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Minimal menu bar calendar, maximal full-screen notifications. Version 0.9.6 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Minimal menu bar calendar, maximal full-screen notifications
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Project history and usage
MinMaxCal is a native macOS menu-bar calendar and reminder application. It displays the next item compactly, then can cover every display with a prominent actionable alert when the item is due.
Project history
Mike McQuaid developed MinMaxCal as an open-source macOS response to calendar applications that are either easy to overlook or overly dependent on dismissible notifications.
The project combines a minimal menu-bar countdown with an intentionally maximal full-screen alert when an accepted event begins or a reminder becomes due.
Adoption history
MinMaxCal is primarily maintained for its author's personal use and is described as stable and mostly in maintenance mode. It is distributed through the Homebrew cask minmaxcal as well as signed and notarized release archives.
How it is used
Users grant access to macOS calendars and optionally reminders, choose visible lists, and configure takeover triggers, sounds, snooze durations, meeting-link applications, and menu-bar display behavior.
The application reads locally managed EventKit data and requires no separate MinMaxCal account. It can start at login and provides Join or Complete actions directly from its agenda and takeover view.
Why package nerds care
The application is a compact example of a native macOS menu-bar tool built around EventKit rather than another calendar account or synchronization service.
Its documented workflow treats Homebrew as the updater: releases contain no built-in update mechanism, so package-manager upgrades are an intentional part of the product design.
Timeline
- Current project status: The official README describes the application as stable and mostly in maintenance mode.
Related projects
- Apple Calendar and Reminders provide the local EventKit data read by MinMaxCal.
- Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Jitsi, and FaceTime links can be opened using configured preferred applications.
Sources
- https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCal#readme
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- source_facts.repo
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for minmaxcal. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version0.9.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCal
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCalnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:minmaxcal |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/minmaxcal |
| Homepage | https://mikemcquaid.com/minmaxcal/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCal |
| Upstream docs | https://mikemcquaid.com/minmaxcal/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCal/releases/download/0.9.6/MinMaxCal-0.9.6.zip |
| SHA-256 | eb30a7a5daf0f721edb135c2f0ffb731915f8bdf23a422088ade744e55ac14d4 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | minmaxcal |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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