Calctl

Manage Apple Calendar events via icalBuddy + AppleScript CLI

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calctl - Apple Calendar CLI

Manage Apple Calendar from the command line using icalBuddy (fast reads) and AppleScript (writes).

Requirements:

brew install ical-buddy

Commands

Command	Description
`calctl calendars`	List all calendars
`calctl show [filter]`	Show events (today, tomorrow, week, YYYY-MM-DD)
`calctl add <title>`	Create a new event
`calctl search <query>`	Search events by title (next 30 days)

Examples

# List calendars
calctl calendars
Show today's events
calctl show today
Show this week's events
calctl show week
Show events from specific calendar
calctl show week --calendar Work
Show events on specific date
calctl show 2026-01-25
Add an event
calctl add "Meeting with John" --date 2026-01-22 --time 14:00
Add event to specific calendar
calctl add "Team Standup" --calendar Work --date 2026-01-22 --time 09:00 --end 09:30
Add all-day event
calctl add "Holiday" --date 2026-01-25 --all-day
Add event with notes
calctl add "Project Review" --date 2026-01-22 --time 15:00 --notes "Bring quarterly report"
Search for events

calctl search "meeting"

Options for

add

Option	Description	Default
`-c, --calendar <name>`	Calendar to add event to	Privat
`-d, --date <YYYY-MM-DD>`	Event date	today
`-t, --time <HH:MM>`	Start time	09:00
`-e, --end <HH:MM>`	End time	1 hour after start
`-n, --notes <text>`	Event notes	none
`--all-day`	Create all-day event	false

Available Calendars

Common calendars on this system:

Privat (personal)
Work
Familien Kalender
rainbat solutions GmbH
TimeTrack

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calctl - Apple Calendar CLI

Commands

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Show today's events

Show this week's events

Show events from specific calendar

Show events on specific date

Add an event

Add event to specific calendar

Add all-day event

Add event with notes

Search for events

Options for
`add`

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