@switchingsocial@mastodon.at I've been able to find acceptable substitutes for Google Docs and for Gmail, but I'm struggling to find a good Google Calendar replacement. I need something that is easy to set up, can sync between a phone and desktop client, and preferably has a free or at least cheap option. What are my options?
@tpharrison
If you don't mind self hosting, #nextcloud has a very user friendly calendar. And it can replace some of the other things Google drive offers too.
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@tpharrison @switchingsocial indeed your search text sounds like the description for Nextcloud with the calendar app activated. Install it yourself (numerous options), or take a Nextcloud hosting provider. Then install in Nextcloud the calendar app to have a CalDAV-provider to your mobile devices (DAVx5 on Android, iOS native) and your desktop clients. Share your calendars, and so on ...
@tpharrison @switchingsocial I have #fruux Calendar to be the perfect (and free) alternative to Google Calendar. Check it out!
@tpharrison @switchingsocial I've had zero problems running the NextCloud snap package on a VPS. snap install nextcloud & configure a few things. I set Ubuntu to auto update & the snap auto updates as well. Its been very pleasing.
@tpharrison @switchingsocial Nextcloud calendar has been working very well for us. Clients include macOS Calendar.app, iOS Calendar.app, Android with DAVdroid.app, the Nextcloud Calendar webinterface, publishing to .ics subscriptions, multiple group calendars with separated read/write privs, TODO lists, etc.
Works really well, easy to setup if you've ever hosted a PHP based website with a database. (PostGreSQL highly recommended, but MySQL/MariaDB possible as well.)
@tpharrison @switchingsocial Some background to aforementioned statement. I've been using Apple calendarserver for a long time. (Which is the official CalDAV reference implementation. Yes, really.)
It's almost impossible to host that on non macOS Server systems. Not worth trying anymore, it's abandonware.
I've tried baïkal, which couldn't even successfully sync a single appointment between two devices.
@tpharrison @switchingsocial I've tried Radicale 2.x which works OK-ish, for a few people, shared calendars are technically possible but very uncomfortable to configure (Symlinks in Filesystem)
There's no mentionable GUI for anything.
I've tried a few other solutions which all failed more or less spectacularly even with simple tasks.
Nextcloud calendar was the first solution that actually worked properly, with groups, and with all CalDAV clients involved.
@tpharrison @switchingsocial Framagenda from @Framasoft
@tpharrison @switchingsocial I use posteo's calendar and sync it with DAVx^5 to my phone, on which I use Etar (on f-droid) to access it. posteo is 1€ a month but I use it for email and contacts anyway, so it was the easiest privacy-friendly choice.
@tpharrison @switchingsocial I use fruux for calendars and contacts and it works well! They're the company behind sabre. https://fruux.com/
@tpharrison @switchingsocial Fruux. I use it for calendar and contacts.
@tpharrison @switchingsocial Sorry to pick up an old discussion, but I was curious: What do you use to replace Google Docs?
@mjjzf @switchingsocial@mastodon.at I'm currently trying out Zoho Docs. I don't believe it is FOSS, but they claim that they don't farm your data. They give away their Office services in hopes that you'll pay to have email, storage, etc. all in one place.
@switchingsocial@mastodon.at Wow! Big thanks to the switching social community here. I have a lot of options to go explore.