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Get events and tasks from the macOS calendar database. Version 1.10.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Get events and tasks from the macOS calendar database
Project links
Commands and aliases
- icalBuddy
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Project history and usage
icalBuddy is a macOS command-line utility for reading events and tasks from the Calendar database used by iCal/Calendar. It occupies a small but durable niche in Mac automation: turning personal calendar data into scriptable terminal output.
Project history
Ali Rantakari published icalBuddy as a native OS X command-line tool and documented it with a homepage, examples, FAQ, and manual pages. The author's usage text identifies the program as version 1.8.8 and gives a 2008-2012 copyright range, while the page's version log records 1.8.8 on March 09, 2013.
After the original project line, Homebrew tracks a maintained 64-bit continuation from the `dkaluta/icalBuddy64` repository, with tags that extend the release sequence beyond the original 1.8.x series. The package therefore represents both the original Mac automation tool and the later packaging work needed to keep it usable on newer macOS systems.
Adoption history
The original site explicitly points users to examples, manual pages, configuration and localization manuals, and a blog post about displaying icalBuddy output on the desktop, showing adoption among users who wanted calendar data in scripts, widgets, and status displays.
Homebrew packaging made the tool installable as `ical-buddy`, preserving access for command-line Mac users even though the tool is platform-specific and depends on macOS calendar APIs.
How it is used
The command set includes date-bounded event queries, task queries, calendar listing, custom formatting, calendar inclusion/exclusion, property selection, config editing, and localization support. Typical uses are shell scripts, desktop overlays, status bars, and other local automations that need Calendar data without opening the Calendar app.
Why package nerds care
icalBuddy is a classic Homebrew-only productivity formula: small, Mac-specific, script-friendly, and tied to private Apple frameworks rather than a cross-platform ecosystem. Its significance is less about broad portability and more about exposing a GUI application's data model to Unix-style pipelines.
Timeline
- 2008-2012: Original usage text carries Ali Rantakari's copyright range.
- 2010-2013: The author's changelog records frequent 1.7.x and 1.8.x releases with relative dates, localization, installer, and macOS compatibility fixes.
- 2013: Version 1.8.8 appears in the author's changelog.
- 2019-2021: The `icalBuddy64` continuation tags versions from 1.8.9 through 1.10.1 for maintained Homebrew builds.
Related projects
- The project is related to Apple's iCal/Calendar database, Ali Rantakari's CalStoreHelper, and Mac desktop/status-display automation that consumes terminal output.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:database
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 11 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
icalBuddy | 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 version1.10.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.10.1
https://github.com/dkaluta/icalBuddy64
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ical-buddy |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.10.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ical-buddy |
| Homepage | https://hasseg.org/icalBuddy/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/dkaluta/icalBuddy64 |
| Upstream docs | https://hasseg.org/icalBuddy |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/dkaluta/icalBuddy64/archive/refs/tags/v1.10.1.tar.gz |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ical-buddy |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment