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Project summary

The Akonadi framework is responsible for providing KDE PIM applications with a centralized database to store, index and retrieve the user's personal information. The data can be stored either in local files or can be synced via a host of services like Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange WebServer (EWS) or a number of Groupware servers like Nextcloud, DAV etc.

The proposed project is to add to this list a secure, end-to-end encrypted, FLOSS sync solution for your contacts, calendars and tasks, called EteSync. EteSync clients are available for Android, iOS, the desktop (Cal/CardDAV bridge) and the web, and a Thunderbird plugin is in the works. The server too is open-source and can be self-hosted.

The idea is to implement an Akonadi backend resource to enable KDE users to use EteSync to easily end-to-end encrypt and sync their contacts, calendars and tasks.

Mentors

Deliverables

A new backend resource for EteSync in Akonadi
A configuration dialog to take as input an Encryption Password required by EteSync to properly integrate the module with Akonadi
Rigorous testing as personal user data is being handled
Adding relevant documentation for testing and using the resource

Progress Updates

The new EteSync resource in Akonadi

Made a new subdirectory for the resource
Added the EteSync dependency to KDEPIM Runtime
Got project to build successfully

This required understanding the CMake system, adding relevant dependencies for the new project, and using KDE-specific tools like ECM for logging.

Adding EteSync address books to Kontact

Implemented relevant functions to get EteSync address books and contacts to show up in Kontact

This involved understanding EteSync's C/C++ library, ResourceBase class, and implementing the relevant function like retrieveCollections() and retrieveItems() to fetch EteSync journals and entries and supply them to Akonadi.

Adding EteSync calendars and tasks to Kontact

Implemented relevant functions to get EteSync calendars and tasks to show up in Kontact
Complete implementation of a two-way client for EteSync in Kontact

Implementing the EteSync configuration dialog

Implemented a two-step configuration dialog for the user to enter their username, password, server URL and encryption password.

Period updates

Communication on the kde-pim mailing list

Sorted chronologically:

Relevant links

Personal info

Name: Shashwat Jolly

Email: [email protected]

Invent: https://invent.kde.org/sjolly

IRC: sjolly on Freenode

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 ==== Adding EteSync address books to Kontact ====
 * Implemented relevant functions to get EteSync address books and contacts to show up in Kontact
+This involved understanding [https://github.com/etesync/etesync-rs EteSync's C/C++ library], [https://api.kde.org/kdepim/akonadi/html/classAkonadi_1_1ResourceBase.htmlAkonadi's ResourceBase class], and implementing the relevant function like ''retrieveCollections()'' and ''retrieveItems()'' to fetch EteSync journals and entries and supply them to Akonadi.
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