macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gcalclilocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gcalcliMacPorts ports tree · office/gcalcli/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install gcalcli with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
Easily access your Google Calendar(s) from a command-line. Version 4.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-21.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gcalcliDebian stable package indexes · gcalcli · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gcalclinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gc/gcalcli/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gcalcliopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gcalcli · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Easily access your Google Calendar(s) from a command-line
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gcalcli
history
Project history and usage
gcalcli is a Python command-line interface for Google Calendar. It turns calendar viewing, event creation, reminders, ICS/vCal import, and shell integration into scriptable terminal workflows.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in April 2012 and the current README documents gcalcli as a Python application using Google Calendar API v3. Its command set covers listing calendars, agenda and calendar views, quick event entry, detailed event editing, imports, reminders, and shell completion.
Adoption history
The project README explicitly tells users to check operating-system distribution packages, and documents Debian/Ubuntu, Void Linux, Nix, Homebrew, PyPI, pipx, and source installation paths. GitHub tags show an active 4.x series, including v4.5.1, after a long life as a small personal-productivity CLI.
How it is used
A normal setup authenticates with OAuth2, stores the resulting token in a platform data directory, and then uses subcommands such as agenda, calm, calw, quick, add, import, and remind. The configuration model includes config.toml in the platform config directory, GCALCLI_CONFIG for overrides, and legacy gcalclirc-style flag files.
Why package nerds care
gcalcli is a classic Unix productivity package: it wraps a web API in composable terminal commands, cron jobs, tmux or Conky status displays, mailcap attachment handlers, and shell completion. Its packaging is also a reminder that API-backed CLIs often ship with local credential storage and user-managed OAuth client setup.
Timeline
- 2012: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2010s: gcalcli became packaged through operating-system and language package managers documented by the project.
- 2020s: 4.x tags continued while the README documented Google Calendar API v3 and user-provided OAuth client setup.
Related projects
- The README ties gcalcli to Google Calendar API v3, Python packaging through PyPI and pipx, shell completion through argcomplete, and desktop integrations such as cron, tmux, Conky, and notification commands.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gcalcli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.config/gcalcli/config.toml~/.config/gcalcli/gcalclirc
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Linux
~/.local/share/gcalcli/oauth
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gcalcli | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.5.1
manager updated2026-05-21
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/insanum/gcalclinone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gcalcli |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.5.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gcalcli |
| Homepage | https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli |
| Repository | https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/68/b8/c3f3b8c73c9740eeb592e31f3f1092485ce8809fd7137d7c776a0b0d3567/gcalcli-4.5.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-21T11:31:39Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, cryptography, pycparser, pydantic, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gcalcli |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 12 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
gcalcli 4.5.1-1
Google Calendar Command Line Interface
https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli
sudo apt install gcalcli- Section: utils
- Architecture: all
- 13 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gcalcli
Nix95%
gcalcli
nix profile install nixpkgs#gcalcli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gcalcli
Ubuntu apt95%
gcalcli 4.3.0-2
Google Calendar Command Line Interface
https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli
sudo apt install gcalcli- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: all
- 6 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gcalcli
zypper95%
gcalcli 4.3.0+git14.3e616f7-1.4
Google Calendar Command Line Interface
https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli
sudo zypper install gcalcli- License: MIT
- Category: Productivity/Office/Organizers
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: gcalcli
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gcalcli
MacPorts95%
gcalcli
sudo port install gcalcli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gcalcli
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment