# 使用 Homebrew 安装 ical-buddy

查看 ical-buddy 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:ical-buddy
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ical-buddy
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:ical-buddy
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.10.1
- **来源摘要:** Get events and tasks from the macOS calendar database
- **主页:** <https://hasseg.org/icalBuddy/>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/dkaluta/icalBuddy64>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- icalBuddy (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.10.1
## 项目历史与用法

icalBuddy is a macOS command-line utility for reading events and tasks from the Calendar database used by iCal/Calendar. It occupies a small but durable niche in Mac automation: turning personal calendar data into scriptable terminal output.

### 项目历史

Ali Rantakari published icalBuddy as a native OS X command-line tool and documented it with a homepage, examples, FAQ, and manual pages. The author's usage text identifies the program as version 1.8.8 and gives a 2008-2012 copyright range, while the page's version log records 1.8.8 on March 09, 2013.

After the original project line, Homebrew tracks a maintained 64-bit continuation from the `dkaluta/icalBuddy64` repository, with tags that extend the release sequence beyond the original 1.8.x series. The package therefore represents both the original Mac automation tool and the later packaging work needed to keep it usable on newer macOS systems.

### 采用历史

The original site explicitly points users to examples, manual pages, configuration and localization manuals, and a blog post about displaying icalBuddy output on the desktop, showing adoption among users who wanted calendar data in scripts, widgets, and status displays.

Homebrew packaging made the tool installable as `ical-buddy`, preserving access for command-line Mac users even though the tool is platform-specific and depends on macOS calendar APIs.

### 使用方式

The command set includes date-bounded event queries, task queries, calendar listing, custom formatting, calendar inclusion/exclusion, property selection, config editing, and localization support. Typical uses are shell scripts, desktop overlays, status bars, and other local automations that need Calendar data without opening the Calendar app.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

icalBuddy is a classic Homebrew-only productivity formula: small, Mac-specific, script-friendly, and tied to private Apple frameworks rather than a cross-platform ecosystem. Its significance is less about broad portability and more about exposing a GUI application's data model to Unix-style pipelines.

### 时间线

- 2008-2012: Original usage text carries Ali Rantakari's copyright range.
- 2010-2013: The author's changelog records frequent 1.7.x and 1.8.x releases with relative dates, localization, installer, and macOS compatibility fixes.
- 2013: Version 1.8.8 appears in the author's changelog.
- 2019-2021: The `icalBuddy64` continuation tags versions from 1.8.9 through 1.10.1 for maintained Homebrew builds.

### Related projects

- The project is related to Apple's iCal/Calendar database, Ali Rantakari's CalStoreHelper, and Mac desktop/status-display automation that consumes terminal output.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ical-buddy>
- <https://github.com/dkaluta/icalBuddy64>
- <https://hasseg.org/icalBuddy>


## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph