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Bruno Bernardino 15dcc8803d Basic CalDav UI (Calendar)
This implements a basic CalDav UI, titled "Calendar". It allows creating new calendars and events with a start and end date, URL, location, and description.

You can also import and export ICS (VCALENDAR + VEVENT) files.

It allows editing the ICS directly, for power users.

Additionally, you can hide/display events from certain calendars, change their names and their colors. If there's no calendar created yet in your CalDav server (first-time setup), it'll automatically create one, titled "Calendar".

You can also change the display timezone for the calendar from the settings.

Finally, there's some minor documentation fixes and some other minor tweaks.

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# bewCloud
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This is the [bewCloud app](https://bewcloud.com) built using [Fresh](https://fresh.deno.dev) and deployed using [docker compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/).
If you're looking for the desktop sync app, it's at [`bewcloud-desktop`](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud-desktop).
If you're looking for the mobile app, it's at [`bewcloud-mobile`](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud-mobile).
## Self-host it!
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Or on your own machine, start with these commands:
```sh
mkdir data-files data-radicale radicale-config # local directories for storing user-uploaded files, radicale data, and radicale config (these last two are necessary only if you're using CalDav/CardDav/Contacts)
```
Now, download/copy the following configuration files (and tweak their contents as necessary, though no changes should yield a working — but very unsafe — setup):
- [`docker-compose.yml`](/docker-compose.yml)
- [`.env.sample`](/.env.sample) and save it as `.env`
- [`bewcloud.config.sample.ts`](/bewcloud.config.sample.ts) and save it as `bewcloud.config.ts`
- [`radicale-config/config`](/radicale-config/config) and save it as `radicale-config/config` (necessary only if you're using CalDav/CardDav/Contacts)
Finally, run these commands:
```sh
docker compose up -d # makes the app available at http://localhost:8000
docker compose run --rm website bash -c "cd /app && make migrate-db" # initializes/updates the database (only needs to be executed the first time and on any data updates)
```
> [!NOTE]
> If you run into permission issues, you can try running `sudo chown -R 1993:1993 data-files` to fix them.
>
> `1993:1993` above comes from deno's [docker image](https://github.com/denoland/deno_docker/blob/2abfe921484bdc79d11c7187a9d7b59537457c31/ubuntu.dockerfile#L20-L22) where `1993` is the default user id in it. It might change in the future since I don't control it.
If you're interested in building/contributing, check the [Development section below](#development).
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Even with signups disabled (`config.auth.allowSignups=false`), the first signup will work and become an admin.
## Sponsors
These are the amazing entities or individuals who are sponsoring this project for this current month. If you'd like to show up here, [check the GitHub Sponsors page](https://github.com/sponsors/bewcloud) or [make a donation](https://donate.stripe.com/bIYeWBbw00Ape5iaFi) above $50 ($100 to show up on the website)!
<p align="center" width="100%">
<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/bewCloud/" title="NLnet Foundation">
<img src="https://nlnet.nl/logo/banner.svg" alt="NLnet Foundation" width="256" />
</a>
</p>
## Development
### Requirements
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Don't forget to set up your `.env` file based on `.env.sample`.
> Don't forget to set up your `bewcloud.config.ts` file based on `bewcloud.config.sample.ts`.
- This was tested with [`Deno`](https://deno.land)'s version stated in the `.dvmrc` file, though other versions may work.
- For the postgres dependency (used when running locally or in CI), you should have `Docker` and `docker compose` installed.
### Commands
```sh
docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up # (optional) runs docker with postgres, locally
make migrate-db # runs any missing database migrations
make start # runs the app
make format # formats the code
make test # runs tests
```
### Other less-used commands
```sh
make exec-db # runs psql inside the postgres container, useful for running direct development queries like `DROP DATABASE "bewcloud"; CREATE DATABASE "bewcloud";`
make build # generates all static files for production deploy
```
## Structure
- Routes are defined at `routes/`.
- Static files are defined at `static/`.
- Frontend-only components are defined at `components/`.
- Isomorphic components are defined at `islands/`.
- Cron jobs are defined at `crons/`.
- Reusable bits of code are defined at `lib/`.
- Database migrations are defined at `db-migrations/`.
## Deployment
Just push to the `main` branch.
## How does Contacts/CardDav and Calendar/CalDav work?
CalDav/CardDav is now available since [v2.3.0](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud/releases/tag/v2.3.0), using [Radicale](https://radicale.org/v3.html) via Docker, which is already _very_ efficient (and battle-tested). The "Contacts" client for CardDav is available since [v2.4.0](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud/releases/tag/v2.3.0) and the "Calendar" client for CalDav is available since [v2.5.0](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud/releases/tag/v2.5.0). [Check this tag/release for custom-made server code where it was all mostly working, except for many edge cases, if you're interested](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud/releases/tag/v0.0.1-self-made-carddav-caldav).
In order to share a calendar, you can either have a shared user, or you can symlink the calendar to the user's own calendar (simply `ln -s /<absolute-path-to-data-radicale>/collections/collection-root/<owner-user-id>/<calendar-to-share> /<absolute-path-to-data-radicale>/collections/collection-root/<user-id-to-share-with>/`).
> [!NOTE]
> If you're running radicale with docker, the symlink needs to point to the container's directory, usually starting with `/data` if you didn't change the `radicale-config/config`, otherwise the container will fail to load the linked directory.
## How does private file sharing work?
Public file sharing is now possible since [v2.2.0](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud/releases/tag/v2.2.0). [Check this PR for advanced sharing with internal and external users, with read and write access that was being done and almost working, if you're interested](https://github.com/bewcloud/bewcloud/pull/4). I ditched all that complexity for simply using [symlinks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link) for internal sharing, as it served my use case (I have multiple data backups and trust the people I provide accounts to, with the symlinks).
You can simply `ln -s /<absolute-path-to-data-files>/<owner-user-id>/<directory-to-share> /<absolute-path-to-data-files>/<user-id-to-share-with>/` to create a shared directory between two users, and the same directory can have different names, now.
> [!NOTE]
> If you're running the app with docker, the symlink needs to point to the container's directory, usually starting with `/app` if you didn't change the `Dockerfile`, otherwise the container will fail to load the linked directory.
## How does it look?
[Check the website](https://bewcloud.com) for screenshots or [the YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@bewCloud) for 1-minute demos.