Show HN: GoogleCalendar Sidebar with multi-auth and 2way sync – Obsidian Plugin
A new Obsidian plugin offers an interactive Google Calendar sidebar that supports multiple accounts and bi-directional sync. Users can create, edit, and manage events directly within the sidebar, which is available for desktop platforms. The setup requires a Google Cloud project and OAuth credentials to ensure data privacy.
- ▪The plugin allows for multiple Google accounts to be viewed simultaneously.
- ▪Users can create and edit events by clicking or dragging on the calendar.
- ▪The sidebar supports accepting, declining, or marking invites as tentative.
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| Original publisher | Obsidian |
| Canonical URL | https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/gcal-sidebar |
| Publication time | Mon, 25 May 2026 20:23:49 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-25T20:37:40.523Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-25T20:37:40.523Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | 66PFaXzK_r3s |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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An interactive Google Calendar sidebar for Obsidian. Multiple accounts, bi-directional sync, drag to move, accept/reject invites. Desktop only. Features Multiple Google accounts in one view Day / 3-day / Week view with density toggle Drag to move events Create events by clicking or dragging an empty slot Edit events (title, time, recurrence, guests, location, description) Accept, decline, or mark tentative on invites Recurring event support (this event / this and following / all events) Mini month navigation Calendar show/hide toggles per account Keyboard shortcuts for common actions Requirements Obsidian desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) A Google account A Google Cloud project with the Calendar API enabled (free, takes ~5 minutes to set up) How to Setup Google Cloud Setup You need your own…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Obsidian.
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