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> This is a neat idea that has been tried about 300 times over Could you share the top 3 attempts that tried it and are better at it? I only know that things like this should exist, but didn't look any further into this class of things, yet. My idea of what to look into is some kind of CRM for my personal contacts.
Not sure if it's top 3, but I use Monica https://www.monicahq.com/ which does advertise itself as a personal CRM. I certainly underutilize its features but things like birthday reminders + a place for a few notes (where do they live again? who's their partner?) is nice
Check out https://github.com/Relvio-AI/relvio, its an open-source personal CRM that connects to Gmail and automatically extracts your contacts. You can add notes, tag people by relationship, set follow-up reminders with overdue tracking, and see who you're losing touch with. LinkedIn import works via CSV.
Free, runs locally on your machine with no cloud or subscription, takes a couple minutes to set up