friendlog is a simple tool to journal about the time you spend with the people you care about. I hope you enjoy!

Setup

Install Node (if you haven’t before). Then:

npm install -g friendlog

Shortcuts

Add tab-completion and the shortcut flh for fl hangout!

fl shortcuts >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

Basic Usage

$ fl help

You can use friendlog or fl.

Add friends and an ideal interval (in days) you’d like to see them:

$ friendlog add Alice 5  # your best friend
$ fl add "Bob Doe" 15    # not quite so close
$ fl add Kunal 10

Log a hangout:

$ fl hangout Alice 2018-01-01 "Got coffee"
$ flh Kunal 2018-03-19 "Created friendlog"

See who you should hang out with next and when:

$ fl list
2018-01-06  Alice
2018-03-29  Kunal
new         Bob Doe     # no hangouts logged yet

See history of hangouts:

$ fl history
NAME    DATE        MEMO
Alice   2018-01-06  Got coffee
Kunal   2018-03-29  Created friendlog

See info about friend:

$ fl info Kunal
{ name: 'Kunal', interval: 10 }

FAQ

Where is my data stored?

All data is stored on your own computer.

What qualifies as a “hangout”?

You can use any criteria you like. I recommend focusing on interaction with intent. You saw and respected the person as another person on Earth and grew together in some small way.

Can you add yourself?

I (Kunal) have started to do this, logging when I do something alone and self-fulfilling (a long run, time with a good book, a fancy meal for one…) This reminds me to “hangout” with myself, too.

I didn’t understand this page but I want to try it out!

Email me at marwahaha@berkeley.edu.

How can I visualize the data?

You can try using jq (available for download here). Here’s a command I like to see friends grouped by time interval:

jq '.|=group_by(.interval)|map({interval:.[0].interval, names:map(.name)})' < ~/.friendlog/friends.json

Contributing

Linting is enforced with pre-commit and pre-push hooks. npm run lint-fix will help!

Publish easily: npm version [major|minor|patch] will bump version numbers; npm publish will publish package.