Hi, everyone!

For several years, I’ve relied on NextCloud as a substitute for Google services. The time has come to say goodbye and move on in life. I’ve decided to replace my NextCloud instance with separate services for files, calendar, photos, notes, and to-do lists.

I’ve already found alternatives for all services, except for the calendar.

Does anyone have experience with FOSS projects that would allow me to self-host a calendar? I’m looking for something that supports CalDAV, has its own (pretty) user interface (webui), caters to multiple users, and supports multiple calendars.

And if anyone is interested in the alternatives I’ve found for each NextCloud component, here’s the list:

NextCloud Files -> File Browser NextCloud Notes -> Joplin NextCloud Photos -> Immich NextCloud Tasks -> Vikunja NextCloud Calendar -> ???___

Edit:

In the end, I used Radicale software. I deployed it in a docker container and it worked almost right out of the box.

    • ronmaide@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      So—I will preface this by saying I’d also love for an alternative to Nextcloud that’s faster and more reliable.

      For the combo of FileBrowser and Joplin—I used Joplin a bunch in the past so I’m relatively familiar with it, but it’s also been a while and things may have changed—how is it syncing? I seem to remember hooking it up through WebDAV to sync—is that (still?) the case? If so, does that mean that FileBrowser is also exposing a WebDAV server in addition to the HTTP server? Is FileBrowser doing any cross-device syncing at all, or is it as it appears on the surface—just exposing a folder via a URL that you can send/retrieve files from?

      The one thing I’d caution with Joplin, and what ultimately pushed me away from it was the portability of the data within it—I didn’t love that I wasn’t ultimately just working with a folder of Markdown, which led me to Obsidian—but don’t let my preferences dissuade you—the best system is the one that works for you—just more of a heads up since at least a few years back the export process was a bit of a pain to get things in a “vanilla” state.

        • Shimitar@feddit.itEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Nope, Joplin saves as .md files but those are clearly NOT markdown. I switched after I got burned.

            • Shimitar@feddit.itEnglish
              1·
              5 months ago

              That’s the point: that is not markdown file. Most of the text is markdown, but try editing it with a different editor …

              Try back and forth between md editors…

              You end up with a mess. I want md for interoperability, and this is not good.

                • Shimitar@feddit.itEnglish
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                  5 months ago

                  I am using markor on android and silverbullet (web) on anything else.

                  Joplin was OK, but the android editor felt sluggish and the only available web GUI was… Meh. And I still had to use WebDAV to sync. And I lost all my data once due to how Joplin “think” sync should be done.

                  Now using syncthing with markor&silverbullet. Nice combo, and I can still access all my notes over WebDAV anyway.