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 RFCs |
Replication |
Administration tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat |
MPL/LGPL/GPL* |
C |
Linux, Solaris, HP-UX |
Multi-master replication |
Yes, a Java desktop client |
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Apache Software Foundation |
Apache License 2 |
Java |
Cross platform |
Multi-master replication |
Yes, the Apache Directory Studio |
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ForgeRock** |
CDDL 1/OpenDS License |
Java |
Cross platform |
Multi-master replication |
Yes, GUI and CLI |
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OpenLDAP Foundation |
C |
Cross platform |
Multi-master replication, RFC 4533 |
No admin GUI |
*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
All directory services listed above support LDAPv3
See Also
- There's another (a bit outdated) comparison in the Apache DS website.
- There are many LDAP frontends out there. You can get started with PHPLDAPAdmin or aWebDAP (only LDAPv2).
- The information contained in this article was extracted from the official web sites, Wikipedia and mailing list archives.