Compass Calendar

Compass Calendar is a keyboard-first weekly planning calendar for people who prefer working from the keyboard. It helps users build schedules, manage events, and navigate the calendar with shortcuts instead of mouse-heavy workflows.

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Keyboard-first weekly planning for busy professionals

Compass Calendar is a browser-based calendar focused on keyboard-first weekly planning. The homepage positions it as a tool for busy professionals and minimalists who want to plan their week around what matters, with an interface built around shortcuts, command-palette actions, and quick navigation.

The product emphasizes speed and reduced mouse use rather than a broad set of advanced scheduling features. Sample events on the homepage show common planning scenarios such as exercise, calls, design review, focus blocks, meetings, and daily planning. The site also presents a week view, shortcuts for moving between days and weeks, and commands for creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting events.

Core capabilities

Keyboard-first navigation

Move through the calendar with shortcuts for next and previous week, day view, life view, and jump actions without relying on repeated tabbing.

Command palette access

Open a command palette to find actions, settings, and commands you may not remember, which supports faster interaction than hunting through menus.

Event creation shortcuts

Create timed events or all-day events from the keyboard, and place a timed draft directly on the calendar grid.

Event editing commands

Edit key event fields such as title, location, description, start time, end time, recurrence, account, and color from focused event commands.

Learning support for shortcuts

The interface surfaces relevant shortcuts at the right moment and offers smart recommendations that teach commands gradually.

Opt-in Hardcore Mode

Users can enable a mode that blocks mouse clicks so keyboard shortcuts become the primary way to interact with the calendar.

Practical ways to use Compass Calendar

Weekly planning for individual professionals
People who keep a packed calendar can sketch out a week of meetings, focus time, errands, and personal commitments in one place.
Keyboard-centric workflows
Users who already prefer shortcuts can stay in flow while navigating days, creating events, and editing details without switching to mouse input.
Learning a shortcut-based calendar
Someone new to keyboard-heavy tools can use the built-in recommendations and surfaced shortcut hints to learn commands gradually.
Structured focus time management
Users can block out deep work sessions, design reviews, or other uninterrupted periods and move them around quickly as plans change.
Fast calendar adjustments
When meetings shift, users can duplicate, edit, or move events using shortcut-driven commands instead of drag-heavy workflows.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Keyboard-first design can reduce friction for users who work primarily from the keyboard.
The command palette and surfaced shortcut hints make the interface more discoverable than a shortcut list alone.
Mouse input is still available, so users can mix interaction styles.
Hardcore Mode provides an optional way to reinforce shortcut usage.
The sample schedule and week view make the product’s planning model easy to understand from the homepage.

Cons

The public site does not document integrations, so connected apps and sync options are unclear.
Feature documentation is limited on the site, so some workflow details are only visible through the homepage interface.
Users looking for a conventional mouse-first calendar may find the shortcut-oriented interaction model less familiar.

FAQ

Do I have to use keyboard shortcuts exclusively?

No. The site says every shortcut has a mouse equivalent, so you can mix mouse and keyboard interaction.

Is Compass Calendar only for advanced shortcut users?

No. The homepage says smart recommendations teach shortcuts as you go, one at a time, when they are useful.

What is Hardcore Mode?

Hardcore Mode is an opt-in setting that blocks mouse clicks so users can commit to keyboard-only interaction while learning shortcuts.

Is Compass Calendar free?

The pricing page says Compass is currently free, and that a trial starts in late August with pricing to be determined based on early feedback.

Who is Compass Calendar meant for?

The homepage describes it as being for busy professionals who live at their keyboard.

Quick Facts

Category: Productivity
Product type: Calendar and weekly planning tool
Primary workflow: Keyboard-first navigation and event management
Target users: Busy professionals and minimalists
Availability: Hosted web service with an open-source/self-hosted reference in the terms
Pricing status: Currently free; future pricing is TBD based on early feedback