Synara is a developer-first calendar invite and event-sync service that replaces messyics files with fast, reliable API-driven scheduling that's built for modern apps. ICS is 25+ years old and parsed differently across providers. Updates get ignored, duplicated, or partially applied. Synara uses ACE, a clean JSON event format, to normalise event data. A single API call handles invites, updates, sync, and ICS fallback, so your app gets predictable behaviour everywhere.
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I built Synara after running into the same problems every time I tried to send calendar invites from an app. The underlying ICS format is over 25 years old, parsed differently by every provider, and updates often get lost or interpreted inconsistently. Anyone who’s worked with Gmail ↔ Outlook syncing has seen this first-hand. To fix the foundation, I first created ACE, which is a modern JSON event format that removes the ambiguity you get with ICS. Synara uses ACE internally to represent every event cleanly, then handles invites, updates and ICS fallback automatically so behaviour stays predictable across providers. If you’ve dealt with ICS problems or written your own invite/update logic before, I’d love to hear what went wrong and what you wish a tool like this solved.
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@Synara @dryrunlabs Developer-first calendar APIs are underrated! ICS files are notoriously buggy across platforms. What's the main issue Synara fixes, timezone handling, recurring events, or platform compatibility?
Also, does it support webhook notifications for event changes, or is it mainly read/write operations?
Wow, Synara sounds fantastic! 😄 Replacing messy ICS files with a clean, API-driven solution is such a smart move. I love how it normalizes event data with JSON and makes invites, updates, and sync predictable across apps this will make developers’ lives so much easier!
Congratulations on the launch! Is there webhook support for tracking RSVPs & delivery status?
Big question for anyone who has tried building event or calendar features before: What’s the most unpredictable behaviour you ran into across Google, Microsoft or Apple?
Mine was Outlook silently ignoring updates with METHOD:UPDATE. Took days to figure out. Curious what others hit.