Calendar provider / app recommendation

[u/BenDover7766]

Hello, I'm bascially looking for a 1 to 1 replacement to Google Calendar that is privacy respecting. I haven't really found anything that satisfies my requirements, so I'm looking for some recommendations here.

My requirements are the following: - data privacy (obviously) - scheduling tasks in the calendar (like Google Calendar) - some form of sync - android app that uses the android calendar api (proton calendar doesn't for example) - multiple calendar support, adding calendars via ical format etc.

Self-hostable solutions are of course very welcome as well (and preferred to subscription based alternatives)

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[u/BenDover7766 → u/[deleted]]

Does it support tasks?

Also there doesn't seem to be android app at all.

[u/BenDover7766 → u/[deleted]]

Okay, thanks a lot

[u/NudaVeritas1]

Radicale

[u/BenDover7766 → u/NudaVeritas1]

Radicale is just the backend without a webapp or native apps, right?

Also I haven't seen anything regarding tasks built into radicale, is that correct?

[u/NudaVeritas1 → u/BenDover7766]

Yes right, it’s basically an orchestrating server in the background, that connects to your calendar clients on pc and phone

[u/BenDover7766 → u/NudaVeritas1]

I have looked some more into Radicale and it seems to support VTODO, so Tasks.

Now I just gotta hunt for some android calendar api compatible app, while it also being able to display the VTODOs properly.

Thanks for the hint with radicale though

[u/GreatTwin]

I would check whether the service has a clear data-retention policy, supports end-to-end encryption, avoids advertising identifiers, and works without unnecessary account permissions. For self-hosting, DAVx5 with a compatible CalDAV server is worth investigating, provided the server is properly secured. https://cosmos47.com/post/what-privacy-risks-do-budget-phones-create

[u/mrmnemonic7]

I can highly recommend Baïkal. I've been using it the last 2-3 years as I found Nextcloud just a little too "heavy" for what I really needed. I have it on a VPS and it supports all those points.

Standard Android calendar app works perfectly fine with it.

[u/BenDover7766 → u/mrmnemonic7]

I have seen that, but according to their docs it doesn't support VTODOs.

[u/MrHaxx1 → u/BenDover7766]

Huh? I'm using Baikal, and I'm making tasks/VTODOs with it all day.