There are many players in this space, but Calendly is the most popular and featureful. It’s awesome—but in order to use it, you have to give i

Zero-knowledge appointment scheduler

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2024-08-29 22:00:04

There are many players in this space, but Calendly is the most popular and featureful. It’s awesome—but in order to use it, you have to give it direct access to whichever calendars you want it to check for conflicts.

That means access to all sensitive details like online meeting URLs, attendee information, etc.—and it gives me the creeps. This isn’t unique to Calendly as most booking software works exactly this way. Additionally, Calendly’s free tier is limited in that:

Their cheapest paid plan is $10/mo and relieves those limitations, but I’m still stuck with the core security concern of not wanting to grant Calendly direct access to sensitive details on my calendars. So, I hacked together a scheduler that’s:

In total, the setup process probably takes ~30 min. You might not implement this the same way I did (or perhaps even at all), but hopefully this guide will inspire you to be a bit more creative when it comes to securing your sensitive calendar data.