Calcol is a wrapper around the cal command from util-linux that allows you to display a colorized calendar. Since 2023, cal can be colorized:
util-linux/util-linux#2053
but months and week headers cannot be customized separately, and colored headers straddle separate months.
Calcol arguably looks a bit better, with months and week headers that can be customized independently, and header backgrounds that do not straddle separate months. Calcol also allows you to customize year numbers, and accepts terminal colors in the 0-255 range instead of being limited to the 16 ANSI colors.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/ftonneau/calcol
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Developer: François Tonneau
License: MIT License
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