Tribu
Self-hosted family organizer for calendar, tasks, shopping, and more
Alternative to: cozi, familywall, ourhome
v1.0.0
2026-03-27Tribu 1.0
Your family’s daily organizer. Self-hosted, private, open-source.
Tribu 1.0 is the point where any family can deploy, configure, and rely on Tribu as their daily organizer without needing external apps or workarounds.
Highlights
Real-Time Collaboration
- SSE notifications — Instant notification delivery via Server-Sent Events with polling fallback (#64)
- Real-time shopping sync — WebSocket-powered live sync across devices
Calendar
- Event colors and categories — Color-code events for visual scanning, 8-color palette, category labels (#66)
- Week view — Full calendar week view alongside month view (#63)
- Event tagging — Assign family members to events with notifications
Search
- Global search — Search across events, tasks, shopping, contacts, and birthdays from anywhere. Cmd+K shortcut on desktop (#67)
PWA
- Offline indicators — Red banner when offline, green flash when back online (#69)
- Install prompt — Custom install banner with dismiss memory
- Update notification — “New version available” banner with one-tap update
- Offline fallback — Static offline page for uncached routes
User Management
- Onboarding wizard — Guided setup for new family members (#70)
- Delete account / leave family — GDPR-compliant account removal (#65)
- Member groups — Adults and children shown in separate sections with admin badges (#86)
Quality
- AppContext split — Monolithic 382-line context split into 4 focused domain contexts (Auth, Family, Data, UI) with zero breaking changes (#68)
- Supply chain hardening — All dependencies pinned, npm audit 0 vulnerabilities, security dashboard clean
- E2E tests — 39 Playwright tests passing in CI
Previously Shipped (0.9 and earlier)
- Toast/snackbar notification system (#59)
- Contact and birthday CRUD (#60, #61)
- Internationalized backend errors (#62)
- Landing page for unauthenticated visitors (#74)
- Calendar subscription URLs (ICS)
- Web Push notifications
- Demo mode, 3 themes, 2 languages (EN/DE)
- Admin panel with audit log
- Family invitations via shareable link
- Automated backup/restore with retention
- Personal access tokens for API automation
- Multi-arch Docker images (amd64, arm64)
Deployment
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d
New installations: see the self-hosting guide.
What’s Next (Post-1.0)
- CalDAV/CardDAV server for bidirectional phone sync (#55)
- Meal planning module (#73)
- Reward system for kids (#77)
- Gift list with price tracking (#82)