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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

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Monica

A personal CRM to remember the details about the people you know.

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What is Monica?

Monica is a free, open-source personal relationship manager you can host yourself. Log conversations, birthdays, gifts, reminders and notes about friends, family and contacts, so you can stay in touch and remember what matters to the people in your life.

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Pros

  • Reminders for birthdays and check-ins
  • Private notes on every contact
  • Free and open source

Cons

  • Details are logged by hand
  • Self-hosting needs some setup

Who should use Monica

People who want to keep up with friends and contacts more thoughtfully.

Who may not need it

Anyone whose contacts app already covers what they need.

Monica alternatives

Similar resources to Monica, picked from the directory.

All Organization resources

Paperless-ngx

Focus: documents, ocr and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Monica. Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Monica: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Mealie

Focus: recipes, meal planning and shopping lists. Shares open source and github with Monica. Rated 4.6 (Monica: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Wallos

Focus: subscriptions, budgeting and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Monica. Rated 4.5 (Monica: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with Monica. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Monica: 4.4).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

Ditto

Focus: clipboard manager, snippets and windows. Shares open source and github with Monica. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Windows. Rated 4.6 (Monica: 4.4).

Desktop AppFreeWindows
4.6Visit

Ferdium

Focus: messaging, all-in-one and workspaces. Shares open source and github with Monica. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Monica: 4.4).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Monica

Free resources that cover similar ground.

Actual Budget

Focus: budgeting, personal finance and self-hosted. Shares open source with Monica. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Monica: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Loop

Focus: macos, window manager and productivity. Shares open source with Monica. A Mac app, not a web app. Adds macOS. Rated 4.8 (Monica: 4.4).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.8Visit

Ente Auth

Focus: 2fa, authenticator and security. Shares open source with Monica. A mobile app, not a web app. Adds iOS, Android and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Monica: 4.4).

Mobile AppFreeiOS, Android
4.7Visit

Glance

Focus: dashboard, start page and rss. Shares open source and github with Monica. Rated 4.7 (Monica: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

KeePassXC

Focus: password manager, security and offline. Shares open source with Monica. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Monica: 4.4).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit
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