6 open source alternatives for Google Calendar
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Need to keep your schedule straight? Learn how to do it using open source with these free alternatives to Google Calendar.

Much like e-mail, calendaring has long established open protocols (like we DON’T have for social media) across services such as WebDAV, ics, etc. So it is usually quite easy to export/import a calendar elsewhere, or even to link to one or more remote calendars.

An app such as Thunderbird for example, can install on Windows, MacOS or Linux, and then connect to Google Calendar service online or many other external calendars. It’s just one way of extracting what you have in Google Calendar (or even GMail), and then either copying that to a local calendar, or to a calendar elsewhere that Thunderbird can also connect to.

If you want a cloud server version of e-mail (vs just on your desktop) you can host a NextCloud instance at home or online in a cheap VPS. The article also mentions the possibility of AgenDAV. If you have a Hubzilla social media account, you already have a calendar service in there too with WebDAV capability which you can use to sync through. Other online options are Zoho Apps or Trello too.

See https://opensource.com/alternatives/google-calendar

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  • Kohen Shaw
    3•3 years ago

    Using nextcloud and degoogled android with no google services (apart from an email address) for about one year now. I agree with you that nextcloud services feel fragile. Happy to say that they’re not. Nextcloud is solid, and it handles errors quite well.

    Not sure what you meant by premium services. If you meant the cost for the davx5 app, you can get it from fdroid for free. Either way, the app is flawless, well worth the price. By using the nexcloud main app, it integrates smoothly with android, taking control of the devices calendar and contacts.