OpenDesk
free and open-source productivity software suite
OpenDesk (stylised as openDesk) is a free and open-source suite of productivity software developed by the German Center for Digital Sovereignty in Public Administration (ZenDiS). Designed for the public sector as an alternative to Microsoft's Office and 365 products, OpenDesk is part of Germany's digital sovereignty project, which aims to reduce the country's reliance on software services from United States technology companies.
The software suite is a web application that integrates a word processor, spreadsheet editor and presentation program (Collabora Online); cloud storage service (Nextcloud); email server, digital calendar and contact manager (Open-Xchange); instant messenger (Element); videotelephony service (Jitsi); project management tool (OpenProject); and wiki (XWiki). OpenDesk is provided in community and enterprise editions, with the latter in both self-hosted and software-as-a-service (SaaS) configurations.
History
OpenDesk was initially created as a fork of Dataport Phoenix (dPhoenix), an abandoned office suite project funded by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. ZenDiS started collaborating with the French Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) in February 2024 to develop features for OpenDesk and its French equivalent, LaSuite. The agencies added videotelephony, note-taking, and single sign-on features to both software suites in 100 workdays. Through government procurement, ZenDiS began employing open-source software firm B1 Systems in August 2024 to create and maintain OpenDesk's enterprise edition.
On 20 October 2024, ZenDiS released version 1.0 of OpenDesk. As of that year, according to iX, the German government had allocated a combined €45 million to ZenDiS for OpenDesk development.
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