Comparison

apple-calendar vs io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp

apple-calendar is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑21.

apple-calendar is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gabrielkoerich. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp is an MCP server published by PhilflowIO. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-03. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	apple-calendar	io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp
Community marketplace gabrielkoerich/skills	Removed on 2026-10-21 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-19	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 5.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 406 Downloads/week (npm): 313 Forks (GitHub): 18 Stars (GitHub): 42 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 5.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 406 Downloads/week (npm): 313 Forks (GitHub): 18 Stars (GitHub): 42 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

apple-calendar vs io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp
Fact	apple-calendarno longer listed · 2026-10-21	io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	6	42
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	18
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (dav-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	10, secrets among them: 3
Licence (differs)	Not stated	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/gabrielkoerich/skills	github.com/philflowio/dav-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-19	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of apple-calendar

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

Apple Calendar

Read, search and plan Apple Calendar on macOS via EventKit: free time, undo, you approve deletes

by mp-consulting · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
Calendar.app

List, search, and manage calendar events via macOS Calendar.app across all configured accounts.

by p-l-ta · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
Apple Calendar

List, create, update, and delete events in Apple Calendar on macOS.

by JonathanRReed · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
Apple Calendar

Search, read and act on Apple Calendar — ranges, free-time lookup, writes off by default

by mgcrea · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers) · Describes nearly the same job
Apple Calendar

Read and create Apple Calendar events on macOS, and find free time across calendars.

by redpop · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
Mac Calendar MCP

Read-only Mac Calendar MCP server with indexed archive search.

by wagamama · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

apple-calendar

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Apple Calendar.app integration for macOS. CRUD operations for events, search, and multi-calendar support.

io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

AI-orchestrated calendars, contacts & tasks across any DAV platform. 27 tools, field-agnostic.

How to run each

apple-calendar

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "CALDAV_PASSWORD=<YOUR_CALDAV_PASSWORD>" --env "CALDAV_SERVER_URL=<YOUR_CALDAV_SERVER_URL>" --env "CALDAV_USERNAME=<YOUR_CALDAV_USERNAME>" --env "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN=<YOUR_GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN>" --transport stdio dav-mcp -- npx -y dav-mcp

Requires: CALDAV_PASSWORD (secret), CALDAV_SERVER_URL, CALDAV_USERNAME, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of apple-calendar publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: apple-calendar · What it can do: io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-11-03. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.