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Self-Hosting Monica CRM: Personal Relationship Manager

Monica helps you organize information about your relationships. Remember birthdays, track interactions, and nurture connections.

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What Is Monica?


Monica is a personal CRM. Not for business sales — for your personal relationships. Remember the things that matter about the people in your life.


Features


Contacts

  • Store detailed info about people
  • Family relationships
  • Work information
  • Custom fields

    • Interactions

  • Log conversations and activities
  • Track when you last contacted someone
  • Set reminders to stay in touch

    • Important Dates

  • Birthdays with reminders
  • Anniversaries
  • Custom dates

    • Notes

  • Conversation notes
  • Gifts given and received
  • Debts owed
  • Activities together

    • Journal

  • Daily journal entries
  • Tag entries with contacts
  • Track your mood

    • Why Self-Host?


    Monica stores deeply personal information about your relationships. This should absolutely be on your own server.


    Deployment


    1. Deploy Monica on TinyPod

    2. Start adding contacts

    3. Log interactions as they happen

    4. Set reminders for important dates


    Resources: 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM.


    Monica won't make you a better friend automatically — but it removes the excuse of forgetting.