My Family Calendar

What My Family Calendar is

My Family Calendar brings household calendars, school schedules, chores and shared lists into one view. It connects to Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Compass Education and ICS feeds, with day, week and month views. Calendars sync every few minutes, and smart deduplication handles events shared across calendars. Families can assign recurring chores and track points, streaks and a leaderboard. Shared shopping, packing and custom lists support two-way Google Keep sync.

Each child can have a school view with reminders and an evening pack-for-tomorrow mode. Compass sync can show timetables, subjects, rooms, teachers, learning tasks and school events. A touch-friendly kitchen tablet display includes kiosk mode and device pairing, while Google Maps integration calculates travel-time alerts. The maker describes the open-source, MIT-licensed project as intended for Australian school parents, especially families using Compass. It can be used on the hosted site or self-hosted with Docker Compose. The Free plan costs nothing and is described as free forever for basic features, including self-hosting. The maker says analytics run only if users configure their own PostHog key. Compass credentials are stored encrypted, and an encryption key is required for stored credentials. Contributions are welcome, and response times may vary because it is a side project.

Who it suits

It suits households coordinating calendars, school reminders, chores and shared lists, particularly Australian school parents using Compass. Families can use the hosted site or self-host the open-source project with Docker Compose.

Getting started

1. Open the hosted website or prepare a self-hosted deployment
2. Run the project with Docker Compose if self-hosting
3. Connect Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Compass Education, or ICS feeds
4. Create family chores, reminders, and shared lists
5. Pair a kitchen tablet display if you want kiosk mode

Verdict

My Family Calendar brings household planning and school details together, with features for chores, lists and travel alerts. Its Compass-focused school tools may be especially relevant to families using that service.