The people who matter
vllage is a personal relationship manager for Mac and iPhone
It remembers who you know, how you know them and what's coming up
That makes it easier to stay in touch with family, friends and colleagues
> vllage is in active development
> It will be free when it launches
Figure 1: 61 randomly generated people
Click a face to generate a new one
Your phone helps you remember
Your contacts app stores phone numbers and addresses
vllage also stores the context, such as who introduced you and whose child just started school
It reminds you of birthdays, anniversaries and promised calls before they are due
SHALLAN DAVAR Artist · Scholar ──────────────────────────────── married to ....... Adolin Kholin works with ....... Veil introduced you ... Brandon S. mentor of ........ Gaz ──────────────────────────────── ► birthday ....... 14 Mar ► ask about the new sketchbook ► last spoke ..... 6 weeks ago
Keep it in mind
Some features ship at launch and the rest follow in updates
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Write down what you know
Each person has a name, nickname, employer and job title
Free-form notes hold everything else, like a pet's name or the book you promised to lend
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See how everyone is connected
Relationships include colleague, partner, mentor, family and the person who introduced you
Each relationship reads correctly from both sides
A map, groups, tags and search help you find people
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Never miss a date
vllage reminds you of birthdays and anniversaries a few days ahead
Todos have due dates and reminders
A digest every Monday morning lists the week ahead
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Keep in touch
A log records when you last spoke to someone
You can set how often you want to be in touch
Each person links to their Apple Contacts card and their LinkedIn, Mastodon, Bluesky or GitHub profile
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Bring your people with you
vllage imports vCard and CSV files, including the LinkedIn connections export
A preview shows likely duplicates before anything is saved
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On your Mac and iPhone
Your data syncs between your devices and stays readable offline
A browser version, widgets, Shortcuts and Spotlight search are planned
Your data is yours alone
The vllage server only syncs your data between your devices
Nothing you write is shared with other users
Email addresses and phone numbers from Apple Contacts reach the server only as hashes
You can export all your data and delete your account at any time
vllage will never
- share your people, or anything about them, with another user
- message anyone on your behalf
- scrape LinkedIn, Mastodon, Bluesky or anywhere else
- turn your friends into a sales pipeline
vllage will be free
The Mac and iPhone apps will be free to download
A package to run the sync server on your own hardware is planned
Check back for more information
vllage is not available to download yet
This page will show screenshots, a release date and more details closer to launch
Follow the project on Mastodon, Bluesky or GitHub for updates