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    <h1>The Python Web Calendaring Ecosystem</h1>
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      Calendaring is harder than it looks. We do it properly.
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          RFC 5545, CalDAV, JMAP: each one has quirks, and real servers pile on more.
          Most Python libraries quietly get recurrences wrong or skip the hard parts entirely.
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          We don't. Small team, real servers, no company behind it. Funded by <a href="proxy.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlnet.nl%2FNGI0"
            target="_blank" rel="noopener">NLnet NGI Zero</a>.
          Parts of this software run in millions of installations; Nextcloud, Thunderbird, and Android all ship it.
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        <a href="proxy.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpycal.org%2Fsoftware">See all software →</a>
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