calcurse
The facts below are what the maker publishes about calcurse, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From calcurse's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| calcurse | Free | Open source command-line calendar and scheduling application |
The facts
Each one read from calcurse's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- Its command-line interface, script support, and configurable text interface make it suited to users who prefer terminal-based scheduling and automation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- The site describes CalDAV synchronization as experimental and says iCal-compatible applications can be synchronized using a script.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Events and tasks
- It supports all-day events, recurring appointments, and TODO items.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Google Calendar
- The calcurse-caldav documentation includes instructions for OAuth2 authentication and Google Calendar synchronization.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- It imports iCalendar data and exports iCalendar and pcal formats.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface and scripting
- It has a customizable curses-based interface and a non-interactive command-line interface that can filter and format appointments for scripts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is released under the BSD license, which the development page says permits downloading, modifying, and redistributing it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notes and hooks
- Users can attach notes to calendar items, edit them with their preferred text editor, and run scripts on data load or save.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- calcurse is a command-line calendar and scheduling application for events, appointments, and everyday tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release
- The downloads page identifies version 4.8.2 as the latest release and says source builds must be compiled.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reminders
- Its configurable notification system can send mail or use other mechanisms to remind users about upcoming appointments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The downloads page provides a GnuPG signature for the source archive and identifies the key used to verify it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can report bugs through GitHub or by email, and the site provides HTML, PDF, and manual-page documentation.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The source has been tested on Arch Linux, Debian, and OpenBSD, is stated to likely work on Unix systems generally, and packages are listed for macOS and multiple Linux and BSD distributions.checked 12 Oct 2026
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