Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a project I recently started working on called Tend (an Android app built to help you automate the scheduling of your social life).

The idea originally came from a discussion on r/fossdroid about how hard it is to keep in touch with friends and extended family without relying on algorithm-driven social media or bloated, cloud-based business CRMs.

Most “Personal CRM” apps require you to upload your contacts to a random server. I wanted something that was 100% offline, private, and simple.

What it does: You can think of it as setting up cron jobs for your relationships.

  • Contact Cards: Create dedicated profiles for people you want to keep up with (Name, notes, phone, socials, etc.).

  • Custom Frequency: Set a “check-in” schedule (e.g., every 14 days, monthly, quarterly).

  • Smart Reminders: The app will notify you when it’s time to reach out.

  • 100% Offline: Everything is stored locally on your device via SQLite/Room. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud sync.

I’d love your feedback! Since this is in the initial development phase, I’m looking for feedback on the features and the UI.

Repository: Github: Github Repo Codeberg: Codeberg repo

  • preludeofme@lemmy.world
    2·
    22 hours ago

    Oh this is definitely awesome, I have reminders on my calendar for things like this but then I forget to set them again! Going to check it out thanks

  • Squizzy@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 days ago

    Hey,

    Not sure if its you or me but I am using obtainium to install on android 17 and it cant find tend on codeberg or github and the link install cant find a valid version.

    The idea looks good, I think the contacts/roledex is right there too. I would use this to store my kids details like ssn and such rsther than google or apple contacts. The use of this as a reminder of contacts info like their interests and prtners names is great too.

    • jksalcedo@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      3 days ago

      Sorry for the inconvenience. Unfortunately, the two pre-release have been deleted accidentally.

      I’ll skip those now and proceed woth Version Alpha 3.

  • myszka@lemmy.ml
    4·
    6 days ago

    It’s a very big feature to implement but if you happen to have enough time and energy, making a self-hostable server part that would sync contact lists between devices would be pretty useful.

    Actually an even simpler approach would be to add an option to have the DB file in a regular directory on internal or external storage (not in the special Android app data folder) and then Syncthing would do the rest.

    • jksalcedo@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      6 days ago

      Import and Export features are already planned. You would choose your preferred backup/export directory because I know that android data directory cannot be accessed by many especially on newer android versions.

  • f3nyx@lemmy.ml
    6·
    7 days ago

    first off: super useful project.

    the two biggest things I can think of are contact list imports and exports. I could see myself adding my immediate family manually. more than that and it becomes a chore rather than a setup.

    • jksalcedo@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      6 days ago

      Thanks!

      It’s not currently listed as one of the core features but we’ll get there soon.

  • MaximilianKohler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    I was just thinking about creating a spreadsheet with people’s contact info, notes, and a picture. I guess an app would be preferable, especially if there were a web/desktop version, and it was compatible with a spreadsheet (can export from/to a spreadsheet).