Google Calendar
Articles tagged Google Calendar from the hora Calendar dev blog.
2026-05-29
Google Calendar App for Mac: What hora 1.0 Brings
hora 1.0 is a native Google Calendar app for Mac with real-time sync, menu bar, widgets, quick add, Focus Time, and privacy-first design.
2026-05-14
Google Calendar Swift Package Migration
I spent a month hand-writing Google Calendar API code before switching to Google's Swift package. I would not do it again, but it was worth it.
2026-05-06
Fantastical Alternative for Google Calendar
Fantastical costs $57–$84/year. If you only use Google Calendar on a Mac, here are the best alternatives — including hora Calendar at $49 lifetime.
2026-04-22
hora Calendar public beta on TestFlight
hora Calendar 0.6.0 — the first public beta for macOS — opens Friday on TestFlight. Here's what's in it, what's coming in 0.7.0, and how to join the Discord.
2026-04-16
Real-time Google Calendar sync on macOS
How hora moved from 5-minute polling to real-time Google Calendar sync on macOS — events.watch, a Cloudflare Worker, and APNs silent push.
2026-04-13
v0.6 QA Grind: Six Groups, One Week
A week closing QA feedback on hora 0.6: zombie deletes, RSVPs ignoring taps, widget deep-links, and a SwiftData migration I had to revert.
2026-04-02
Week One in Numbers
10 days, 107 commits, 15,000 lines of Swift. Here's the honest breakdown of hora Calendar's first week — what shipped, what broke, and what's next.
2026-03-31
Road to Launch: Where hora Calendar Stands Today
hora Calendar is almost ready. Here's where we are with App Store prep, Google Cloud verification, TestFlight, and what's coming next.
2026-03-27
Native macOS Google Calendar app in 48 hours
How I shipped PKCE auth, WidgetKit, dual timezone, and availability sharing for hora — a native SwiftUI Google Calendar client for macOS.
2026-03-26
Why I'm Building hora Calendar
The story behind hora — a native macOS Google Calendar client built with SwiftUI, without Electron or CalDAV.
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