Horde (software)

Horde Application Framework

Horde Portal
Developer(s)	The Horde Core Team
Stable release	5.2.10 / March 21, 2016[1]
Development status	Active
Written in	PHP
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English and many others (multilingual)[2]
Type	Web application framework
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	www.horde.org

Horde is a free web-based groupware.

The components of this groupware rest on the Horde framework. This PHP-based framework provides all the elements required for rapid web application development.

Horde offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package (calendar, notes, tasks, file manager), a wiki and a time and task tracking software.

History

The Horde framework evolved from the IMP (Internet Messaging Project) webmail that Chuck Hagenbuch published on Freshmeat in 1998.^[3] A constant stream of feature requests not all fitting for a webmail application led to the development of a more generic web application backbone: the Horde framework. The first announcement on Freshmeat was version 1.3.3 at the beginning of 2001.^[4] The release of Horde 2.0 and IMP 3.0 was the first one with two truly separate components.^[5]

Horde as a generic web application framework primarily supported the webmail as well as a set of groupware applications by the time Horde 3.0 was released in 2004.^[6] The modular and flexible nature of the software allowed many service providers and packagers to integrate the software into their portfolio. Horde is the software used for webmail offered by SAPO^[7] which serves several million users.^[8] The software has been packaged for all major Linux distributions^[9][10][11] and is available as a component in hosting tools such as Plesk^[12] or cPanel.^[13]

With the release of Horde 4.0 in 2011^[14] the framework saw significant architectural changes, a split into nearly a hundred separate PEAR packages^[15] and support for smartphones.

While preparing the last Horde 3 maintenance release in February 2012 the Horde developers discovered that hackers breached the security of the Horde FTP server and managed to place a backdoor into three of the distributed packages.^[16] The attack had taken place in November the year before so that the modified packages were distributed over three months. One of the tainted packages was picked up by the unstable branches of Debian and Ubuntu and were fixed immediately after the successful attack was disclosed.^[17] The attackers did not modify the newer Horde 4 sources.

Applications

The Horde framework contains the following applications and application groups.

Horde Email Platform

• IMP - a web-based email client.
  • MIMP - a stripped down version of IMP for use on devices with a small screen or limited HTML support such as mobile phones, PDAs and others.
• Ingo - an email filter rules manager.
• Sork - a collection of four other Horde modules (accounts, forwards, passwd, and vacation) which together perform various account management functions.

Horde Groupware

• Kronolith - a calendar application.
• Mnemo - a note manager.
• Nag - a multiuser task list manager.
• Turba - a Horde address book / contact manager.

Horde Groupware Webmail Edition

Horde Groupware Webmail Edition extends the Horde Groupware by the Horde e-mail applications IMP and Ingo.

Horde developer tools

• Chora – a version control repository viewer supporting CVS and Subversion.
• Whups – the Web Horde User Problem Solver, a ticket-tracking system

Integration into other products

Horde was the web client for the Kolab groupware system up until version 3. It is also integrated into the cPanel & WHM and Plesk Server management software.

See also

• List of collaborative software#Open source or free software compares its features with others

References

1. "Horde-5.2.10 release". lists.horde.org. 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
2. "Horde localization". www.horde.org. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
3. "Horde case study". www.horde.org. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
4. "Horde-1.3.3 release". freecode.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
5. "Horde-2.0 release". marc.info. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
6. "Horde-3.0 release". it-republik.de. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
7. "Horde powering portugalmail.pt". codebits.eu. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
8. "Horde developer supports SAPO". janschneider.de. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
9. "Horde on Debian". wiki.debian.org. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
10. "Horde on Ubuntu". packages.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
11. "Horde RPMs". rpmfind.net. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
12. "Horde via Plesk" (PDF). www.parallels.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
13. "Horde via cPanel". cpanel.net. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
14. "Horde4.0 release". techworld.com.au. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
15. "Horde PEAR server". pear.horde.org. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
16. "Horde 3 tainted by backdoor". arstechnica.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
17. "Debian removal of the backdoor". debian.org. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

External links

• Official website