Redesigning collaboration

The OX Calendar component allows you to efficiently manage your appointments with shared calendars.

Plan events, coordinate resources, and manage availability centrally. Thanks to intelligent notifications and customisable views, you can easily keep track of all official appointments.

Its seamless integration with openDesk helps facilitate productive collaboration in public administration. Serial and recurring appointments can be flexibly scheduled and adjusted as required.

Element, the real-time communications component in openDesk, enables sovereign and secure communication via text, voice and video.

Exchange information in group or individual chats, send files and stay up to date with notifications. Based on the open Matrix communications standard, the Chat app was devised for GDPR-compliant, autonomous communication.

As a proven solution in the public sector, even the German Federal Armed Forces and NATO rely on this secure messaging platform.

The OX Contacts application lets you efficiently manage your contact data in personal and shared address books.

Seamlessly integrated into openDesk, this solution streamlines your organisational workflows. Synchronise entries with other applications, categorise contacts and utilise automatic updates. A central directory of your organisation helps simplify the management of internal contacts and their remit.

Integration with email and calendar enables direct communication right from within the address book.

Collabora Online powers openDesk with a robust office suite designed for efficient teamwork and secure document editing.

Create, edit and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations with full support for all major file formats. This versatile open-source solution enables seamless real-time collaboration without compromising on features.

All data stays secure and GDPR-compliant on your own servers. Processing takes place directly in the browser, and Collabora is supported by the world's largest team of certified LibreOffice developers.

The OX App Suite from Open-Xchange offers a comprehensive email solution for efficient and productive communication in the public sector.

Manage your official communications via browser, mobile devices or standard email programmes. The seamlessly integrated base components OX Mail, OX Calendar and OX Contacts ensure legal compliance and meet all requirements for electronic record-keeping.

Full-feature archiving and intelligent spam detection keep your communications safe and secure.

With Nextcloud, openDesk offers real-time access to a secure cloud platform operated by your own organisation.

This industry-leading open-source platform supports desktop synchronisation and mobile access to all your files. Edit, share and comment on documents directly online, and monitor activity in real time.

Fully compliant with data protection regulations, it integrates seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure and enables efficient collaboration across web, desktop and mobile environments.

Nubus by Univention integrates various applications through a unified identity and access management system. It supports both the creation and management of a standalone user directory, as well as integration with existing systems such as Keycloak or Active Directory.

This application is available to administrators. As an openDesk user, you will only see the individually configurable portal interface after logging in.

openDesk's Notes app allows users to capture and organise thoughts, tasks and information in a structured manner.

With its clean interface and support for text blocks, formatting and quotations, it's ideal for personal note-taking as well as collaborative preparation for meetings or projects. Notes are stored locally, versioned, and can be edited offline.

The app is purpose-built for use in public sector environments and offers a modern, privacy-conscious alternative to proprietary solutions.

OpenProject adds extensive project management features to openDesk’s functionality for traditional, agile, and hybrid methods.

Manage projects efficiently throughout their entire lifecycle from planning to implementation. Project portfolio management, Gantt charts and agile boards support your processes. Time and cost tracking help keep your budget under control.

Thanks to its flexible structure, OpenProject can be leveraged for a range of administrative procedures, and an active international community is continuously developing new features.

Stay on top of administrative processes and projects with proven tools such as kanban boards, Gantt charts and flexible task management.

Define responsibilities, set deadlines and monitor progress transparently. The intuitive user interface supports your team’s structured collaboration in day-to-day public sector operations.

Customisable workflows and automatic notifications optimise coordination processes and accelerate task processing. Clear resource planning also enables efficient management of cross-departmental projects.

Nordeck stands for real-time collaboration in openDesk with extensive video conferencing features.

Conduct high-quality video and audio meetings directly in your browser, use virtual whiteboards for moderated workshops and make decisions with your team in real time. The NeoToolsuite even enables online OpenSpace events for collaborative working.

This GDPR-compliant solution supports cross-functional, connected work and makes you independent of proprietary systems.

XWiki provides openDesk with a central knowledge management and collaboration component.

Efficiently document and share administrative or team knowledge in a searchable system. This solution enables organisations to structure and quickly retrieve information.

CryptPad has been integrated for diagrams, which enables end-to-end encrypted, real-time collaboration. This improves collaborative knowledge management while saving time and resources.