GeekCalendar

A TUI (Text User Interface) calendar application built with Node.js and Ink. Supports importing events from Calcure and Calcurse.

Features

• Interactive calendar in your terminal
• Add, edit, and delete events
• Recurring events (weekly, monthly, yearly)
• Import events from Calcure and Calcurse
• Save/load events (stored in ~/.config/geekcalendar/calendar.json)
• Restore from local backups or GitHub history (last 5)
• Sync events with a GitHub repository

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v16+ recommended)

Installation

This project uses Node.js and has the following dependencies:

• @octokit/rest
• ink
• js-yaml
• react

To install these dependencies, run the following command in the project directory:

npm install @octokit/rest ink js-yaml react

Run the app (local)

npm start

Install globally as a CLI

To use geekcalendar from anywhere, run the following command from the project directory:

npm install -g .

Then run:

geekcalendar

Nix and NixOS

Nix (flakes)

• Run without installing:

nix run github:fearlessgeekmedia/geekcalendar#geekcalendar

• Install to your user profile:

nix profile install github:fearlessgeekmedia/geekcalendar

• From a local clone (this repo):

cd geekcalendar
nix develop      # optional dev shell (Node.js 20)
nix run .#geekcalendar
# or install
nix profile install .#geekcalendar

NixOS (system-wide)

Add the package to your NixOS flake and rebuild:

# flake.nix (top-level)
inputs.geekcalendar.url = "github:fearlessgeekmedia/geekcalendar";

# flake.nix (in your host's configuration)
outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }@inputs: {
  nixosConfigurations.myhost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
    # ...
    modules = [
      ({ pkgs, ... }: {
        environment.systemPackages = [
          inputs.geekcalendar.packages.${pkgs.system}.geekcalendar
        ];
      })
    ];
  };
};

Then:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#$(hostname -s)

Home Manager

Add to your Home Manager configuration:

{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
{
  home.packages = [
    inputs.geekcalendar.packages.${pkgs.system}.geekcalendar
  ];
}

Project Structure

• src/components/ – Ink React components
• src/importers/ – Parsers for Calcure and Calcurse
• src/calendarData.js – Calendar data model
• src/index.js – Entry point

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GitHub Sync

To sync your calendar with a GitHub repository, you need to create a config.yml file at ~/.config/geekcalendar/config.yml with the following content:

github:
  owner: YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME
  repo: YOUR_GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME
  path: calendar.json # You can change the filename if you want
  token: YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN # Or set env var instead

Replace the placeholder values with your GitHub username, the name of the repository you want to sync to, and a GitHub Personal Access Token with repo scope.

Tokens can be provided via environment variables (recommended): GEEKCAL_GITHUB_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, or GH_TOKEN.

Once you have configured the config.yml file, you can use the y key in the application to sync your calendar data.

Notes:

• The app automatically saves your in-memory events before syncing to avoid losing changes.
• Local backups are created at ~/.config/geekcalendar/backups/ prior to sync or overwrites.
• GeekCalendar stores the last 5 synced commit SHAs in ~/.config/geekcalendar/sync_meta.json.
• Sync favors newer content by timestamp and handles basic update conflicts by retrying with the latest remote.

Restore from GitHub history

• Press r, then g to view the last 5 commits for the configured repo/path and choose one to restore.

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Keybindings

• ←/h and →/l: Change month
• SHIFT+J: Next year
• SHIFT+K: Previous year
• g: Jump to today
• a: Add event
• After adding, you can choose to make it recurring (weekly/monthly/yearly) and provide how many additional occurrences.
• e: Edit selected event
• d: Delete selected event (with confirmation)
• s: Save events to file
• S: Load events from file
• c: Import from Calcure (~/.config/calcure/events.csv)
• u: Import from Calcurse (~/.local/share/calcurse/apts)
• y: Sync with GitHub
• r: Restore from backup/history (choose local backups or GitHub history)
• q: Quit

Recurring Events

After adding an event, GeekCalendar asks if you want to make it recurring.

• Recurrence types: weekly, monthly, yearly
• You specify how many additional occurrences to create
• Dates are clamped for shorter months and leap years (e.g., Jan 31 → Feb 28/29)

Recurring events are stored as individual events (no special recurrence metadata), so they are compatible with import/export and syncing as simple JSON.

Restore from Backups or History

• Local backups are saved automatically to ~/.config/geekcalendar/backups/ with timestamps. Press r then l to pick one.
• GitHub history: press r then g to list the last 5 commits for your calendar file and restore the content from any of them.

Importing from Calcure and Calcurse

• Calcure events: ~/.config/calcure/events.csv
• Calcurse events: ~/.local/share/calcurse/apts

Use the in-app keybindings to import from these files.

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Data Location

By default, all your calendar events are saved to:

~/.config/geekcalendar/calendar.json

💖 Support GeekCalendar

If GeekCalendar is useful to you, please consider supporting its development!

• Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi

Your support helps keep this project alive and growing. Thank you!

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License

MIT