Contacts and Birthdays

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Contacts and Birthdays

Use contacts for family-relevant people and use birthdays to keep important dates visible in the dashboard and calendar.

What contacts and birthdays support

contact cards
colored avatars
CSV import/export
birthday extraction from contacts
birthday countdowns
birthday indicators in the calendar
CardDAV sync through phone sync
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Good first setup

Add core family contacts.
Add birthdays for people whose dates should be visible to the household.
Import contacts from CSV if you already have a list.
Set up CardDAV only after the basic contact list looks right.

Phone sync expectations

Tribu supports CardDAV for contacts. Use a Personal Access Token as the DAV password.

Expected behavior:

contacts created in Tribu can appear in compatible clients
contacts created in a connected client can sync back when write scopes are enabled
one family has one address book URL
reverse proxy rules must forward /dav and /.well-known/carddav

Troubleshooting

Contacts do not sync

Check the CardDAV URL from Settings > Phone sync.
Use your Tribu email and a Personal Access Token.
Confirm contacts:read or contacts:write scopes.
Confirm reverse proxy routing for /dav and /.well-known/carddav.

Birthdays do not show in the calendar

Confirm the contact or birthday entry has a valid date.
Refresh the calendar.
Check that you are viewing the correct family.

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