In simple English
This tool draws a map of the people you know and how they link together. You add your contacts and give them scores for wealth, reach, and status. It helps you see who bridges different groups of friends or colleagues. Your data stays in your web browser instead of going to a server. You can export a backup file whenever you want to save your progress.
What it is
CircleLens is a web application written in TypeScript (a programming language that adds safety checks to JavaScript, the programming language of the web) for personal relationship mapping and network analysis.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to analyze their professional network, find dormant connections, and plan who to reach out to next.
- Runs entirely in your web browser so your personal network data stays private.
- Provides six analytical lenses including goal fit, warm paths, and reciprocity.
- Includes local JSON export so you never lose your contact map.
- Requires Node.js and pnpm (a fast disk space-saving package manager for JavaScript) installed on your computer to run locally.
- Licenced under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0), which has strict rules if you host it as a service for others.
- Early project with no official releases yet.
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git clone https://github.com/alixsep/CircleLens.git cd CircleLens pnpm install pnpm dev