caldir

Plaintext calendar management stores events as individual .ics files in a directory, enabling version control, grep-based searching, and offline editing before syncing changes back to external calendar providers.

You sync local plaintext .ics files with external calendar providers using the caldir command-line interface, which handles ICS formatting, UID generation, and provider-side synchronization to keep your schedule updated.

Yes, you can query upcoming calendar events directly from the command line by interacting with your local filesystem or the caldir CLI to list scheduled events across your synced work and personal calendars.

The best way to edit ICS calendar data offline is using a standard text editor to modify the individual plaintext .ics files in your local directory, then synchronizing the changes via the CLI when connectivity is restored.

Yes, you need the caldir CLI tool because it automatically handles ICS formatting and UID generation required to create valid calendar files and successfully synchronize them with external providers.