Cal.com is a free, open source scheduling & event management project written in TypeScript and released under MIT. It has 48,529 GitHub stars, 15,154 forks and 1,432 open issues, and was last pushed 4 days ago. On this registry it ranks #1 of 23 tracked projects in Scheduling & Event Management, and is listed as an open source replacement for 1 paid product, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available. It gained 125 stars over the last 6 tracked days.

What is Cal.com?

What it is

Cal.diy is a fully open-source, community-maintained fork of Cal.com, stripped of all enterprise and commercial features. It provides a self-hosted scheduling platform built on the T3 stack (Next.js, tRPC, Prisma, Tailwind CSS, Zod), licensed under MIT with no proprietary code or license keys required.

It solves the problem of vendor lock-in for scheduling infrastructure by offering a free, transparent alternative to hosted services like Calendly. Users gain full control over their data and deployment environment, avoiding recurring subscription fees and third-party dependencies—ideal for individuals or teams needing a customizable, self-contained scheduling solution.

Key capabilities

  • Create and embed customizable booking pages with real-time availability
  • Integrate with calendars (Google, Outlook, iCal) via OAuth or API keys
  • Support for video calls via Daily.co embeds for virtual meetings
  • Multi-user support with role-based access (Free, Pro, Trial, Admin)
  • Event type configuration with duration, timezone, buffer time, and capacity limits
  • Custom branding and domain support for public-facing scheduling pages
  • Authentication via Next-Auth with providers like Google, GitHub, and email

Who uses it and how

Individuals self-host Cal.diy to run personal scheduling pages without external tracking or pricing tiers. Teams deploy it internally to manage meetings while retaining data ownership and avoiding per-seat licensing costs. Developers use it as a base for building custom scheduling workflows or embedding into internal tools. Organizations with strict compliance requirements run it on-premises to meet data residency or security policies.

Getting started

Clone the repository, install dependencies with yarn, configure .env with NEXTAUTH_SECRET and CALENDSO_ENCRYPTION_KEY, then run yarn dev. For quick local testing, use yarn dx with Docker to spin up a local PostgreSQL instance and preloaded test users.

When to use it — and when not to

Use Cal.diy when you need full control over your scheduling infrastructure, have DevOps capacity for self-hosting, and do not require enterprise features like SSO, teams, or analytics. Avoid it if you need commercial support, enterprise-grade SLAs, or hosted management—Cal.com’s official offering covers those cases. Self-hosting requires managing PostgreSQL, SMTP (for emails), and secure key rotation; it lacks built-in monitoring, backups, or multi-region failover.

project readme (upstream, from github) — read inline

[!WARNING]
Use at your own risk. Cal.diy is the open source community edition of Cal.com and it is intended for users who want to self-host their own Cal.diy instance. It is strictly recommended for personal, non-production use. Please review all installation and configuration steps carefully. Self-hosting requires advanced knowledge of server administration, database management, and securing sensitive data. Proceed only if you are comfortable with these responsibilities.

[!TIP] For any commercial and enterprise-ready scheduling infrastructure, use Cal.com, not Cal.diy; hosted by us or get invited to on-prem enterprise access here: https://cal.com/sales

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About Cal.diy

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Cal.diy is the community-driven, fully open-source scheduling platform — a fork of Cal.com with all enterprise/commercial code removed.

Cal.diy is 100% MIT-licensed with no proprietary "Enterprise Edition" features. It's designed for individuals and self-hosters who want full control over their scheduling infrastructure without any commercial dependencies.

What's different from Cal.com?

  • No enterprise features — Teams, Organizations, Insights, Workflows, SSO/SAML, and other EE-only features have been removed
  • No license key required — Everything works out of the box, no Cal.com account or license needed
  • 100% open source — The entire codebase is licensed under MIT, no "Open Core" split
  • Community-maintained — Contributions are welcome and go directly into this project (see CONTRIBUTING.md)

Note: Cal.diy is a self-hosted project. There is no hosted/managed version. You run it on your own infrastructure.

Built With

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running, please follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

Here’s what you need to run Cal.diy.

  • Node.js (Version: >=18.x)
  • PostgreSQL (Version: >=13.x)
  • Yarn (recommended)

If you want to enable any of the available integrations, you may want to obtain additional credentials for each one. More details on this can be found below under the integrations section.

Development

Setup

  1. Clone the repo (or fork https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy/fork)

    git clone https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy.git
    

    If you are on Windows, run the following command in Git Bash with admin privileges: git clone -c core.symlinks=true https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy.git

  2. Go to the project folder

    cd cal.diy
    
  3. Install packages with yarn

    yarn
    
  4. Set up your .env file

    • Duplicate .env.example to .env
    • Use openssl rand -base64 32 to generate a key and add it under NEXTAUTH_SECRET in the .env file.
    • Use openssl rand -base64 24 to generate a key and add it under CALENDSO_ENCRYPTION_KEY in the .env file.

Windows users: Replace the packages/prisma/.env symlink with a real copy to avoid a Prisma error (unexpected character / in variable name):

# Git Bash / WSL
rm packages/prisma/.env && cp .env packages/prisma/.env
  1. Set up Node If your Node version does not meet the project's requirements as instructed by the docs, "nvm" (Node Version Manager) allows using Node at the version required by the project:

    nvm use
    

    You first might need to install the specific version and then use it:

    nvm install && nvm use
    

    You can install nvm from here.

Quick start with yarn dx
  • Requires Docker and Docker Compose to be installed
  • Will start a local Postgres instance with a few test users - the credentials will be logged in the console
yarn dx

Default credentials created:

Email Password Role
[email protected] free Free user
[email protected] pro Pro user
[email protected] trial Trial user
[email protected] ADMINadmin2022! Admin user
[email protected] onboarding Onboarding incomplete

You can use any of these credentials to sign in at http://localhost:3000

Tip: To view the full list of seeded users and their details, run yarn db-studio and visit http://localhost:5555

Development tip
  1. Add export NODE_OPTI to your shell script to increase the memory limit for the node process. Alternatively, you can run this in your terminal before running the app. Replace 16384 with the amount of RAM you want to allocate to the node process.

  2. Add NEXT_PUBLIC_LOGGER_LEVEL={level} to your .env file to control the logging verbosity for all tRPC queries and mutations.
    Where {level} can be one of the following:

    0 for silly
    1 for trace
    2 for debug
    3 for info
    4 for warn
    5 for error
    6 for fatal

    When you set NEXT_PUBLIC_LOGGER_LEVEL={level} in your .env file, it enables logging at that level and higher. Here's how it works:

    The logger will include all logs that are at the specified level or higher. For example: \

    • If you set NEXT_PUBLIC_LOGGER_LEVEL=2, it will log from level 2 (debug) upwards, meaning levels 2 (debug), 3 (info), 4 (warn), 5 (error), and 6 (fatal) will be logged. \
    • If you set NEXT_PUBLIC_LOGGER_LEVEL=3, it will log from level 3 (info) upwards, meaning levels 3 (info), 4 (warn), 5 (error), and 6 (fatal) will be logged, but level 2 (debug) and level 1 (trace) will be ignored. \
echo 'NEXT_PUBLIC_LOGGER_LEVEL=3' >> .env

for Logger level to be set at info, for example.

Gitpod Setup
  1. Click the button below to open this project in Gitpod.

  2. This will open a fully configured workspace in your browser with all the necessary dependencies already installed.

Open in Gitpod

Manual setup
  1. Configure environment variables in the .env file. Replace , , , and with their applicable values

    DATABASE_URL='postgresql://:@:'
    
If you don't know how to configure the DATABASE_URL, then follow the steps here to create a quick local DB
  1. Download and install PostgreSQL locally (if you don't have it already).

  2. Create your own local db by executing createDB

  3. Now open your psql shell with the DB you created: psql -h localhost -U postgres -d

  4. Inside the psql shell execute \conninfo. And you will get the following info. image

  5. Now extract all the info and add it to your DATABASE_URL. The url would look something like this

readme truncated — read the full docs on github

Frequently asked questions

Is Cal.com free to use?

Cal.com is open source under the MIT licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does Cal.com do?

Self-host your own scheduling page, no vendor required

What is Cal.com written in?

Cal.com is primarily written in TypeScript. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy, and it has 48,529 GitHub stars.

What is a good open source alternative to Calendly?

Cal.com is one of the open source options listed as an alternative to Calendly. Compare licences, stars and activity side by side on the Cal.com profile.