Mavericks-compatible CardDav and CalDav Server on PowerPC

I have an old PowerPC Mac Mini that I would like to set up as a CardDav and CalDav sync server for our household Mavericks computers to use for syncing their Contacts and Calendars, avoiding iCloud. The PowerPC Mac Mini is limited to running Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard (or Leopard Server). I have a legitimate copy of Leopard Server, but unfortunately, Leopard Server does not support CardDav (Contacts syncing).
I am looking for PowerPC / Leopard compatible solutions for a CardDav and CalDav server that is known to work on my PowerPC Mac Mini.
There are several tools out there, all of which require complex configurations, but I am concerned about the following:
* Compatibility with the old PowerPC Mac OS Leopard codebase.
* Compatibility with the Mavericks clients.
Does anyone have a running, working solution to provide CardDav and CalDav sync services to modern Mavericks clients from a PowerPC Mac running Leopard or Leopard Server?

Just a follow up:
I tried setting up Baikal to run on a Leopard Server in a VMware guest as a trial effort. If it had worked, I would have installed it on the PowerPC Mac Mini and posted the details here. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it work, despite investing several hours. It required many deviations from the written procedure. In fairness, the procedure was written for a Mac running Mavericks.
After investing a reasonable amount of time and effort in an obsolete PowerPC Mac, I decided that it is time to retire it and replace it with a new Intel Mac Mini running Mavericks Server that can run local Contacts and Calendar sync services for the family Macs, iPhones, and iPads on the home network. I am still doing basic setup on the new Mac, and am not ready to tackle Contacts and Calendar syncing yet.
Here is one source for setting up Mavericks Server as a sync server. Note the comment describing a bug for Contacts syncing:
http://securityspread.com/2013/10/27/setting-sync-server/
Here is another:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2061183/itunes-ios-syncing-gone-solve-it-with-se rver-.html
This thread is about getting a PowerPC Mac running Leopard (or Leopard Server) to do the job, so I won't hijack it for Intel/Mavericks issues. Thanks to all for their suggestions.

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