# Can anyone suggest an open-source icalendar program to put on my web server

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407 "2009-08-31T21:07:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407/1 "2009-08-31T21:07:42Z")

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so I can basically have a calendar (a-la google calendar/outlook calendar) accessible from my website for remote access.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407/2 "2009-08-31T21:10:11Z")

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Why don’t you just use Google calendar?

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**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407/3 "2009-08-31T21:11:33Z")

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because that would require me signing up for google apps and messing around with how my mail server is currently setup.

i would like it integrated into my website’s email system, not some stand-alone random thing.

plus, i have issues with their data mining/automatic scanning that are a concern for this particular website.

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**Author:** ![rijeagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rijeagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rijeagle)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407/4 "2009-09-01T17:29:26Z")

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Have you looked at

> **[Calendars.Net: Free Interactive Web Calendar Hosting](http://www.calendars.net/)**
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> Display and edit your own calendar of events. Let others post and view events or not. Link your calendar to your web site. View and print out calendars by the day, week, month, or year.

free and simple

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**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-suggest-an-open-source-icalendar-program-to-put-on-my-web-server/508407/5 "2009-09-01T17:50:30Z")

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I’ve used this one, it’s pretty good, IMO: [http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php](http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php)