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Easy!Appointments vs GroupOffice
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Easy!Appointments and GroupOffice — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Easy!Appointments vs GroupOffice: at a glance
What is Easy!Appointments?
Easy!Appointments 1.6 lands video conferencing, GDPR tools, and a serious security overhaul across its CalDAV and booking stack.
Easy!Appointments, an open-source self-hosted scheduler, is shipping its 1.6 major version through a long pre-release cycle that has introduced Jitsi and Google Meet integration, CAPTCHA and ALTCHA anti-abuse protection, GDPR features, and a rebuilt CalDAV synchronization stack. The 1.6.1 security hardening pre-release then landed a concentrated batch of serious vulnerability fixes: LDAP injection in directory search, SSRF in CalDAV URL handling, cross-account appointment takeover, provider credential exposure to secretary accounts, and CAPTCHA bypass — a set that suggests the expanded surface area of 1.6.0 brought corresponding security debt.
What is GroupOffice?
GroupOffice patches its current 26.0 line and the older 25.0 line on the same afternoon.
GroupOffice releases 26.0.x builds about weekly and lately faster: 26.0.52 through 26.0.56 landed between October 12 and October 26. On October 26 the 25.0 line also got a patch, 25.0.114, less than half an hour before 26.0.56. Every note is the same install boilerplate, so the changelog shows cadence but not content.
Easy!Appointments vs GroupOffice: editorial side-by-side
Easy!Appointments 1.6 lands video conferencing, GDPR tools, and a serious security overhaul across its CalDAV and booking stack.
◆ Current state
Easy!Appointments, an open-source self-hosted scheduler, is shipping its 1.6 major version through a long pre-release cycle that has introduced Jitsi and Google Meet integration, CAPTCHA and ALTCHA anti-abuse protection, GDPR features, and a rebuilt CalDAV synchronization stack. The 1.6.1 security hardening pre-release then landed a concentrated batch of serious vulnerability fixes: LDAP injection in directory search, SSRF in CalDAV URL handling, cross-account appointment takeover, provider credential exposure to secretary accounts, and CAPTCHA bypass — a set that suggests the expanded surface area of 1.6.0 brought corresponding security debt.
◆ Where it's heading
The 1.6 release line is expanding Easy!Appointments from a simple booking page into a more complete scheduling platform: video conferencing links, richer calendar sync, GDPR compliance tooling, and hardened multi-provider access controls all move it closer to commercial alternatives. The security work in 1.6.1-beta.1 is as important as the features — self-hosted deployments that serve real customer data need these fixes before anyone should run 1.6 in production.
◆ Prediction
A stable 1.6.1 release is the next step, clearing the pre-release label once the security fixes are confirmed across the beta testing community. After that, the CalDAV and video conferencing integrations will likely expand — CalDAV push notifications or two-way Google Calendar sync are the natural follow-ons.
GroupOffice
5.0CRM
GroupOffice patches its current 26.0 line and the older 25.0 line on the same afternoon.
◆ Current state
GroupOffice releases 26.0.x builds about weekly and lately faster: 26.0.52 through 26.0.56 landed between October 12 and October 26. On October 26 the 25.0 line also got a patch, 25.0.114, less than half an hour before 26.0.56. Every note is the same install boilerplate, so the changelog shows cadence but not content.
◆ Where it's heading
This is a mature groupware suite maintaining its current major line while 25.0 and 6.8 stay supported. Paired builds across branches suggest fixes are backported rather than left to the current line, but nothing in the entries points to new capability or a change in direction.
◆ Prediction
Expect more 26.0.x builds within days and occasional 25.0 or 6.8 patches alongside them. The entries give no basis for a feature forecast.
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Recent activity from Easy!Appointments and GroupOffice
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoGroupOfficeGroupOffice 26.0.56 maintenance build
- 3d agoGroupOfficeGroupOffice 25.0.114 previous-line maintenance build
- 9d agoGroupOfficeGroupOffice 26.0.55 maintenance build
- 14d agoGroupOfficeGroupOffice 26.0.54 maintenance build
- 16d agoGroupOfficeGroupOffice 26.0.53 maintenance build
- 17d agoGroupOfficev26.0.52
- 1mo agoEasy!AppointmentsEasy!Appointments 1.6.1-beta.1: Security hardening and CalDAV polish ⚡
- 2mo agoEasy!Appointments1.6.1-alpha.1
- 7mo agoEasy!AppointmentsEasy!Appointments 1.6.0-beta.2: Video conferencing, CAPTCHA, GDPR, and CalDAV ⚡
- 7mo agoEasy!Appointments1.6.0-beta.1
- 8mo agoEasy!Appointments1.6.0-alpha.1
- 1y agoEasy!Appointments1.5.2-beta.1
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Easy!Appointments and GroupOffice?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Easy!Appointments is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Easy!Appointments better than GroupOffice?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Easy!Appointments is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other CRM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Easy!Appointments?
Top Easy!Appointments alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Easy!Appointments alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/easyappointments for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to GroupOffice?
Top GroupOffice alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "GroupOffice alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/groupoffice for the full list with editorial commentary on each.