OpenProject at FOSDEM 2024

We at OpenProject are excited to participate again this year at FOSDEM. Being an open source platform, we aim to engage with fellow developers in the open source community, exchange ideas, network, and explore collaboration opportunities.

Some of the OpenProject team will be present in Brussels, including our co-founder Wieland Lindenthal, who will also be giving a talk in the context of openDesk:

About openDesk

Currently, there’s a gap in open source options for comprehensive suites that encompass typical collaboration needs like email, chat, document & knowledge management, issue tracking, and user management. This often leads IT departments to opt for proprietary options like Microsoft 365 or Google Workplace.

Nonetheless, new alternatives are emerging – such as “openDesk – The Sovereign Workspace”, a project led by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs (BMI) and represented by ZenDiS. openDesk is dedicated to creating a robust open source counterpart to Microsoft 365, ensuring that all software, integrations, and necessary infrastructure are open source licensed. Central to this endeavor are various European open source software providers, such as Univention for user management, Open-Xchange for email, Nextcloud for file management, Nordeck / Jitsi for video conferencing, Element for chat, Collabora for document editing, OpenProject for project management, and XWiki for knowledge management.

For further details on openDesk, please visit: https://gitlab.opencode.de/bmi/opendesk/info.

openDesk with OpenProject and XWiki at FOSDEM

The speakers Clément Aubin from XWiki and Wieland Lindenthal from OpenProject will outline the project, its governance structure, and how the various contributors collaborate to enhance open-source product integrations, aiming to establish a functional platform. The concluding segment will feature a demonstration of openDesk’s latest iteration.

Join them in person at FOSDEM or tune in on Saturday, February 3, 2:00 p.m. CET.