Jitsi Calendar Linker

Add a Jitsi meeting button to Google Calendar (classic v1 and new v2 UI). Supports quick dialog (Event/Task), auto‑generated room names, and smart updates to description/location.

A zero‑hassle, self‑hostable way to add a “Jitsi Meeting” button to Google Calendar without publishing marketplace apps — perfect for corporate domains and restricted environments.

Table of contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Install & run
• Build
• Load into Chrome
• Usage
• Privacy & permissions
• Roadmap
• Structure
• Credits
• License

Features

• “Add a Jitsi Meeting” / “Join your Jitsi Meeting now” button in event form
• Quick add dialog support (Event/Task tabs)
• Room ID auto‑generation (digits or dictionary)
• Description/location updates and optional dialing info mapping

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• npm

Install & run

npm ci
npm run typecheck
npm run lint
npm test

Build

npm run build

Artifacts are emitted into dist/.

Load into Chrome (Developer mode)

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable “Developer mode”
3. Click “Load unpacked” and select the dist/ folder

Usage

• Open Google Calendar and create an event.
• Use the “Add a Jitsi Meeting” button; when a link is present, it switches to “Join your Jitsi Meeting now”.
• In the quick dialog, the button is shown on both Event and Task tabs; Task description gets a plain text invite.

Privacy & permissions

• Host permissions are limited to https://calendar.google.com/*.
• No analytics or tracking. External fetches (numbers/mapper) are off by default and configurable.

Roadmap

• Firefox/WebExtension compatibility layer.
• Chrome Web Store listing.
• Templating for invite texts via settings UI.

Scripts

• npm run typecheck — type checking (tsc)
• npm run lint / npm run lint:fix — linting (ESLint)
• npm test — tests (Vitest) with coverage
• npm run build — build content and assets into dist/

Structure

• src/ — source code (v1/v2 adapters, utils, templates)
• scripts/ — build scripts
• dist/ — build artifacts (git‑ignored)

Credits

Based on and modernized from jitsi/jidesha (Chrome Calendar integration). Reworked with TypeScript, tests, ESLint, and CI.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.