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.
[6] 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".
[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.