How to sync contacts and calendars between desktop and Android (without root)
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This is a simple guide on how to synchronise contacts and calendars between a desktop operating system (Windows, macOS, Linux) and Android relying on a combination of Syncthing and Radicale. The main goal and idea is to have Radicale running on every system locally, so that you can connect with it even when there is no network connection available. This applies to both desktop operating systems and Android as well. Desktop: Install and run Radicale following instructions from https://radical...
  • mnmalst@lemmy.zip
    101·
    3 months ago

    I am using this setup for years by now. Works great mostly.

      • mnmalst@lemmy.zip
        3·
        3 months ago

        I just realized this is not the exact setup I use. I use Radicale on the desktop but additionally Decsync. So I don’t need Radicale on my other devices, just a Decsync client.

        With “mostly” in my case I was referring to the Radicale-Decsync plugin which works great but doesn’t seem to be actively maintained anymore. So there was an instance where Radicale changed something and the Decsync plugin didn’t work anymore. Was an easy fix but sadly that fix is still not available in the “official” Radicale-Decsync plugin which makes it hard for non technical users to use it, currently.

        • 7eter@feddit.org
          3·
          3 months ago

          DecSync is amazing! Setting it up seemd easier to me than what is described I’m the linked article. Luckily that bug you are talking about hasn’t appeared to me.

  • Twotone@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 months ago

    Its great, been using it for a while across a few different devices. Android/windows/Linux, it doesn’t care.

  • oendha@jlai.lu
    31·
    3 months ago

    Isn’t that just overcomplicating things for no reason? Radicale provides WebDAV endpoints that clients (including DAVx5 on Android) can just connect to, to synchronize calendars and contacts. All of this setup seems to just do all the sync part manually through Syncthing rather than just use Radicale’s built-in functionality.

      • oendha@jlai.lu
        21·
        3 months ago

        Syncthing is a server. You’re replacing the server part of Radicale with another server software, which comes with extra overhead and complexity.

  • Fijxu@programming.dev
    1·
    3 months ago

    Radicale is good, but EteSync is better, although EteSync has not been updated for a long time (as far as I know), the data is encrypted, which is way better if for some reason, the data of your server/VPS gets compromised.

    • shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.de
      7·
      3 months ago

      You can have untrusted peers in Syncthing that only receive an encrypted copy of your data.

      • Fijxu@programming.dev
        1·
        3 months ago

        How do you guys can see a deleted comment wtf. I deleted it for a reason, because I noticed that my comment was dumb and stupid after I posted it

  • JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’ll try this! I used to use caldav via my mail provider with DAVx5, but I had problems with it not retaining notification settings with recurring events.

    I don’t know if that’s a problem with their caldav server, DAVx5, or my phone’s calendar. But worth trying with radicale and see if it works.

  • pedroapero@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 months ago

    I just use Syncthing to backup Radicale files. I guess this is to remove the need for a domain name and web server? This won’t work with all devices like iphones. Also shared calendars won’t sync properly.