Gancio is an open-source, federated shared agenda platform for local communities to organize and share events without centralized control.

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🚀 Overview

Gancio is a lightweight, decentralized event calendar tailored for small-scale local or thematic communities, emphasizing content over user engagement and identities.

It solves the problem of proprietary, attention-grabbing event platforms by offering a simple shared agenda where events are the focus—anonymous by default—and data is exportable in multiple formats to prevent lock-in.

Built for collectives, hackerspaces, neighborhoods, and affinity groups who need a straightforward tool for coordination. Why build it? To prioritize community-specific needs, federation via ActivityPub, and freedom from walled gardens, gamification, and big tech dependencies.

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✨ Key Features

• Shared event calendar displaying events prominently on the homepage, with anonymous posting (moderated approval for non-logged-in users)
• ActivityPub federation to connect with the Fediverse, enabling cross-instance event sharing
• Rich export options: RSS/Atom feeds, ICS calendars (global or per-event), embed via iframe/webcomponent, microdata/microformats for SEO
• Multi-language support, responsive design, and plugins/web components for integration
• Optional: v2.0 alpha (full rewrite for modernization, testable via Docker)

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: Nuxt.js, Vue.js
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQLite (via Sequelize ORM)
• Auth: Custom
• Hosting: Self-hosted (Docker, YunoHost)

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Local communities who want to ___ share agendas without accounts or personal data
• Collectives and hackerspaces looking for ___ federated, privacy-focused event tools
• Indie groups building ___ decentralized coordination systems

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://gancio.cisti.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/lesion/gancio

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes / Open Source (Fully free and self-hostable under AGPL-3.0 license.)

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Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/lesion/gancio

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Can I contribute?

Yes — report issues, submit PRs on GitHub, test v2 alpha and provide feedback via open issues.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://gancio.org
• GitHub: https://github.com/lesion/gancio
• Twitter/X:
• Email: (Mastodon: @gancio@mastodon.cisti.org)

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