SabreDAV
Open source CardDAV, CalDAV, and WebDAV framework and server.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 4.7.1 (Jul 2026).
At a glance
SabreDAV quick facts
- Health score
- 50/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,726
- Last commit
- 29 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 4.7.1, Jul 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to SabreDAV
In its own words
The project's README opens: "sabre/dav is the most popular WebDAV framework for PHP. Use it to create WebDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV servers."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SabreDAV scores 50/100, #9 of 10 in Calendar & Contacts: 2 commits in the last 90 days earn 2.3 of 35 points, the latest release (4.7.1, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,726 stars add 12.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 32.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 2.3 / 35
2 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
4.7.1 released 4 months ago
- Stars 12.9 / 20
1.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 2
- Last 90 days
- 74
- Last 12 months
- 29 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 10 tools in Calendar & Contacts by health , between DavMail (#8) and DAViCal (#10) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 4.7.1 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 1,726 |
| Open issues | 163 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | sabre-io/dav ↗ |
SabreDAV vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with SabreDAV (Calendar & Contacts), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manage My Damn Life | 91 | 644 | GPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
| dayGLANCE | 89 | 179 | MIT | yesterday |
| Xandikos | 81 | 613 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Baïkal | 64 | 3.4k | GPL-3.0 | 11 days ago |
| DavMail | 57 | 774 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| SabreDAV (this tool) | 50 | 1.7k | MIT | 29 days ago |
SabreDAV: common questions
Is SabreDAV still maintained?
SabreDAV had 2 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 29 days ago; the latest tagged release, 4.7.1, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.