[idsout]

I'd love something like this packaged as an offline only desktop app. I can't trust any third party to protect such personal data about myself and the people I care about. I suppose there's the option of self-hosting and allowing only localhost...

[aejnsn]

You can host it yourself on your own server. Or, you can run it within Docker locally.

I contributed to Monica a bit and the “desktop version” was always a huge GitHub issue. That, along with an impossible “E2E” encryption issue, devoid of any understanding of RDMBS or TLS, is why I didn’t go much further with my contributions.

Edit: see issues 531, and 543.

[movedx]

> Or, you can run it within Docker locally.

Just please make sure you're using a volume so the data is persistent. And also please keep backups in case that volume explodes.

[petr25102018]

It is funny, because my app https://contactcache.com started like that. It was an Electron app working completely locally. Gradually I moved to a web app that can work locally in the browser, as long as the browser doesn't delete the local storage.

[bkanber]

How do you feel about desktop apps that sync to google drive? I just made scrumsheet.app and a friend mentioned that I should do the same for a personal CRM. Do you trust Google with the data or do you really prefer it to be offline-only?

[brnt]

Software or apps including their own cloudsync are a layering violation. I already have tools to sync my filesystem, just make sure your software writes to a logical location on disk and tools already used will sync.

[djeiasbsbo]

I highly agree. One of the most frustrating things is when an application provides "cloud-sync" to google drive or iCloud but tools like syncthing or nextcloud that sync local files can't be used.

[tga]

So, once your super secure local app will remind you to contact a friend, how will you message them to exchange detailed personal stories? Gmail? Facebook?

[Cthulhu_]

You give them a call to meet up sometime? idk, I feel like you're being argumentative / snide but I'm not sure if you're actually trying to make a point.

[jstanley]

What about Matrix? Ricochet? Signal?

This is a particularly bizarre rebuttal. Usually the answer to this kind of thing would be "well yes but we can only solve 1 problem at a time", but in this case it's not even that. There already are ways to contact people privately!

[nextaccountic]

I will message them in their preferred communication platform. Which in my country is usually Whatsapp or perhaps Facebook.