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Google Calendar on your desktop, inside Franz
Keep Google Calendar always open in a desktop tab on Mac, Windows, and Linux, with native event reminders, in Franz.
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Google Calendar is the thing you wish you had glanced at before saying yes to a meeting. It works best when it is always within reach, but in a browser it gets buried under tabs the moment your day fills up, and the reminder you needed flashes by while you are reading something else. Franz gives Google Calendar a permanent home as a desktop tab, so the view of your week, your next meeting, and the gap you actually have free is one click away in the sidebar instead of somewhere in your browser history.
Your calendar, always one click away
Franz loads the full calendar.google.com web app as its own service, so day, week, month, and schedule views all behave exactly as they do in the browser, just docked into a window you keep open all day. Because it lives in the sidebar rather than a browser tab, checking what is next does not mean digging through twenty other things you have open. You stay signed in, your calendars and colours persist, and jumping to your schedule is a keyboard shortcut rather than a hunt. If you keep separate calendars for work and personal life on different Google accounts, you can add Google Calendar more than once and keep each account in its own tab.
Event reminders that reach you
A calendar only earns its keep if the reminder lands before the meeting starts. Franz surfaces native desktop notifications for Google Calendar, including the reminder sound, so an upcoming event pulls your attention the same way the standalone app would rather than sitting silent in a tab you forgot to open. When you are heads-down in another service, the alert still reaches you, which is the whole point of having a calendar in the first place.
Google Calendar on every desktop OS
Franz is a native desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and Google Calendar behaves identically on all three: the same web app, the same reminders, a real dock or taskbar presence. If you move between a Mac at home and a Linux machine at work, your calendar setup travels with you instead of being relearned per platform, and it sits right next to the chat and email services where most of your meetings get arranged in the first place.
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Frequently asked questions
Which platforms does Google Calendar work on in Franz?
Franz runs Google Calendar as a native desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with the same notifications, badges, and fast switching on every operating system.
Can I use multiple Google Calendar accounts at once?
Yes. Franz lets you add Google Calendar as many times as you need, one tab per account, all signed in at once. Each tab keeps its own session and unread badge, so you never sign out of one to check another.
Is Google Calendar in Franz free?
Franz is free to use with Google Calendar and every other service. A free account covers the essentials and takes minutes to set up; paid plans add extra features, but running Google Calendar in Franz costs nothing to start.