Their calendar plugin provides CalDAV, so you could just use your local calendar app that syncs with the server over that protocol.
Their calendar plugin provides CalDAV, so you could just use your local calendar app that syncs with the server over that protocol.
Sooooo why not just host any caldav server instead? Like, why is nextcloud so popular compared to self hosting caldav?
In my case, I want file/photo syncing, calendar syncing, and contact syncing.
Nextcloud provides all 3 in a package that pretty much just works, in my experience (despite being kinda slow).
The Notes app is a pretty nice wrapper around a specific folder full of markdown files, I mostly use it on my phone, and on my desktop I just use my favorite editor to poke at the .md files directly.
Oh, and when a friend group wanted a better way to figure out which day to get together, I just installed the Polls app with a few clicks and we use that now.
I am a bit disappointed in the performance, but I've been running this setup for years and it "just works" for me. I understand how it works, I know how to back it up (and, more importantly restore from that backup!)
If there's another open-source, self-hosted project that has WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDAV all in one package, then I might consider switching, but for now Nextcloud is "good enough" for me.
Ok so it's just the convenience of being a package, thank you for explaining.