horaCalendar

The Mac calendar Google never built.

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240+ Mac folks already on the Beta TestFlight waitlist

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See it in action

Watch hora

A video tour of how hora Calendar feels on macOS.

Day, week, and month views
Drag & drop
Create, Edit, Reschedule
Focus on what's next

Built for Mac

Native macOS Calendar Features

Six things nobody else quite gets right on macOS. Here's how hora does them.

Feels like a real Mac app

Opens instantly. Scrolls smoothly. No Electron, no web views — just native SwiftUI.

Plan without friction

Week and month views with drag-and-drop, timeline resize, and fast search across all calendars.

Next meeting. Always visible.

See what's coming up from the menu bar and join it in one click. No app switching.

Google Calendar, done right

Multiple accounts, color-coded calendars, and native Meet, Zoom, and Teams links.

Built for speed

Familiar Google Calendar-style shortcuts. Stay in flow without reaching for the mouse.

Your data stays yours

A direct connection between your Mac and Google. No servers, no tracking, no middleware.

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Just right

Why hora?

Built for people who find Apple Calendar too limited — and everything else too much. hora Calendar aims for the balance.

Too limited

Apple Calendar

Too much

Fantastical

Just right

hora Calendar

I've been using calendar apps for years, and they always felt off.
Too simple. Too complex. Too slow.
So I started building my own.
hora is a native macOS calendar designed to feel right.

Maciej

Founder & Developer

Beta access

Want to try it early?

Join the beta and help shape the product.

Early access via TestFlight.

Be a founding user.

Drop your email, get the invite, and help shape the first cut of hora.

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240+ Mac folks already on the Beta TestFlight waitlist

If you've ever felt like your calendar is either too simple or too complex, you'll probably understand why hora exists.

The roadmap

What's Next

Where hora is going. Shipped when it's ready, not when it's scheduled.

Open Beta Tests
TestFlight Launch
Final QA sprint, performance tuning, stability checks.
Up next
Apple Intelligence
Quick-add with Natural Language, Focus Time Planning, quality of life improvements powered by on-device ML.
Planned
iOS & iPadOS App
A native companion app for iPhone and iPad. Same SwiftUI foundation, designed for touch.
On the horizon
Google Workspace
Gmail context for meetings, contact enrichment, and deeper Google ecosystem integration.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions

Short answers to the things people ask before joining the beta.

hora is a native macOS desktop app for Google Calendar. It connects directly to the Google Calendar API — no CalDAV, no web views, no Electron. Built entirely in SwiftUI for speed and a native feel.

Anyone on macOS who uses Google Calendar and wants a faster, keyboard-friendly experience. It's especially useful if you manage multiple Google accounts or prefer native apps over browser tabs.

hora focuses exclusively on Google Calendar and uses the official API for direct access. There's no CalDAV translation layer, which means faster sync and full feature support like Google Meet link creation. It's also built purely in SwiftUI with no Electron or web technologies.

hora will be a paid app. At launch there's a limited-time one-time purchase for $49, or a $30/year subscription — both include Family Sharing. The TestFlight beta is free to join.

hora is currently in pre-launch development. A public beta is planned — sign up for the newsletter above to get notified when it's available.

Not at the moment. hora is built specifically for Google Calendar. Support for other providers may come in the future, but the focus right now is on making the best possible Google Calendar experience on macOS.