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
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.
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
Baikal was easy to migrate. All i needed to do was to copy the single db file.
Follow up questions:
I seed to have created multiple users, how can I manage users?
Does Radicale have a dashboard?
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!
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>
