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Contact management (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for a contact manager to replace a google account or iCloud account.

I am currently on iOS (and actively dislike it after being on android since forever) and looking to increase my privacy by cutting ties with my google accounts.

A Google account presently manages my contacts, and I do not want iOS to take over this job, I’d rather manage them myself.

I tried searching for FOSS contact managers but all I found was client relation software which isn’t what I want at all…. I don’t think.. I just want my phone numbers and names saved for easy personal use.

Is there anything good for managing a personal phone book?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean something like CalDAV? There are some solutions listed on the awesome-selfhosted github list

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If what I’m seeing is right, then… maybe? I don’t care about the calendar at this point (solid chance I never will; I try to find it useful and my adhd prevents that - need more reminder options like “remind me every 25 minutes until I do something about it” and “remind me 2 days prior in case I forgot to accommodate it”), just the contact management.

The GitHub seems to have some stuff that might be what I’m looking for though, so link is appreciated. I have no idea what to do with this, but a good starting point (am mostly noob, looking for things to look into in October when I have a bunch of free time. I already need to learn docker for other reasons 😅)

Thanks for the help, I’ll do some digging :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please do. Maybe you‘ll find something useful. I found radicale working best for me (it was easy to install and selfhost). Selfhosting covers many topics, so it‘s difficult to share additional links here. But if you do a websearch, you should find good tutorials. Try to host in the local network first, and install a VPN to access services like CalDAV or CardDAV on the road. This will keep you from spending time on additional security considerations when hosting something on a public accessible host, which can be overwhelming when still being at the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do already self host a media server and run a vpn, pihole, etc. but don’t know anything deeper than that, and I want to have my setup done properly so I don’t have to move or redo anything later.

I’ll do some digging through and see if any of them are good fits, thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That is how I do it. Also keeps you from receiving updates when you not specifically ask for them.