2026 · Mac app
Orbit
Can I turn my conversations into a gentle reminder to stay in touch with friends?
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What it is
A personal friend CRM for my Mac, drawn as a planetary system. People orbit closer or drift farther out depending on how recently we’ve talked. It reads my iPhone messages, calls, and FaceTime locally, and I can add anyone else by hand. It uses the Claude API to summarize conversation notes.
Why I built it
I kept losing touch with friends and wanted a gentle nudge to reach out.
What I learned
How to build a full native Mac app that pulls from sensitive data sources while keeping everything local and using the fewest permissions possible. It lives in my dock, and I still use it.