I am trying to sync my calendar between a hackintosh and an android phone without google, icloud and the likes.

So far I´ve got syncthing to sync a folder called DecSync. I run a local Radicale server from that folder. Thunderbird on macOS can write to the calendar on that server.

Now I´m looking for a solution like Radicale on the Android side. I have DAVx5 running but I can´t just point it to the synced folder there. It needs an accout.

Is there such a solution? Or is there an easier way to sync calendars? Any help is highly welcomed.

If I am wrong in here, as I am not really hosting anything, please say so, if possible with a different place to ask for help.

  • @BraveSentry@feddit.deOPEnglish
    2•10 months ago

    Thank you! I got it working now with the macOS using Thunderbird, Radicale and DecSync and the Android side using DecSync CC and Simple Calendar.

    • lemmyvoreEnglish
      2•9 months ago

      I’ve recently looked into this too. I’ve settled on Calengoo as Android calendar app because it has a ton of customization options and can do both events and tasks in the same app. But it depends on GSF (Google Services Framework); if you intend to keep your Android phone completely Google-free it may not work (no idea if it works with MicroG as a GSF substitute). Calengoo can use Android calendar to sync (via DAVx5 or CalDAV-Sync), but can also connect directly to a CalDAV server.

      Simple Calendar does not rely on GSF so it doesn’t have this problem.

      Another app I found that works without GSF is Business Calendar from Appgenix (the old version 1). The free one works fine, they also have a Pro version if you’d like to contribute. Version 2 requires GSF unfortunately. Neither of them support CalDAV tasks, only events.