Chandler 0.1 Released

kolchak writes "Very promising news is Chandler 0.1 (the Open Source PIM) has finally been released. 'While we are still very early in the design and implementation process, we intend for this 0.1 release to make us a more fully open project. We have made the release available for download, opened up our bug tracking database, and opened our source code repository.'" This is Mitch Kapor's attempt to offer an alternative to Microsoft Outlook, especially to small (under 100-person) organizations, last mentioned in December.

Comments

"alternative to outlook"

[JohnFluxx]

Please note that this is not a straight replacement, or something that is like outlook (that is what kroupware etc is aiming for) but they are aiming more to change things to make it better.

Btw, did anyone find any screenshots? :)

Re:I had to ask

[REBloomfield]

Personal Information Manager

Nothing to see

[seizer]

Nothing to see here, move on, move on.

I just got the XP build, and I can't really see how it bloated to 13mb already. I'll have assume that there's a really large API behind the scenes, because the interface is little more than a MyFirstCalendarApp.vb

Oh and 10 seconds saw me crashing it too, just like the other poster.

Still, it's 0.1, so I'm not grumbling yet.

Re:Nothing to see

[vrt3]

I suspect a large part of that 13mb is the Python runtime that's included in the download. I didn't try it, but I suppose you can get the Python sources without the runtime if you already have Python installed, and the download should be much less that way.

Yes, it works on Windows

[vrt3]

There are binaries available on the site; the link says they are for Windows XP, but I tried them succesfully on Windows 2000. Mac OSX is also supported.

Not coincidentally, the list of supported platforms is the same as wxWindows, since Chandler is written in Python and uses the wxPython GUI toolkit, which is a Python binding to wxWindows.

What about support for mobile gadgets?

[MacroRex]

A quick peek at their site did not reveal any information about support for various mobile devices. For me, at least, it's crucial that my calendar app can be easily synchronized with whatever mobile gizmo I happen to be using as a calendar. While Outlook is the only viable alternative (for good or bad, I'm not a Lotus user), this thing gets only a "thumbs up" from me.

Screenshots HERE--

[Lord Prox]

I made a few screenshots. If anyone would mind mirroring them please. My little server is made from trashcan pickings (only the primo stuff :) ) and a crappy 128Kb pipe. It'll get crushed pronto...

Re:Screenshots HERE--

[Ly0n]

mirrored

njoy (long live university pipes)

btw, it looks kinda..well..dull

Re:Screenshots HERE--

[hkon]

And also at http://folk.uio.no/hakon/chandler

(yes, university pipes are nice :-)

Similar project

[aliWiz]

I have found another similar project based on Java and using a decentralized (p2p) architecture http://www.dynamicobjects.com/

Re:any other similar OSS projects?

[bahamat]

You apparently haven't looked.

• evolution
  
• gnome-pim
  
• korganizer
  
• ical (the application not the file format)
  
• plan
  
• mozilla (with calendar plugin)
  
• tons of still useful command line tools used back in the day before graphical displays
  
  • 
    IMHO, programs that use the new ical format for storing calendar data are the most useful. I can parse ical files easily with perl (or heck, even bash and egrep) and do all sorts of fun things with the data. There's even a php script that parses ical files for display on your website. Add webdav to your server and you've got a free calendar server for you and your closest friends.
    
    (Sorry for the shameless ical plug).