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|Name=The Insidious Big Brother Database
 
|Name=The Insidious Big Brother Database
 
|Short description=Contact management utility for Emacs.
 
|Short description=Contact management utility for Emacs.
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|Full description=BBDB is the Insidious Big Brother Database for [[GNU Emacs]]. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients ([[Rmail]], [[Gnus]], [[VM]], [[mu4e]]). BBDB is fully customizable.
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|Full description=BBDB is the Insidious Big Brother Database for [[GNU Emacs]]. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients (Message and Mail mode, [[Rmail]], [[Gnus]], [[MH-E]], [[Mu4e]], [[VM]], and [[Wanderlust]]). BBDB is fully customizable.
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|Homepage URL=https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
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BBDB recently went through a major re-write which has been released as BBDB 3. BBDB 3 is fully compatible with GNU Emacs 23 and 24 (but not with older versions of GNU Emacs nor -so far- with Xemacs).
 
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|Homepage URL=https://www.nongnu.org/bbdb/
 
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/bbdb.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/bbdb.git
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|Documentation note=http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/bbdb.html
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|Documentation note=BBDB is now available via Emacs Lisp Package Archive (ELPA).
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To install this package, run in [[Emacs]]:
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<code>M-x package-install RET bbdb RET</code>
 
|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
 
|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|Related projects=BBclone,Emacs
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|Related projects=ebdb
 
|Keywords=email,database,News,USENET,XEmacs,contact management,Big Brother. Emacs
 
|Keywords=email,database,News,USENET,XEmacs,contact management,Big Brother. Emacs
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|Version identifier=3.1.2
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|Version identifier=3.2
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|Version date=2014/03/27
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|Version date=2017/12/20
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
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|Version download=https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/bbdb/bbdb-3.1.2.tar.gz
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|Version download=https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/snapshot/bbdb-3.2.tar.gz
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|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review date=2019/01/09
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|Last review date=2020/04/21
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|User level=none
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|User level=beginner
 
|Extension of=emacs
 
|Extension of=emacs
 
|Component programs=netscape,News/Mail,interface,program
 
|Component programs=netscape,News/Mail,interface,program
 
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
 
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|OpenPGP signature=https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/bbdb/bbdb-3.1.2.tar.gz.sig
 
 
|Test entry=No
 
|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=No
 
|Is GNU=No
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|License verified date=2001-03-05
 
 
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
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|License=GPLv2orlater
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|License=GPLv3orlater
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|License verified by=Janet Casey
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|License copyright=Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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|License verified date=2001-03-05
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2020/04/21
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|License note=https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/tree/COPYING
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Waider
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|Real name=Roland Winkler
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
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|Email=waider@waider.ie
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|Email=winkler@gnu.org
 
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}}
 
{{Resource
 
{{Resource
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
 
|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
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|Resource kind=Homepage
 
|Resource URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/
 
|Resource URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/
 
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}}
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Questions, comments, suggestions, and bug reports
 
|Resource kind=Mailing List
 
|Resource kind=Mailing List
 
|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bbdb-user/
 
|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bbdb-user/
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|Resource kind=General
 
|Resource kind=General
 
|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
 
|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Emacs Lisp Package Archive
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
 
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{{Software category
 
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|Interface=command-line, x-window-system
 
|Interface=command-line, x-window-system
 
|Programming-language=lisp
 
|Programming-language=lisp
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|Runs-on=GNU/Linux
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|Runs-on=Windows, BSD, OS X, GNU/Linux
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite

Revision as of 12:01, 21 April 2020


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The Insidious Big Brother Database

https://www.nongnu.org/bbdb/
Contact management utility for Emacs.

BBDB is the Insidious Big Brother Database for GNU Emacs. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients (Message and Mail mode, Rmail, Gnus, MH-E, Mu4e, VM, and Wanderlust). BBDB is fully customizable.



Download

https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html

version 3.2.1 (stable)
released on 21 February 2022




Categories





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv3orlater

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

21 April 2020

Notes

https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/tree/COPYING




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Roland Winkler Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
ELPAHomepagehttps://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
SavannahMailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bbdb-user/
ELPADownloadhttps://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bbdb
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91336649
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/
Downloadhttps://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/bbdb/
HistoryGeneralhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/bbdb/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to useGNU Emacs 24 or newer

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 21 February 2022.




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