Feature comparison
Does Purelymail have a calendar?
Yes. Purelymail supports calendar synchronization through CalDAV. That means your events can live on Purelymail's servers and sync with calendar apps like Apple Calendar, Thunderbird, and DAVx5.
But Purelymail is not a full Google Calendar-style scheduling product. It does not provide a complete web calendar experience with real meeting invites, RSVP tracking, attendee status updates, recurring invite management, and inbox-to-calendar invite handling.
Purelymail Calendar is an unofficial, open-source companion app that fills that gap. It uses your existing Purelymail CalDAV calendar as the event store, sends iTIP/iMIP meeting invitations from your Purelymail mailbox, tracks replies over IMAP, and writes RSVP status back to your calendar.
At a glance.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Does Purelymail support calendars? | Yes, through CalDAV sync. |
| Does Purelymail have a full web calendar? | Not in the Google Calendar / Fastmail Calendar sense. |
| Can Purelymail send real meeting invites by itself? | Not as a complete built-in scheduling flow. |
| What does Purelymail Calendar add? | Web calendar views, iTIP/iMIP invites, RSVP tracking, recurring events, cancellations, and inbox invite sync. |
| Is Purelymail Calendar official? | No. It is an independent, unofficial, open-source project. |
The short version.
Purelymail gives you CalDAV calendar storage. Purelymail Calendar adds the missing scheduling layer: web calendar views, real meeting invites, RSVP tracking, recurring events, and inbox invite sync.
Your events stay in Purelymail's CalDAV calendar. Purelymail Calendar acts as the interface and scheduling engine around it. If you stop using the app, your calendar is unchanged.
Where to go next.
- Sign in to Purelymail Calendar with your Purelymail mailbox to try the scheduling layer on top of your existing CalDAV calendar.
- Read the About page for how the app works, where data lives, and the credential-handling model.
- Purelymail's official CalDAV documentation covers the underlying calendar storage Purelymail itself provides.
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Source on GitHub
(MIT licensed). Reproducible container image at
ghcr.io/bhartiyashesh/purelymailcalendar.