Hi everyone
I’m trying to degoogle as much as possible. I’ve heard about this thing called calDAV and cardDAV but I have no idea how to use it.
With radicale, do I need to install some other somewhere in order to use it?
I’m just looking for basic useage for myself only at this stage. I’d like to be able to self host my own calendar and contacts. Is radicale appropriate for this?
Is it safe to self host a calendar?
Can a self hosted calendar still send and receive invites to other calendars?
Any help greatly appreciated, thank you
My experience with radicale
https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=services%3Aradicale
I currently use it, from android with dav5x (F-droid)
Thanks for the link
I see it doesn’t have a dashboard, would I be better off with something like Baikal?
I’m quite basic and only really selfhost cause I don’t like big tech, not cause I’m a linux wizz
This is your wiki? I’ve been there before. Turned up in a search.
Yes it is, written by me by hand 100%…
Zero AI too… Just old grumpy bashing
Well, thank you for making it public. IIRC, it did help me in a couple things so again, thank you.
Zero AI too
I think you will start to see the ‘Zero AI’ label starting to pop up on personal blogs and wikis.
Ahahah I like the “zero AI” logo idea, maybe will use AI to create one… :)
Yes I am that bad with graphics
Anyway check the main page of the wiki I explain why I did it.
Thanks! Tomorrow will see to upload to my wiki…
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Might want to crop it a bit. Go nuts!
It’s how you can copy/backup/sync calendar and contacts.
on my phone I installed davx5 which does the copying over to my radicale instance on my server. Then my server backs up my calendar and contacts.
When I get a new phone I can sync all of it over easily. Bonus points, google doesn’t have that data.
Is it hard to set up? Sound perfect for what I want, just also seems complicated for my skills haha
but I have no idea how to use it
Install davx5, connect to radicale, and allow your calendar/contacts access to it.
I’d like to be able to self host my own calendar and contacts. Is radicale appropriate for this?
Yes.
Is it safe to self host a calendar?
Define “safe”.
Can a self hosted calendar still send and receive invites to other calendars?
Short answer: no. You are describing caldav/cardav integration with email.
Baikal was easy to migrate. All i needed to do was to copy the single db file.
I’ve recently set up Baikal on a cheap shared host. It doesn’t even need a dedicated database, it just creates a file-based sqlite db. i’ve just copied some files to a php webhost and followed the quickstart guide for setup, i’m pretty happy with the result
Short answer: you want sogo. It has webmail integration for calendars and integrated calendar sync and task sync and contact sync and all the config URLs can be copied directly in the web interface. Just install davx5 and any task manager and calendar app and you are good to go. :)
Its so good I even earn some of my money by renting my system out too others with their own custom domain. :))
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Follow up questions:
I seed to have created multiple users, how can I manage users?
Does Radicale have a dashboard?
Doesnt have a dashboard per-se for centralized administration. It has a web ui to manually create create/upload collections. I personally use it a very simplistic way and just reupload an updated .vcf file with all my contacts from time to time.
About user management, I dont know how you installed radicale but they have this docs https://radicale.org/v3.html#authentication
Exactly for what you want it for. I’ve been using it about 3 months. Contacts and calender. It’s a real pain to set up. Not straight forward. I didn’t a lot of time with ai as could not get my head round the guide.
Yeah I hear you. I’ve installed it but I have no idea what to do from here. Cant access any kind of dash. I’ve just learnt it doesn’t have a native dash but you need a third party app for that?
You don’t need a dashboard. Think of it as just a database. And then other apps interact with it. On my android phone I have davx5 which does all the syncing of things like calendar and contacts. Setting up and syncing with davx5 is the easy bit. The hard bit is getting authentication working and creating the databases. Mine works perfectly but I couldn’t tell you how I set it up. If I want to add another calendar or contacts list to it Id have to go and figure it all out again.
I found Radicale easy to install and set up. Unfortunately, using it with an Android phone means Davx5 - there really doesn’t seem to be a viable alternative. And I couldn’t get Davx5 to work after days of effort, so I gave up on the idea of self-hosting contacts and calendar at all. <shame>
are you on android or iOS?
Can also check out Nextcloud. Yes, its more overkill than just calendar and contact sync but its not that hard to set up and self-host. It has an interface for you to fix your calendar and contacts graphically and works well with DAVx5, if on Android. Believe you can just add the CalDav and CardDav for iOS, but have not tried it personally.
I personly used Radicale. You have to click the plus icon to create a new calendar, then if you use an app that supports CalDAV (I personally use Thunderbird on desktop and Dav5x + Etar on Android) you can sync the calendars easily. Very nice!
