Colligo Contributor

Colligo Contributor is a proprietary software package aimed at businesses, developed by Colligo Networks of Vancouver, British Columbia. Colligo Contributor was launched in 2006^[1] and is part of a family of Colligo products that provide rich client interfaces^[2] for Microsoft SharePoint, a collaborative portal application based on the Windows SharePoint Services platform. The Colligo for SharePoint product line also includes a free product called Colligo Reader.^[1][3][4][5]

Client for SharePoint

Developer(s)	Colligo Networks
Stable release	6.0 / 2013-04-16
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Collaboration Software
License	Proprietary
Website	www.colligo.com

Colligo Contributor is now part of Colligo Engage.^[6]

Colligo Contributor for SharePoint

Colligo Contributor is a family of desktop software applications developed on the Microsoft .NET framework, that are designed to increase SharePoint user adoption by addressing "problems on the UI and user experience fronts".^[7] These applications are compatible with servers running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint 2010,^[8] or SharePoint 2013. Colligo Contributor has been called a "client for SharePoint"^[2] because it "integrates the client infrastructure with the SharePoint infrastructure",^[9] providing a local user interface that is an alternative to the typical SharePoint interface through a browser.^[10] The architecture of the local data store enables users to optionally cache SharePoint content, making it available online and offline.^[1] Colligo Contributor also includes a software development kit to build custom SharePoint client applications, and extensions such as custom metadata editors.^[11]

Colligo contributor can be used to solve SharePoint usability challenges in several scenarios, such as email and attachment management,^[10][12] network file share replacement,^[7] enterprise content management,^[8] and SharePoint migration.^[13]