In the present article, we are going to show a comparison about the most used open source LDAP servers
Name |
Sponsor |
License |
Language |
Platform |
Supported LDAP Version |
Supported RFC |
Replication |
Administration tools |
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389 Directory Service |
Red Hat |
MPL/LGPL/GPL* |
C |
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Apache DS |
Apache Software Foundation |
Apache License 2 |
Java |
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OpenDJ |
ForgeRock** |
CDDL 1/OpenDS License |
Java |
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OpenLDAP |
OpenLDAP Foundation |
C |
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*Fedora project uses many third-party components. You could check the licensing details here
**OpenDJ is a fork of OpenDS, backed by Oracle. OpenDS has its own license
Compare features with
OpenLDAP, Fedora DS, Apache DS and OpenDS