Inner Circle

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by m3gusto.cc

Track friendships with relationship strength, reminders, and social network visualization. Based on Dunbar's Number.

Updated 2mo agoMITDiscovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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Inner Circle

An Obsidian plugin for tracking and maintaining friendships with smart reminders and relationship insights.

What is it

Inner Circle helps you maintain friendships by tracking relationship strength, contact history, and friend connections. Built on research about social network limits and friendship layers.

Inspired by Dunbar's number research on social network capacity and the layered structure of relationships (5/15/50/150).

Installation

One-Line Install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/memdealer/obsidian-inner-circle/main/install-to-vault.sh | bash -s -- ~/path/to/your/vault

Manual Download

  1. Go to Latest Release
  2. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css
  3. Create folder <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/inner-circle/
  4. Copy the downloaded files into that folder
  5. Reload Obsidian
  6. Enable "Inner Circle" in Settings → Community Plugins

From Source

git clone https://github.com/memdealer/obsidian-inner-circle.git
cd obsidian-inner-circle
./install-to-vault.sh /path/to/your/vault --local

Features

Core

  • Relationship strength tracking (clickable 1-10 dots)
  • Contact history with optional notes per interaction
  • Smart reminders based on contact frequency
  • Birthday reminders (advance + day-of notifications)
  • Friend network tree showing introductions

Dunbar's Number Analytics

  • Scientific friendship layer analysis based on Dunbar's research
  • Five layers: Support Clique (5), Sympathy Group (15), Affinity Group (50), Active Network (150), Acquaintances (500)
  • Network health score with actionable recommendations
  • Capacity tracking per layer with visual indicators
  • Suggested contact frequency based on relationship layer
  • Layer badges showing friend classification at a glance

Organization

  • Friend groups/circles with colors
  • Tags for categorization (country, work, college, etc.)
  • Bulk operations (archive, delete, tag multiple friends)
  • Archive inactive friends without deleting
  • Search and filter by group, tag, or name

Connections

  • Mutual connections view (shared groups, interests, introducers)
  • Clickable tags to find friends with shared attributes
  • Event timeline with recurring event support

Notifications

  • Customizable snooze (1, 3, 7, 14, 30 days or custom)
  • Batch reminders option (one notification for multiple friends)
  • macOS native notifications
  • Optional Telegram integration

Data

  • Export birthdays to calendar (ICS format)
  • Dynamic contact methods (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, etc.)
  • All data stored locally in your vault

Usage

  1. Open Inner Circle: Click the ribbon icon (users) or use command palette
  2. Sample friends are included to demonstrate features
  3. Add friends with "+ Add Friend"
  4. Click relationship strength dots to adjust (1-10 scale)
  5. Mark friends as contacted (with optional notes)
  6. Create groups to organize your circles
  7. Use bulk select for managing multiple friends

Data Storage

All data stored locally in .obsidian/plugins/inner-circle/data.json

License

MIT

References

Research on friendship layers and social network capacity:

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