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Beautiful terminal calendar with seasonal colors

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PPCalendar - Pure Python Calendar

Month view and events for the day

A modern replacement for your system's cal command with Python-powered features.

Installation

# Recommended (requires uv 0.1.0+):
uv tool install ppcalendar

# Alternative:
pip install ppcalendar

Colorful 3-months calendar

Usage

# Show current month, also will work as just `cal`
ppcal

# Show 3-month view (previous/current/next)
ppcal 3

# Show specific year
ppcal 2025

# Show specific month (June 2024 example)
ppcal 6 2026

# Add events for a day (also supports yearly and monthly events)
ppcal add

# Will open an interactive menu for adding an event.
# XXXX-XX-XX - will add an event.
#      XX-XX - good for birthdays, once a year event
#         XX - an every month event 

# Delete an event from your list
ppcal del

Usage via cal command year view

Key Features

Seasonal Colors
Months change background by season:

  • 🌸 Spring: Green
  • ☀️ Summer: Red
  • 🍂 Autumn: Yellow
  • ❄️ Winter: Blue

📅 Multiple Views

  • Single month (default)
  • 3-month context view
  • Full year overview
  • Specific month/year

🔄 Drop-in Replacement
Add to your shell config:

alias cal='ppcal'  # Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

Why PPCalendar?

It is simply just better!

  • colors for year, months, weekdays and Sundays
  • add events for today
  • suppots emoji
  • minimalist
  • fast

For Developers

from ppcalendar import cal

# All these work like the CLI:
cal()           # Current month
cal(3)          # 3-month view
cal(2025)       # Year view
cal(6, 2024)    # June 2024

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how to help:

  1. Report bugs or suggest features in Issues
  2. Submit Pull Requests for:
    • Holiday markers 🎄
    • Week numbers 🔢
    • Moon phases 🌕
  3. Improve test coverage
# Development setup:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/PPCalendar.git
cd PPCalendar
pip install -e '.[dev]'

FAQ

Q: Why not call it just cal?
A: Avoids conflicts with system commands. Use alias cal='ppcal' if desired.

Q: How to uninstall?

uv tool uninstall ppcalendar  # or pip uninstall ppcalendar

Q: Windows support?
✅ Yes! Works in all terminals that support ANSI colors.


"The Unix philosophy meets Python beauty"

– For terminal lovers who appreciate design

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