History: Roundcube vs Cypht
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Why did Tiki pick ((Cypht)) as a webmail solution instead of the more popular Roundcube?
Cypht is __the pluggable webmail of the PHP ecosystem__.
!! Roundcube vs Cypht
* Availability on Packagist
** No: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/5938
** Yes: https://github.com/cypht-org/cypht/issues/311
* JMAP support
** No: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/5918
** Started: https://github.com/cypht-org/cypht/issues/180
* Support for multiple accounts
** No: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/4972
** Yes: https://cypht.org/documentation.html
The two projects have a similar activity level:
https://openhub.net/p/_compare?project_0=Cypht+Webmail&project_1=Roundcube+Webmail
About licensing: Cypht changed the license to be the same as Tiki, and thus easier to share code between Tiki and Cypht: https://github.com/cypht-org/cypht/issues/333
LGPL 2.1 (vs GPL) also makes Cypht more pluggable.
The collaboration between Cypht and Tiki has similarities with [https://roundcubeinbox.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/the-kolab-story/|Roundcube and Kolab] (but started a decade later!). In recent years, much of the innovation in Roundcube is driven by Kolab. Similarly, as of 2023, the Tiki project is the main driver of innovation in Cypht.