Synchronization

Horde provides several techniques and supports a number of protocols to enable synchronization between Horde applications, resp. Horde Groupware, and large variety of external clients.

Horde supports the following synchronization protocols:


    ActiveSync
    CalDAV
    CardDAV
    WebDAV
    SyncML


Features

For a more detailed feature grid, please see the individual protocol's pages. The number refers to the minimum Horde version required for full read-write support.

+----------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+
|Protocol  |Email|Contacts|Events|Tasks|Notes|Discovery|
+==========+=====+========+======+=====+=====+=========+
|ActiveSync|5.0  |4.0     |4.0   |4.0  |5.1  |5.0      |
+----------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+
|CalDAV    |-    |-       |5.1   |5.1  |-    |5.1      |
+----------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+
|CardDAV   |-    |5.1     |-     |-    |-    |5.1      |
+----------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+
|WebDAV    |-    |-       |3.2   |3.2  |-    |-        |
+----------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+
|SyncML    |-    |3.0     |3.0   |3.0  |-    |-        |
+----------+-----+--------+------+-----+-----+---------+



Clients

This is just a generic overview about the supported clients or device category. For details about supported versions or models, see the individual protocol's pages. Legend: B = builtin, b = partially builtin, E = external app/program/plugin required.

+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Client/Device        |ActiveSync    |CalDAV|CardDAV|WebDAV|SyncML|
+=====================+==============+======+=======+======+======+
|Desktop Clients      |                                           |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Outlook              |B (Since 2013)|?     |?      |?     |?     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Thunderbird/Lightning|E             |B     |E      |B     |E     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Evolution            |?             |?     |?      |?     |?     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Kontact              |?             |?     |?      |?     |?     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Mobile Devices       |                                           |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Android              |B             |E     |E      |E (1) |E     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|iOS                  |B             |B     |B      |-     |?     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Windows Phone        |B             |?     |?      |?     |E     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+
|Blackberry           |B (Since BB10)|B     |B      |?     |?     |
+---------------------+--------------+------+-------+------+------+


(1)Support for such an WebDAV based Appointment sync is provided e.g. by following Android App CalendarSync