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title: Three open source alternatives to Calendly
tags: []
tags: [open source, productivity, collaboration, calendly, fossify calendar, cal.com, easy!appointments]
authors: BekahHW
slug: three-open-source-alternatives-to-calendly
description: "Check out three open source alternatives to calendly to schedule your life!"
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Chances are, you either have a calendar schedule or you've interacted with someone else's scheduler. I have been incredibly resistant to having one myself, although I have tried (and didn't *love*) Calendly in the past to help schedule podcast episodes. At this point, it's necessary for me to have a way to easily schedule meeting, kids' events, and whatever else is happening. To do this, I investigated [three open source alternatives to Calendly](https://app.opensauced.pizza/pages/BekahHW/1199/dashboard): cal.com, Fossify Calendar, and Easy!Appointments.
Chances are, you either have a calendar schedule or you've interacted with someone else's scheduler. I have been incredibly resistant to having one myself, although I have tried (and didn't *love*) Calendly in the past to help schedule podcast episodes. At this point, it's necessary for me to have a way to easily schedule meeting, kids' events, and whatever else is happening. To do this, I investigated [three open source alternatives to Calendly](https://app.opensauced.pizza/workspaces/127e8633-bace-4bae-814b-b36695e87de0): cal.com, Fossify Calendar, and Easy!Appointments.

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## Features & Open Source Support
### [Fossify Calendar ](https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar)
### [Fossify Calendar](https://app.opensauced.pizza/s/FossifyOrg/Calendar)

> A simple calendar with events, customizable widgets and no ads.
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Despite not having a website for their product, Fossify Calendar has continued support from contributors.

[![Fossify oss support](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d4pyb6ylmg5rkwrwpe5i.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/pages/BekahHW/1199/dashboard)
[![Fossify oss support](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d4pyb6ylmg5rkwrwpe5i.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/workspaces/127e8633-bace-4bae-814b-b36695e87de0)

- - Stars: 336
- - Watching: 8
- - Forks: 27
- - License: GPL-3.0
- Stars: 336
- Watching: 8
- Forks: 27
- License: GPL-3.0

### [Cal.com](https://github.com/calcom/cal.com)
### [Cal.com](https://app.opensauced.pizza/s/calcom/cal.com)

> Meet Cal.com, the event-juggling scheduler for everyone. Focus on meeting, not making meetings. Free for individuals.
Cal.com offers a comprehensive, API-driven scheduling infrastructure, which creates opportunities for customization and integration with other tools like Google Calendar and Zoom. It offers a variety of event types, including, secret events, availability schedule, minimum notics, requires confirmation, recurring events, and more. There's also an option for paid bookings, dynamic group links, and more options with their app store.

Cal.com has by far, the most active open source community and support for their project, and maybe that's reflected in the number of features they offer as well..
Cal.com has by far, the most active open source community and support for their project, and maybe that's reflected in the number of features they offer as well.

[![Open Source Activity](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/7trjrf139z123xvexrfy.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/pages/BekahHW/1199/dashboard)
[![Open Source Activity](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/7trjrf139z123xvexrfy.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/workspaces/70809527-03ce-41ec-a159-fc664651afdb/repository-insights/1199/dashboard)


- - Stars: 27.2k
- - Watching: 152
- - Forks: 6.1k
- - License: AGPLv3 and Commercial License
- Stars: 27.2k
- Watching: 152
- Forks: 6.1k
- License: AGPLv3 and Commercial License

### [Easy!Appointments](https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments)
*Note: since February, we've seen continual growth with Cal.com as seen below.*

[![cal.com contributor breakdown in the last 6 months](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/1i03vp56ai3g7lnttagn.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/s/calcom/cal.com?range=180)

### [Easy!Appointments](https://app.opensauced.pizza/s/alextselegidis/easyappointments)

> SCHEDULE ANYTHING. Let's start with easy! Get the best free online appointment scheduler on your server, today.
Easy!Appointments supports online booking for individuals or teams, and offers features like: appointment and customer management, services and service providers that are configurable, business workflow and booking rules, Google calendar synchronization, email notification support, group sessions support, API and webhook interfaces for automations and integrations, and more.

Despite a steady increase in starts from 2016 until now, Easy!Appointments seems to be slowing down. You can see by the contributions graph below, but also if you go to the repository, code hasn't been merged in during the last two months.

[![Easy!Appointments oss support](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/q8818hi4vqlcz1yqyt33.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/pages/BekahHW/1199/dashboard)
[![Easy!Appointments oss support](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/q8818hi4vqlcz1yqyt33.png)](https://app.opensauced.pizza/workspaces/70809527-03ce-41ec-a159-fc664651afdb/repository-insights/1199/dashboard)


- - Stars: 3k
- - Watching: 155
- - Forks: 1.2k
- - License: GPL-3.0
- Stars: 3k
- Watching: 155
- Forks: 1.2k
- License: GPL-3.0

## Comparison with Calendly

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## Takeaways

Depending on your needs, there will be different decisions for everyone here. I will say, as a recent cal.com user, I'm finding the process to be very positive, but I'm only using the most basic features. I'm looking forward to implementing more of their offerings soon for some of my upcoming projects though! If you have an open source productivity tool you'd like to recommend, drop it in the comments below.
Depending on your needs, there will be different decisions for everyone here. I will say, as a recent cal.com user, I'm finding the process to be very positive, but I'm only using the most basic features. I'm looking forward to implementing more of their offerings soon for some of my upcoming projects though! If you have an open source productivity tool you'd like to recommend, drop it in the comments below. To learn more about the cal.com contributors, including their OSCR, check out their [contributor tab](https://app.opensauced.pizza/s/calcom/cal.com/contributors?range=30).

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