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==Client implementations==

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! Client name

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! handles home-sets

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! {{rh}} | AgenDAV<ref>[httphttps://agendavgithub.orgcom/agendav/agendav AgenDAV project home]</ref>

| [[Cross-platform]] [[JavaScript]] [[Web browser]]

| {{GPL-lic}}

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| {{no}} Does not arrange meetings with participants

| {{n/a}}

| out{{D-Out}} of scope

| AgenDAV's fullcalendar.io

| {{no}}

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| {{n/a}}

| out{{D-Out}} of scope

| Android

| {{yes|[[Google Play]]}}

| {{unk}}

| {{noD-Out}} Out of scope

| {{unk}}

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| {{no}} Does not arrange meetings with participants

| {{n/a}}

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| CalDavZAP

| {{no}}

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| out{{D-Out}} of scope

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| {{yes}} vCard 3.0 only

| {{no}}

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| {{no}}

| {{no}} The used server is fixed in the configuration file

| {{noD-Out}} Out of scope

| {{no}} The used server is fixed in the configuration file

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unkyes}}

| out of scope

| out{{D-Out}} of scope

| {{No}} (except attendees/invitations)

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190110234927/https://wwwmanual.davx5.com/manual/technical_information.html#synchronization server always wins])

| Android, OpenTasks

| {{yes|[[Google Play]], OpenTasks}}

| {{yes}}

| out{{D-Out}} of scope

| {{yes}}

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| {{n/a}}

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| Lightning

| {{yes|Lightning}}

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| {{no}}

| {{D-Out}} of scope

| {{D-Out}} of scope

| {{D-Out}} of scope

| {{D-Out}} of scope

| {{D-Out}} of scope

| {{yes}} [[VCard#vCard 3.0|vCard 3.0]] and [[VCard#vCard 4.0|vCard 4.0]]

| {{yes}}

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| [https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/ Mozilla Add-ons (ATN)]

| {{yes}}

| {{D-Out}} of scope

| {{no}}

| {{partial}}

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! {{rh}} | MineTime<ref>[https://minetime.ai MineTime features]</ref>

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* For the command line: [https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer Vdirsyncer] (for WebDAV) + [https://github.com/pimutils/khal Khal] (for calendaring) or + [https://github.com/scheibler/khard Khard] (for contacts)

* Apple's [https://support.apple.com/downloads/ical iCal] and [https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/welcome/mac Calendar]

* For Windows and Mac [https://www.emclient.com/ emeM Client]

* Windows built in-support ([https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-win10-webdav-syncengine kind of])

* For the Web: [https://www.horde.org/apps/kronolith Kronolith]

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==Server implementations==

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! Server name

! [[Software license|License]]

! [[Programming language]]

! Storage backends

! RFC{{IETF RFC|2616}} HTTP/1.1

! RFC{{IETF RFC|2617}} HTTP {{abbr|auth.|authentication}}

! RFC 2518 Web&shy;DAV

! {{IETF RFC 3253|2518}} Web&shy;DAV {{abbr|vers.|versioning}}

! RFC{{IETF 3744RFC|3253}} Web&shy;DAV ACL{{abbr|vers.|versioning}}

! {{IETF RFC 2518|3744}} Web&shy;DAV ACL

! RFC{{IETF RFC|4324}} iCal {{abbr|CAP|Calendar Access Protocol}}

! RFC 4331 Web&shy;DAV quota

! RFC{{IETF 4709RFC|4331}} Web&shy;DAV mountquota

! {{IETF RFC|4709}} 4791 CalWeb&shy;DAV mount

! {{IETF RFC|4791}} 4918 WebCal&shy;DAV {{abbr|ext.|extensions}}

! {{IETF RFC 5397|4918}} Web&shy;DAV current principal{{abbr|ext.|extensions}}

! {{IETF RFC|5397}} Web&shy;DAV current principal

! RFC{{IETF RFC|5545}} {{abbr|rev.|revised}} iCal

(Availability Check)

! RFC{{IETF RFC|5546}} iCal {{abbr|iTIP|transport-independent interoperability protocol}}(Group Scheduling)

! RFC{{IETF RFC|5689}} Web&shy;DAV {{abbr|ext.|extended}} MKCOL

! RFC{{IETF RFC|5995}} Web&shy;DAV POST add member

! RFC{{IETF RFC|6352}} Card&shy;DAV vCard

! RFC{{IETF RFC|6578}} Web&shy;DAV {{abbr|sync|synchronise}}

! RFC{{IETF RFC|6638}} Cal&shy;DAV {{abbr|sched.|scheduling}}(Auto-Schedule)

! RFC{{IETF RFC|7529}} iCal <!-- abbreviation? -->{{abbr|RSCALE|non-Gregorian calendar}}

! RFC{{IETF RFC|7540}} HTTP/2

! RFC{{IETF RFC|7809}} Cal&shy;DAV time zones by {{abbr|ref.|reference}}

! RFC{{IETF RFC|7953}} iCal <!-- abbreviation? -->{{abbr|VAVAIL&shy;ABILITY|personal availability}}

! [http://www.calconnect.org/pubdocs/CD0903%20Freebusy%20Read%20URL.pdf <span title="FBURL">Free-busy URL</span>]

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| {{GPL-lic}}

| [[PHP]]

| MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{Some}}

| {{no}}

| {{unkno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{unkno}}

| {{unkyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unkyes}}

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! {{rh}} | Bedework<ref>[https://www.apereo.org/projects/bedework Bedework overview]</ref>

| {{free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}}

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

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| {{free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}}

| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{GPL-lic}}

| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]

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| {{free|[[BSD licenses|BSD]]}}

| [[C (programming language)|C]]

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| {{GPL-lic}}

| [[PHP]]

| PostgreSQL

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

| {{yes}}

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! {{rh}} | DavMail<ref>[httphttps://davmail.sourceforge.net/ DavMail project home]</ref>

| {{GPL-lic}}

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{unk}}

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| {{free|[[GNU GPLv3]]}}

| [[JavaScript]]

| SQLite

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! {{rh}} | [[Group-Office]]<ref>[https://www.group-office.com Group-Office website]</ref>

| {{some|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]], [[proprietary software|proprietary]]}}

| [[PHP]]

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

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| {{free|[[GNU LGPL]]}}

| [[PHP]]

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

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! {{rh}} | [[Nextcloud]]<ref>[https://nextcloud.com/ Nextcloud home]</ref>

| {{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]] v3}}

| [[PHP]]

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

| {{unk}}

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| {{unk}}

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! {{rh}} | [[Open Xchange]]

| {{GPL-lic}}, [[Creative Commons|CC]]

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[JavaScript]]

| {{unk}}

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! {{rh}} | [[ownCloud]]<ref>[http://owncloud.org/ ownCloud home]</ref>

| {{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]] v3}}

| [[PHP]]

| MySQL

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

| {{unk}}

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| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]

| Filesystem

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| {{Some}}

| {{unkYes}}

| {{no}}

| {{unkNo}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unkNo}}

| {{unkNo}}

| {{unkNo}}

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! {{rh}} | [[SabreDAV]]<ref>[http://sabre.io/dav/standards-support/ SabreDAV Supported RFC's]</ref>

| {{free|[[BSD licenses|BSD]]}}

| [[PHP]]

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

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| [[Objective-C]]

| MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle

| {{yes}}

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! {{rh}} | [https://www.xandikos.org/ Xandikos]<ref>[https{{cite web |url=http://jelmerxandikos.ukorg/code |title=Git-Backed CalDAV/CardDAV server |accessdate=2022-06-06}}[https://www.xandikos.org/ Xandikos]</ref>

| {{GPL-lic}}

| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]

| Filesystem

| {{yes}}

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! {{rh}} | [[Zarafa (software)|Zarafa]]

| {{some|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]], [[proprietary software|proprietary]]}}

| [[PHP]]

| MySQL

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|PHP_HTTP}}

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| [[Perl]]

| {{unk}}

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! {{rh}} | Meishi<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/meishi |title=Meishi, A lightweight CardDAV server built on Rails 3; GitHub repository |website=[[GitHub]] |access-date=2020-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611032700/https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/meishi |archive-date=2018-06-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| {{BSD-lic}}

| [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}_'basic'

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| {{GPL-lic}}

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

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