# speedyg0nz/MagInkCal

E-Ink Magic Calendar that automatically syncs to Google Calendar and runs off a battery powered Raspberry Pi Zero

Repository: https://github.com/speedyg0nz/MagInkCal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maginkcal
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-03-01T13:15:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1804, "days_push": 915, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3268, forks 121 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:52.980189+00:00)

## What it is
MagInkCal is a DIY E-Ink magic calendar application that syncs events from Google Calendar and renders them onto a Waveshare 12.48" tri-color E-Ink display. It runs on a battery-powered Raspberry Pi Zero WH with a PiSugar2 battery/RTC module, waking daily via cron to refresh the display.

## Use cases
- build a battery-powered wall-mounted e-ink calendar
- sync google calendar to an e-paper display
- make a magic calendar with raspberry pi zero
- display daily events on an e-ink screen
- wireless calendar display for home
- diy e-ink dashboard project

## When to choose
- you have the specific Waveshare 12.48" tri-color display and PiSugar2 hardware
- you want a wire-free, wall-mountable calendar that updates daily
- you want a well-documented DIY project to jump-start an e-ink calendar build

## When to avoid
- you use a different e-ink display or battery module without willingness to customize the code
- you need real-time or intraday calendar updates rather than a daily refresh
- you want a plug-and-play commercial product rather than a DIY build

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: scheduling, image-processing, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, iot, hardware
- platform: python, embedded, iot
- tags: e-ink, raspberry-pi, google-calendar, magic-calendar, pisugar, diy, e-paper

## Member repositories
- speedyg0nz/MagInkCal (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.980189+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:23:09.926907+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/speedyg0nz/MagInkCal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.980189+00:00, sha 2ab40fe95f74)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.