Klivka and Monica
Monica and Klivka share a starting point: both are private tools for remembering the people in your life, not sales CRMs. They differ in scope. Monica is a broad personal relationship database. Klivka is deliberately smaller and built around carrying context from one conversation into the next reminder.
| Klivka | Monica | |
|---|---|---|
| Main idea | A small notebook for the people you choose, centred on remembering where you left off. | A comprehensive record of contacts, activities, important dates, gifts, debts, journal entries, and relationships between people. |
| Getting started | A person is complete with only a name. Everything else is optional. | Detailed profiles with many kinds of information you can record. |
| Reminders | Keep-in-touch rhythms plus birthday and date reminders, shown with your notes and next-time cues. | Reminders for important dates and follow-ups. |
| Hosting | A hosted service run by Klivka. | Open source. Run it on your own server or use the hosted version. |
| Your data | Private, exportable at any time, and deleted with your account. | Exportable at any time, and, according to Monica, never sold or used for advertising. |
Which one fits you
Choose Monica if you want an open-source, self-hostable database with room for many kinds of information about each person.
Choose Klivka if you want something smaller that you can start with a name, and that brings your notes back at the moment you reconnect.
Monica details were checked against its website in September 2026. Visit monicahq.com
What Klivka does differently
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A friend shares something
Over dinner, Marcus mentions that Mina, his elderly greyhound, has a vet appointment next week.
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Write down what to ask
Save a next-time cue on his profile. It takes a few seconds and stays private.
Next time Ask how Mina is doing after the vet visit.
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Klivka brings it back
When it is time to reconnect, the reminder shows Marcus, your cue, and what you talked about last time.
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Follow through, then log it
Call or message him from Klivka, record the conversation in seconds, and mark the cue as done.
Logged Called Marcus. Mina is doing well.
See it for yourself.
Look around the live demo, or start with one person in your own private notebook.
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