# Cypht Integration in Tiki Enhancing Email Management > [! note]- > The content of this page is generated by audio/video transcription and text transformation from the content and links of this source. Source: [https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5473-cypht-integration-in-tiki-email-as-a-first-class-citizen/](https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5473-cypht-integration-in-tiki-email-as-a-first-class-citizen/) <video src="https://video.fosdem.org/2025/h1308/fosdem-2025-5473-cypht-integration-in-tiki-email-as-a-first-class-citizen.av1.webm" controls></video> ## Summary & Highlights: **Introduction to Cypht and Tiki Integration** Cypht is a Free/Libre/Open Source webmail aggregator that has been integrated into Tiki, a web application with extensive built-in features. The integration aims to enhance email management by making it part of a larger collaborative workflow. This session at FOSDEM 2025 highlights the benefits and functionalities of this integration. **Cypht and Tiki: A Collaborative Approach** The integration allows for a more organized approach to handling emails by categorizing them around projects, tasks, and clients. This method not only enhances collaboration but also reduces the clutter of a single, large mail store. The session emphasizes the importance of integrating email into collaborative workflows, demonstrating how emails can be managed more effectively within Tiki's environment. **Technical and Community Contributions** The Tiki community, consisting of developers and contributors worldwide, plays a crucial role in this integration. The session acknowledges key contributors like Jason Munro and Marc Laporte, who facilitated the integration of Cypht into Tiki. This collaborative effort has resulted in new features and improvements, such as email moving, PDF export, and calendar integration. **Applications and Use Cases** The integration is not limited to task management but extends to customer relationship management, accounting, and handling calls for tenders. By moving emails into tracker items, users can streamline their workflows, making email management more efficient and aligned with specific project needs. **Conclusion and Future Outlook** The session concludes by reiterating the importance of email as a collaborative tool within Tiki. By organizing emails into smaller, manageable stores, users can prioritize and share information more effectively. This approach aligns with the broader goal of enhancing collaboration and productivity within open-source communities. ## Importance for an eco-social transformation The integration of Cypht into Tiki is significant for eco-social transformation as it promotes efficient communication and collaboration within communities. By organizing emails around specific projects and tasks, it supports sustainable project management practices. Eco-social designers can leverage this integration to manage communications in environmental and social projects more effectively. Challenges include ensuring user adoption and addressing technical hurdles in integrating diverse email systems. Politically, fostering open-source collaboration requires ongoing community engagement and support. ## Slides: | | | | --- | --- | | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_001.jpg\|300]] | The first slide introduces the session on integrating Cypht into Tiki, emphasizing the concept of treating email as a first-class citizen within the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. Jean-Marc Libs, the speaker, is associated with Tiki.org. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_002.jpg\|300]] | Jean-Marc Libs shares his journey with Free Software, starting in 1995, and his involvement with the Tiki community since 2006. He operates a one-person company in Strasbourg focused on Tiki since 2011. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_003.jpg\|300]] | The slide outlines the session's agenda: an overview of the Tiki community, the Cypht project, and the collaborative context between the two. It sets the stage for discussing the integration benefits. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_004.jpg\|300]] | Tiki is highlighted as a comprehensive Free/Libre/Open Source Web Application with numerous features, including webmail. The community-managed project involves contributors worldwide, emphasizing its open-source nature and collaborative development. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_005.jpg\|300]] | The slide references Zawinski's Law, humorously suggesting that all programs eventually aim to include email functionality. This underscores the importance of integrating webmail into Tiki. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_006.jpg\|300]] | Cypht is described as a versatile, open-source webmail client supporting various email protocols. Its integration into Tiki enhances email management by aggregating emails, enabling searches across accounts, and automating management through Sieve filters. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_007.jpg\|300]] | Reiterating Cypht's capabilities, the slide emphasizes its unique support for multiple email protocols and its role as a pluggable webmail solution within the PHP ecosystem. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_008.jpg\|300]] | Acknowledging Jason Munro's contributions, the slide highlights Cypht's support for diverse email protocols and its integration into Tiki as a versatile, open-source webmail client. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_009.jpg\|300]] | The slide notes the expansion of the Tiki community, referencing the Ottawa TikiFest in April 2013 as an example of community growth and collaboration. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_010.jpg\|300]] | Marc Laporte's initiative to integrate Cypht into Tiki is acknowledged, with volunteer developer support from EvoluData. Cypht has been a Tiki feature since 2019, enhancing its webmail capabilities. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_011.jpg\|300]] | The slide mentions contributions from the Tiki community, highlighting the collaborative effort in integrating Cypht and improving its features. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_012.jpg\|300]] | The slide details the improvements made in Cypht and its integration into Tiki, including new installation methods, enhanced features like Sieve filters, and additional functionalities when combined with Tiki. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_013.jpg\|300]] | The slide outlines the integration process and its impact on collaboration, using email-to-tracker item movement as an example of enhanced workflow management. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_014.jpg\|300]] | Trackers in Tiki serve as a database abstraction layer, with a new Email Folder field type for managing emails within tracker items, facilitating organized email handling. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_015.jpg\|300]] | The feature leverages Tiki's file galleries to store moved emails, preventing mailbox clutter and enhancing organization within the Tiki environment. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_016.jpg\|300]] | The slide humorously references xkcd to illustrate the integration of a webmail aggregator within Tiki, highlighting its practicality and user-friendly design. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_017.jpg\|300]] | The slide demonstrates the process of opening an email within Tiki, showcasing the seamless integration and user experience provided by Cypht. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_018.jpg\|300]] | The slide explains the process of moving an email to a tracker item, illustrating how users can select the appropriate tracker for organizing emails. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_019.jpg\|300]] | The slide details the next step in moving an email, where users select the folder within the chosen tracker to organize and manage emails effectively. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_020.jpg\|300]] | The slide shows the final step in moving an email, where users choose the specific tracker item to associate the email, streamlining task management. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_021.jpg\|300]] | The slide illustrates how the email becomes accessible within the tracker item view, integrating email management into the broader collaborative workflow. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_022.jpg\|300]] | The tracker item view facilitates collaboration by providing access to all related emails and task information, enabling efficient project management. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_023.jpg\|300]] | The slide lists various use cases for the integration, including task management, customer relationship management, accounting, and handling calls for tenders. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_024.jpg\|300]] | The conclusion emphasizes the integration's goal of embedding email handling within a collaborative workflow, advocating for smaller, organized email stores aligned with specific tasks. | ![[FOSDEM 2025/assets/Cypht-integration-in-Tiki-Email-as-a-firstclass-ci/preview_025.jpg\|300]] | The final slide invites questions and provides links for further information, encouraging engagement with the Tiki and Cypht communities for continued collaboration. ## Links [Tiki project](https://tiki.org) [Tiki source code (LGPLv2)](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/) [Cypht project](https://cypht.org) [Cypht source code (LGPLv2)](https://github.com/jasonmunro/cypht) [Video recording (AV1/WebM) - 29.1 MB](https://video.fosdem.org/2025/h1308/fosdem-2025-5473-cypht-integration-in-tiki-email-as-a-first-class-citizen.av1.webm) [Video recording (MP4) - 188.9 MB](https://video.fosdem.org/2025/h1308/fosdem-2025-5473-cypht-integration-in-tiki-email-as-a-first-class-citizen.av1.mp4) [Video recording subtitle file (VTT)](https://video.fosdem.org/2025/h1308/fosdem-2025-5473-cypht-integration-in-tiki-email-as-a-first-class-citizen.vtt) [Chat room(web)](https://app.gitter.im/#/room/#tiki-org_community:gitter.im) [Chat room(app)](https://app.gitter.im/#/room/#cypht-org_community:gitter.im)