WinCal

Project Overview

WinminiCal is a lightweight, elegant Windows 11 taskbar calendar tool inspired by macOS Itsycal, supporting event list display. This version is a fork of ha0719/WinCal, adding Emoji flag image support.

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
• Emoji flag support: Flag images written into the program itself, adding twemoji flag images
• 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

Core Advantages

• Supports Emoji flag image display
• Lightweight and elegant, inspired by macOS Itsycal
• Supports lunar calendar display and ICS calendar subscription
• 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