diff --git a/.env.default b/.env.default
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+CALDAV_USERNAME=
+CALDAV_PASSWORD=
+CALDAV_URL=
+NEXT_DAYS=10
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,3 +162,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+.env
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diff --git a/caldav-reminder.py b/caldav-reminder.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+"""calendar reminder
+
+this logs into a caldav server and get a digest of all of the
+events scheduled for next days. Good candidate to run from cron
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+from datetime import timedelta, date
+from os import environ
+from urllib.parse import quote_plus
+import caldav
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+# read parameters from dot env
+USERNAME = os.getenv('CALDAV_USERNAME')
+PASSWORD = os.getenv('CALDAV_PASSWORD')
+BASE_URL = os.getenv('CALDAV_URL')
+NEXT_DAYS = int(os.getenv('NEXT_DAYS'))
+
+
+def fill_event(component, calendar) -> dict[str, str]:
+    # quite some data is tossed away here - like, the recurring rule.
+    cur = {}
+    cur["calendar"] = f"{calendar}"
+    cur["summary"] = component.get("summary")
+    cur["description"] = component.get("description")
+    # month/day/year time? Never ever do that!
+    # It's one of the most confusing date formats ever!
+    # Use year-month-day time instead ... https://xkcd.com/1179/
+    cur["start"] = component.start.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")
+    endDate = component.end
+    if endDate:
+        cur["end"] = endDate.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")
+    return cur
+
+
+def fill_todo(component, calendar) -> dict[str, str]:
+    cur = {}
+    cur["calendar"] = f"{calendar}"
+    cur["summary"] = component.get("summary")
+    cur["description"] = component.get("description")
+    return cur
+
+
+def display_event(event: dict[str, str]):
+    print(event["start"] + " " + event["calendar"] + "/" + event["summary"])
+
+
+def display_todo(todo: dict[str, str]):
+    print("Todo : " + todo["summary"])
+
+
+url = 'https://' + quote_plus(USERNAME) + ":" + quote_plus(PASSWORD) \
+        + '@' + BASE_URL + quote_plus(USERNAME) + '/'
+start = date.today()
+end = start + timedelta(days=NEXT_DAYS)
+client = caldav.DAVClient(url)
+calendars = client.principal().calendars()
+
+if not calendars:
+    print("No calendars defined for " + USERNAME)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+for cal in calendars:
+    events = cal.search(event=True, start=start, end=end, expand=True) \
+                + cal.search(todo=True)
+    for event in events:
+        for component in event.icalendar_instance.walk():
+            if component.name == "VEVENT":
+                display_event(fill_event(component, cal))
+            elif component.name == "VTODO":
+                display_todo(fill_todo(component, cal))
+
+print(".")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[project]
+name = "caldav-reminder"
+version = "1.0"
+description = "CalDav Reminder"
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Yax" }
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.13.1"
+dependencies = [
+    "caldav>=2.0.1",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.1.1",
+]
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"