Bookit-proof-of-concept

This is a proof-of-concept version of a booking app. It combines a very simple (and buggy!) frontend and a much more carefully written backend. The point is to have a free and open-source replacement for apps like Calendly and Cal.com.

The whole industry of booking apps has become unfriendly towards individual users by starting to charge around $12/mo. Some are even under the disguise of

• "free plans" (Calendly, limiting 1 schedule type per free user) or
• "open-source" (Cal.com, "having a GitHub repo"!="open-source" and the paywall kicks in when you start using it).

Of course, a professional grade booking system can justify its price for businesses and organizations. But as an individual, if you have a very simple need like the above, does the difficulty of the implementation justify the $12/mo? Hopefully this tiny project makes a small difference as a self-hosted free solution for our personal booking needs.

• First, clone the repo plus all the submodules.
• Second, run ./build.sh. Follow the instruction and provide all the environment variables
  • CLIENT_ID: Google API client id.
  • CLIENT_SECRET: Google API client secret.
  • API_KEY: Google API key.
  • EMAIL: the main host's email address.
  • REDIRECT_URI: the uri for redirection from google OAuth2
  • POSTGRES_ADDR: (optional, default 'db') the address or name of the postgres server
  • POSTGRES_USER: (optional, default 'postgres') the username for postgres database.
  • POSTGRES_PASSWORD: (optional, default 'password') the password for postgres database.
• Finally, run docker-compose up