# Itsycal

A tiny menu bar calendar that shows your schedule without opening Calendar.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/itsycal
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/itsycal.md
Website: https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal

- Category: [Productivity](https://softbests.com/category/productivity)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: macOS
- Underrated

## Best for

Mac users who want the date and upcoming events one click away without a full calendar window.

## Why it deserves attention

Itsycal puts a compact month calendar in the menu bar, shows events from the macOS Calendar, and lets you create events with a quick natural-language field. You can customize the date format, first weekday, event list length, and appearance, and it stays out of the way until clicked. It is MIT-licensed, free, and small. It is not a full calendar client: it reads from Calendar.app, editing and scheduling complex events still happen there, and it does not sync accounts on its own.

## Can replace

- [Fantastical](https://softbests.com/software/fantastical)
- Calendar

## Related and alternatives

- [Raycast](https://softbests.com/software/raycast)
- [Maccy](https://softbests.com/software/maccy)