Setting up nextcloud for a calendar is like using a .50 to kill a mosquito.
I'd recommend a CalDav server like radicale.
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2024
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I would recommend Gancio instead of Mobilizon to be honest. Its also fediverse event software but designed quite different. You can see a pretty active server of it here https://bcn.convoca.la
Cool! I love the concept of Mobilizon, but the user experience has bitten me quite often. Gancio looks really nice!
Kind of shares the same problem I had with Mobilizon in that none of the current instances are in my region, or my language for that matter.
looks wonderful! do you know of the differences or why you would recommend gancio over mobilizon?
its very different. I would recommend signing up to instances of both and playing around with them to get a hang of it. I really don't like the design of mobilizon I think they made a lot of confusing decisions
cool. the problem I have is ganzio is not yet on yunohost, which is the server software (for dummies) that I use
its funny you are saying that right now I was just reading about how many fediverse projects are there, I am sure we could get it packaged up for Yunohost if that was a stopper for you...
I am sorry! It is already packaged! I messed it up, I dont know why but I was looking for "ganzio" instead of "gancio". Thanks for the offering though!!
So I think we will be setting up a fediverse instance for this (Still trying to decide between Pixelfed, Mastodon and Firefish), but,
An alternative for Mastodon or Firefish is GoToSocial Till the end of the year they have two developers working on it full-time.
before that, we need to solve a simpler issue: a Calendar of Events.
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I'd be careful with Nextcloud. It can look very nice from the outside but beware of the hype. If you go read forums posts you will likely see several complaints about how slow it is for some and how buggy some parts of Nextcloud are (Take for example the "suspicious login" app).
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Mobilizon looks nice though I've unfortunately not have had the chance to self-host and try it myself.
Both could work, in a different way.
Nextcloud is more like a shared agenda, where you need to explicity invite people to events.
Mobilizon is more like Facebook events, where anyone with the link can say they will attend.
You might even have both, a Nextcloud for the members of the org and a Mobilizon as the public events