collective/icalendar

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1171 stars · 397 forks observed · 2026-09-03

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Python library for parsing and generating iCalendar (RFC 5545) files. It can create, inspect, and modify calendar events, todos, journals, and alarms with support for multiple timezone implementations.

Use cases

• parse .ics calendar files in python
• generate icalendar event files
• read and modify calendar events programmatically
• convert calendar data to python objects
• handle recurring events and timezones in ics files
• create todo and journal entries in ical format

When to choose

• you need RFC 5545 compliant iCalendar parsing or generation in Python
• you need to read, create, or modify .ics files with timezone support
• you want a mature, well-tested library with active maintenance

When to avoid

• you need a full calendar server or scheduling engine rather than a parser library
• you work in a non-Python stack
• you need Google/Outlook calendar API integration rather than iCalendar file handling

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser serialization date-time files developer-tools python cross-platform icalendar rfc5545 calendar ics timezone

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