monica

Project Overview

Monica is an open-source personal relationship management system that helps you document your life and interactions with family and friends. It is called a PRM (Personal Relationship Management) — imagine a CRM for your friends and family.

Key Features

• Contact management: Add and manage contacts, define relationships between contacts
• Reminders: Automatic reminders for birthdays and more
• Notes and activities: Add notes, record how you met someone, manage activities
• Task management
• Address and contact methods management
• Pet management
• Daily diary: Keep track of what happens in your life
• File uploads: Upload documents and photos
• Custom fields: Custom genders, activity types, and more
• Multi-user and multi-vault support
• Labels for organizing contacts
• Support for 27 languages

Target Audience

• People who want to document their lives and relationships
• Those who have difficulty remembering details about people they care about
• People with Asperger syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, or introverts

Quick Start

1. Refer to the Monica documentation for installation
2. Supports self-hosting
3. Access the Monica website to get started

Core Advantages

• Open-source and free with full data control
• Not a social network — designed for your eyes only
• Support for 27 languages
• Active community and Patreon support

System Requirements

• OS: Cross-platform (PHP web application)

Notes

• The current main branch is the development version; for stable releases, see the 4.x branch
• Monica does not include AI features like ChatGPT integration
• Monica will not scan your data or do anything nasty with it