Family Organizer
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The facts
Each one read from Family Organizer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Apple Calendar integration
- Apple Calendar integration imports calendars one way over CalDAV through server-side polling.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The maker lists a full web app installable as a PWA and core-feature iOS and Android apps built with Expo.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Platforms and offline support
- The project lists a full web app installable as a PWA and an iOS/Android Expo app with core features; offline support is partial.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
- Calendar
- The calendar has day, multi-day, month, and year views, Gregorian and Bikram Samvat calendars, and a chore overlay.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Calendar integration
- Apple Calendar sync imports calendars one way through CalDAV using server-side polling.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Chores
- Chores support recurring schedules, member rotation, rewards, and tracking which logged-in member completed them.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Curriculum
- Task series support rolling queues, nested subtasks, response fields, grading, and file attachments.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment and requirements
- Self-hosting requires Node.js 20 or later, a free InstantDB account, and S3-compatible object storage; MinIO is included in the Docker Compose setup.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment requirement
- Self-hosting requires a server, Node.js 20 or later, an InstantDB account, and S3-compatible object storage.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Family accounts
- Family members log in with PINs, with separate parent and child permissions and actions attributed to the logged-in member.checked 4 Oct 2026
- File storage
- The app uses S3-compatible storage such as MinIO for files and resizes images to 64, 320, and 1200 pixels.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Finances
- Finance features include multi-currency envelope budgeting, savings goals, allowance distribution, rewards, and transaction history.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project says it is best suited to households that want full data ownership and are comfortable self-hosting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Learning tasks
- Task series support rolling queues, nested subtasks, response fields, grading, and image, PDF, audio, or video attachments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under Apache License 2.0, whose license grant allows use without charge subject to its terms.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Messages
- Family messages are organized into topic threads, support read receipts and attachments, and are visible to parents across household threads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline limit
- Offline support is partial; the maker says full offline support is not yet complete.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Family Organizer is an open-source family management app for shared family calendars, chores, curriculum, messages, and finances.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Family Organizer is an open-source family management app for shared calendars, chores, curriculum, messages, and finances, with real-time syncing across devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security and permissions
- The README says parent and child permissions are separated and actions are attributed to the logged-in member; device activation uses a configurable shared secret.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The maker welcomes issues and pull requests and describes this as a personal project whose pace follows family needs.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support and project status
- The maintainer describes this as a personal project, welcomes issues and pull requests, and says iteration follows real family needs; screenshots are marked as coming soon.checked 11 Oct 2026
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