CardBook – Thunderbird address book based on CardDAV and vCard standards

CardBook is a Thunderbird address book based on the CardDAV and vCard standards. It can also run independently of Thunderbird.

CardBook provides an integrated contact management solution with a fully functional and logical UX and UI.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Autocompletion in mail address fields and Lightning calendar fields.
• Manage contacts from messages.
• Restrict address book use by mail account (for email autocompletion, email collection and contact registration).
• Easy CardDAV synchronization.
• Access to all vCard data.
• Supports vCard 3.0 and vCard 4.0 (default).
• Customizable data fields.
• Unlimited number of custom fields.
• Show address on map.
• Unlimited categories, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, chat programs, URLs, calendar events per contact.
• Supports colored categories.
• Hierarchized organization support.
• Phone number validation.
• Call phone numbers using softphone, like TBDialOut.
• Connect directly to softphone (Jami, Linphone) to make phone calls using SIP.
• Address panel.
• Connect directly to chat programs (Google, Jabber, Jami, Skype, QQ) to chat using IMPP.
• Local cache AES-CTR encryption support (disabled by default).
• Digest access authentication.
• Drag and drop support.
• Saved search.
• Filter.
• Merge contacts modified both locally and on the server.
• Find and merge duplicate contacts.
• Find all emails related to a contact.
• Find all calendar entries related to a contact.
• Find ignoring diacritical marks.
• Share contacts by email.
• Collect outgoing emails.
• Contacts stored in IndexedDB.
• Customizable printouts.
• Import Thunderbird standard address books.
• CSV file export and import.
• VCF file export and import.
• Functional GUI.
• Classic and vertical layout.
• Anniversary manager.
• Export birthdays to Lightning add-on.
• Task manager.
• Standalone or fully integrated within Thunderbird.
• Compatible and complementary with add-ons in the ATN ecosystem.
• Additional and optional software configuration support.
• Automatic configuration.
• Available in many languages.
• Fully integrated in the main Thunderbird window (yellow stars, possibility to edit|remove|add standard and CardBook contacts).
• Import Microsoft Outlook Contacts.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows.

Website: gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook
Support: GitLab Code Repository
Developer: Philippe Vigneau and contributors
License: Mozilla Public License Version 2.0

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