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.
When Tiki started with Cypht in 2019, some key features were missing, but we added them. Ex.: Sieve filters, Blocking senders, Archive folders, Snooze emails, IMAP folder subscriptions, Delete attachments (but keep email), IMAP draft emails (instead of draft emails in browser sessions), etc.
See also:
* ((Cypht Integration status))