# Install minmaxcal with Homebrew Cask

Minimal menu bar calendar, maximal full-screen notifications. Version 0.9.6 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:minmaxcal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask minmaxcal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:minmaxcal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/minmaxcal>
- **Version:** 0.9.6
- **Source summary:** Minimal menu bar calendar, maximal full-screen notifications
- **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>
- **Generated:** 2026-11-04T12:20:42+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-11-04
- Package-manager version: 0.9.6
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCal
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## 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>
- source_facts.package-manager
- source_facts.repo


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for minmaxcal. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** minmaxcal
- **Names:** MinMaxCal
- **Depends On:** Arch: {'type': 'arm', 'bits': 64}, Macos: >=: 26
- **Artifacts:** App: 1, Target: 1, Zap: 1
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.
- [Homebrew Cask applications](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-applications/) - Cask artifact metadata includes an app bundle.
- [itsycal](https://pkg.so/cask/itsycal/) - Choose Itsycal for a conventional tiny month calendar with event creation and meeting joining; choose MinMaxCal when prominent full-screen due-time alerts are the priority.

  Sources: <https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/MinMaxCal> · <https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/>

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/minmaxcal.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/minmaxcal.yml)


## Sources

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- curated package history
- package version freshness
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph