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Caldav/carddav/webdav recommendations?

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https://lemmy.zip/u/jobbies posted on Mar 21, 2026 18:19

Looking for a simple card/cal/WebDAV server that runs in docker.

Have tried Davis, Radicale and Baikal but have either struggled to get them working or found them a bitch to maintain.

Doesn’t have to be a DAV type solution. Syncing/backing up contacts and calendars from an android phone is essential.

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https://jlai.lu/u/Eirikr70 posted on Mar 21, 2026 18:42
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I use Radicale as a Docker container and it runs fine, with no maintenance apart from upgrading the image once in a while.

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https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/rehydrate posted on Mar 21, 2026 18:51
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I have used without alot of maintenance or struggles mailcow-dockerized to do the Cal/Card DAV, idk maybe try that

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https://lemmy.ml/u/ShortN0te posted on Mar 21, 2026 19:08
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Maybe try to explain the struggles you have had, since to my knowledge the posted options are the best and simplest once out there.

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https://lemmy.ca/u/observantTrapezium posted on Mar 21, 2026 19:09
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I use Baïkal for card and cal and Apache for webDAV, they provide all the features I need and were easy enough to set up, never tried alternatives.

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https://piefed.ca/u/iamthetot posted on Mar 21, 2026 19:24
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What did you have problems with concerning Baïkal?

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https://moist.catsweat.com/u/originalucifer posted on Mar 21, 2026 19:55
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might be a bit heavy for this, but ive been having fun with nextcloud.. its caldav based, i think. ive got it syncin with outlook calendars and the mobile client seems to throw shit in my face as needed

havent really messed with the contact stuff though

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https://lemmy.world/u/gedaliyah posted on Mar 21, 2026 20:38
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Same. It’s pretty much my best behaved container.

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https://lemmy.world/u/warmaster posted on Mar 21, 2026 20:54
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Radicale and Baikal are the most popular ones, but I wanted to share a few lesser known ones:

  • Etesync
  • Stalwart*

*Yes, Stalwart is a full blown Email+Calendar solution, but it requires 1 Core & 100 mb of RAM. And you get both CalDav & the newer & superior JMAP protocol. It’s backed by NLNET NGIO and it has a proven track record.

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https://lemmy.world/u/gedaliyah posted on Mar 21, 2026 20:57
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For Android, you can use any of those on your server and DAVx5 on the phone. That makes it accessible to any calendar and contacts app systemwide. Some apps may also be able to connect directly, such as Etar.

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https://lemmy.world/u/gedaliyah posted on Mar 21, 2026 21:11
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For an unbelievably simple WebDAV server, you may want to look into copyparty.

It depends on your needs, as it is not as full featured as some options out there, but it’s one Python file that you can just download and open. Boom. Fileserver.

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https://sh.itjust.works/u/lyralycan posted on Mar 21, 2026 21:17
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This is good, I use Mailcow Dockerized and it uses 10% of one 3.7GHz core, but 2GB of RAM. Seems to have one instance of rspamd for each mailbox, they and ofelia are the biggest users of RAM according to top

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https://sh.itjust.works/u/lyralycan posted on Mar 21, 2026 21:19
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I think you got a downvote for promoting mailcow, users can be fickle

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https://lemmy.ml/u/ShortN0te posted on Mar 21, 2026 21:40
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Looking for a simple card/cal/WebDAV server that runs in docker.

Or maybe just because there is nothing simple in hosting a mail server for having card and caldav.

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https://lemmy.ml/u/hexmasteen posted on Mar 21, 2026 22:00
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Nextcloud

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https://piefed.social/u/webkitten posted on Mar 21, 2026 22:16
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What troubles were you having with Baikal? I generally let mine just sit with a checked out tag from Git.

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https://lemmy.world/u/tobz619 posted on Mar 21, 2026 22:25
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I use Caddy with the WebDAV extension. Works beautifully.

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https://sh.itjust.works/u/lyralycan posted on Mar 21, 2026 22:36
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It is indeed rather complex.

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https://infosec.pub/u/Nomad posted on Mar 21, 2026 22:36
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Combine with mail and use SoGo. Foss and works nearly out of the box.

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https://fedia.io/u/DaGeek247 posted on Mar 22, 2026 03:49
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I am the middle of struggling to backup my calendars from nextcloud after my GPU failed. Nextcloud in docker containers is terrible for any sort of recovery. They’re not even broke, you just can’t run them with a GPU setup, remove the GPU, and then expect them to still be able to run.

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https://moist.catsweat.com/u/originalucifer posted on Mar 22, 2026 04:57
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it kinda sounds like you failed to back them up and are attempting to restore them from a non-backup.

and yeah, pulling an integral, configured component and expecting it to just run fine seems kinda.. psychotic.

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https://sopuli.xyz/u/passenger posted on Mar 22, 2026 05:42
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Nextcloud AIO

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https://feddit.org/u/Esjott posted on Mar 22, 2026 08:05
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Would have said baikal if you haven’t alteady mentioned it. Can’t confirm that it’s a bitch to maintain, runs in my webjail for more than a year now. (Before I used nextcloud which IS a bitch in all matters..) The only hiccup was self induced, forgot to install it after php upgrade (FreeBSD, pkg is named php83-baikal for example).

Specifically for webdav (Joplin sync) I use dave, though unmaintained no issues so far (internal network only, not web facing).

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https://lemmy.world/u/trougnouf posted on Mar 22, 2026 08:37
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Doesn’t Etar use DAVx⁵? I would love direct synchronization but I don’t see a way to connect directly.

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https://lemmy.world/u/trougnouf posted on Mar 22, 2026 08:38
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Radicale is maintenance-free in my years of experience.

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https://lemmy.world/u/gedaliyah posted on Mar 22, 2026 12:34
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I don’t personally use it so I don’t know if it depends on davx5, but you can add a CalDAV calendar directly in Etar settings.

I think I was actually thinking of KashCal, which works without DAVx5 by design

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