caldr, the command line calendar. It's super lightweight, yet it supports CardDAV sync!

go build .

Either export all necessary variables to your ENV or set them as command line flags:

export CARDDAV_USERNAME='...'
export CARDDAV_PASSWORD='...'
export CARDDAV_ENDPOINT='...'
export CALDR_DB='...'

If you're using Baïkal for example, you would export something like this as CARDDAV_ENDPOINT:

export CARDDAV_ENDPOINT='https://my.baik.al/dav.php/'

The CALDR_DB is the local events database in order to not need to contact the CalDAV for every lookup. You might set it to something like this:

export CALDR_DB=~/.cache/caldr.db

When caldr is launched for the first time, it requires the -r flag to refresh the events and sync them locally:

caldr -r

This way you could create a cron job that refreshes caldr in the background, e.g. every three hours:

crontab -e

0 */3 * * * sh -c 'caldr -r'

You can also output contacts as JSON format using the -j flag:

caldr -j

Find more flags and info with caldr --help.

You can customize the regular output using templating. The template can either be passed using the --template <file> flag or by exporting CALDR_TEMPLATE in the in the environment.

The templating format is the Go standard text/template format.

Available property names that are available can be found by checking the CalEvent struct in store/store.go.

An example template can be found here. To make use of the template, you can copy it to e.g. ~/.config/caldr.tmpl and have CALDR_TEMPLATE=~/.config/caldr.tmpl exported in your .zshrc/.bashrc/etc.

Check my dotfiles, especially this script for how to get notifications for events. You could either run this script on login or periodically as a cron job.

• Q: Does caldr write/modify any contact information? A: Nope, so far it's read-only and does not support updating iCals, hence it won't mess with your data.
• Q: Can I use it with my local calendar? A: Nope, as of right now caldr only supports CalDAV servers to sync with.
• Q: Does it support HTTP Digest auth? A: Nope, only HTTP Basic auth.
• Q: The text/template stuff doesn't work for me, can I make caldr output contact data differently? A: Yes, you can use the -j flag and have it output pure JSON, which you can then process using e.g. jq.