WinCal

Project Overview

WinminiCal is a lightweight, elegant Windows 11 taskbar calendar tool inspired by macOS Itsycal, supporting event list display. Click the taskbar time area to pop up the monthly calendar panel, automatically intercepting the Windows native calendar popup and replacing it with the WinCal panel.

Key Features

• System tray calendar: Click the taskbar time area to pop up the monthly calendar panel
• System calendar replacement: Automatically intercepts the Windows native calendar popup and replaces it with the WinCal panel
• Lunar calendar display: Displays the lunar date below each date cell
• Event display: Dates with events show colored dots; upcoming events are listed below the panel
• Event details: Hover over an event item to show details on the left (title, time, location, description)
• ICS subscription: Supports remote .ics calendar subscriptions (Google Calendar, Outlook, etc.)
• Theme following: Dark/light theme automatically follows the system
• Rich settings: Week start day, upcoming event days, font size, time format, etc.

Target Audience

• Windows 10 1903+ or Windows 11 users
• Users who need a taskbar calendar and schedule display
• Users who need lunar calendar display and ICS subscription

Quick Start

• Development: Run build.bat
• Publish single file: Run publish.bat, output is dist/WinCal.exe (~50-70 MB, no .NET runtime installation required)

Core Advantages

• Lightweight and elegant, inspired by macOS Itsycal
• Supports lunar calendar display and ICS calendar subscription
• Automatically replaces the Windows native calendar popup
• Single-file publish, no .NET runtime installation required

System Requirements

• OS: Windows 10 1903+ or Windows 11
• Additional dependencies: .NET 8 SDK, Visual Studio 2022 or VS Code + C# Dev Kit for building