Ask HN: An Open Source Alternative to Google Calendar

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Google Calendar is an amazing piece of software. There is little to complain about. I have been using it for more than 10 years now.

But, Google is not great at preventing accounts from closing for no reason.

I was wondering if people have open source alternatives to Google Calendar that allows for syncing between desktop and a phone (2 phones in fact). Ideally, I would like to own my data.

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While I currently use NextCloud for my calendar syncing needs, there are lighterweight options available: I am looking to move to Xandikos or Radicale myself, but look for CalDAV open source software for a wider selection.

On your Android phone, you'll usually have to jump through some non-obvious UX hoops to set it as the default account, but once set up, you forget about it.

I still use GC too, but I also use pal as a backup for some event types.

I have a my.calendar text file in the cloud, which is both human- and pal- readable. But I also have a cron job that adds the clean version of the output to my daily journal file. This file is also synced via cloud storage and easy to review in a simple text editor on my phone or laptop, etc.

Just one way to do it very simply though. Good luck in your search.

Unpopular Yahoo also has a great calendar. Can you export from Google to yahoo or sync the two?

Nextcloud, synced with Etar on my android phone

bullet journal :)

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