles, projectors or conference rooms. Searchable timeslots to check for availability of specific resources or resources assigned to a specific group. Automatically check for resource conflicts upon appointment creation.
You may organize tasks by person, group or specific project. "Todo" lists can be ordered by priority, due date, processing status etc. An overview of all tasks is stored in the projects application as well as sorted by company. All tasks are also summarized on the personal page.
The integrated (IMAP4 based) e-mail client offers a comfortable environment for reading and creating e-mails as well as organizing email by folders. A global, and configurable contact directory eliminates the endless search for the correct e-mail address.
Share documents and files, locally or remotely, in groups or privately in a project centric environment. Link projects to customer or employee contacts and or link tasks to projects. Store email, Office documents such as faxes in the document archive which can be associated with any project. Finally, link any OGo application with your project. A true project centric environment.
The Newsboard gives you the opportunity to publish important information or articles to the Intranet. Defineable headlines that can be linked to other related articles or news items. In addition, the Newsboard shows upcoming appointments and tasks and serves as a personal page.
Using the Palm application you can synchronize data from your Palm device to the other OGo applications. Use the Palm application to resolve remote synchronization conflicts and to configure how and when Palm data is synchronized with the global enterprise database.
The OGo user interface is highly configurable by the user or administrator. The Preferences application manages all the various options available for the applications similar in design to a Windows or KDE control panel.
Management of accounts, groups and configurations for OGo are done using a simple and intuitive web interface. Easily create teams, location teams and accounts, resources and resource groups or configure server options. The OGo Usermanager Application provides extremely fine grained configuration options.
Thats it? No! OpenGroupware.org is an extensible application and portal server. All the available applications are implemented as plugins to the main server and can be extended and enhanced in various ways.
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for an overview over the source tree, take a look at the OVERVIEW file
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for build instructions, go to the developer section on http://www.opengroupware.org/
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to contact the OGo developers, join one of the mailing lists available on http://www.opengroupware.org/
OGo was the OpenSource release of the "SKYRIX Groupware Server" written at the SKYRIX Software AG in the late nineties.
At the time it was quite popular and widely deployed.
Development mostly slowed down around 2006 and essentially stopped at the end of 2009. As of 2024, it is still in heavy use at some companies though :-)
In the late days there was also a Java version of the logic called OGoCore, and a few things around that, like a JSON API. But that didn't get maintainance either.
2024-09-03 Let's see whether we can revive it!
License and copyright information for the various modules are contained in the appropriate
COPYRIGHT
and
COPYING / COPYING.LIB
files. Except for modules contained in the ThirdParty directory, most sources are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License and the copyright is owned by SKYRIX Software AG.