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Family Organizer
What Family Organizer is
Family Organizer is a free, open-source family management app for shared calendars, chores, curriculum, messages, and finances. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web, and can also be self-hosted. Family members use PIN logins, with separate parent and child permissions and actions linked to the logged-in member. Chores can recur, rotate between members, record completion, and provide rewards. Curriculum task series support rolling queues, nested subtasks, response fields, grading, and image, PDF, audio, or video attachments. The calendar offers day, multi-day, month, and year views, including Gregorian and Bikram Samvat calendars and a chore overlay. Apple Calendar imports calendars one way through CalDAV polling. Finance tools include multi-currency envelope budgets, allowances, rewards, and transaction history. Messages use topic threads, read receipts, and attachments. Files use S3-compatible storage, with MinIO in the Docker Compose setup. Offline support is partial.
Who it suits
It suits households seeking data ownership and willing to self-host. Families needing shared chores, learning tasks, calendars, messages, and budgeting may find its broad feature set useful.
What it does well
- Free and open-source under Apache License 2.0
- Separate parent and child permissions
- Recurring chores with rotation and rewards
- Multiple calendar views and calendar systems
- Finance tools support multi-currency envelopes
What to know first
- Self-hosting requires a server and several services
- Offline support is only partial
- Apple Calendar import works one way
- Meal planning is not included
Verdict
Family Organizer combines household scheduling, chores, learning, communication, and finances in one open-source system. Its self-hosting requirements and incomplete offline support matter most for setup and mobile use.
Facts from Family Organizer's own pages
- Apple Calendar integration
- Apple Calendar integration imports calendars one way over CalDAV through server-side polling. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Calendar
- The calendar has day, multi-day, month, and year views, Gregorian and Bikram Samvat calendars, and a chore overlay. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Calendar integration
- Apple Calendar sync imports calendars one way through CalDAV using server-side polling. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Chores
- Chores support recurring schedules, member rotation, rewards, and tracking which logged-in member completed them. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Curriculum
- Task series support rolling queues, nested subtasks, response fields, grading, and file attachments. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment and requirements
- Self-hosting requires Node.js 20 or later, a free InstantDB account, and S3-compatible object storage; MinIO is included in the Docker Compose setup. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment requirement
- Self-hosting requires a server, Node.js 20 or later, an InstantDB account, and S3-compatible object storage. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Family accounts
- Family members log in with PINs, with separate parent and child permissions and actions attributed to the logged-in member. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- File storage
- The app uses S3-compatible storage such as MinIO for files and resizes images to 64, 320, and 1200 pixels. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Finances
- Finance features include multi-currency envelope budgeting, savings goals, allowance distribution, rewards, and transaction history. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project says it is best suited to households that want full data ownership and are comfortable self-hosting. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Learning tasks
- Task series support rolling queues, nested subtasks, response fields, grading, and image, PDF, audio, or video attachments. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under Apache License 2.0, whose license grant allows use without charge subject to its terms. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Messages
- Family messages are organized into topic threads, support read receipts and attachments, and are visible to parents across household threads. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Offline limit
- Offline support is partial; the maker says full offline support is not yet complete. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The maker lists a full web app installable as a PWA and core-feature iOS and Android apps built with Expo. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Platforms and offline support
- The project lists a full web app installable as a PWA and an iOS/Android Expo app with core features; offline support is partial. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Family Organizer is an open-source family management app for shared family calendars, chores, curriculum, messages, and finances. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Family Organizer is an open-source family management app for shared calendars, chores, curriculum, messages, and finances, with real-time syncing across devices. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Security and permissions
- The README says parent and child permissions are separated and actions are attributed to the logged-in member; device activation uses a configurable shared secret. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The maker welcomes issues and pull requests and describes this as a personal project whose pace follows family needs. · github.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Support and project status
- The maintainer describes this as a personal project, welcomes issues and pull requests, and says iteration follows real family needs; screenshots are marked as coming soon. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
Where Family Organizer stands on Freedom251
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