On 04.03.2016 15:46, Matthew Weigel wrote: > On 2016-03-03 21:36, Joe Er wrote: >> What do you use to manage your contacts? I am currently using the >> address book in Thunderbird and am wondering if there is something that >> is better. > > I'm not proud of it, but I use egroupware. I almost never actually > use the web interface, however; I rely on its CardDAV service. It > keeps my contacts synchronized between Thunderbird on multiple computers > and operating systems (via SoGo Connector), RoundCube (via the carddav > plugin), and multiple Apple devices (used by different people in my > family). In general I mostly interact directly with the Addressbook in > iOS; Thunderbird and Roundcube are integrated primarily to make sure I > can easily look up email addresses. > > If I were starting over I would also consider ownCloud, but the security > of this stuff is all terrible. Google's CardDAV service is probably > more secure, to everyone but Google anyway, but I prefer to host my own. > I do what I can to mitigate the security problems, and keep backups.
For something self-hosted and lighter, you might consider using radicale (http://radicale.org/). Runs perfectly on OpenBSD and supports CalDAV and CardDAV. Just my 2c Daniel -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are!
