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Monica

CRM
Velocity0.0

Open-source personal relationship management system, a CRM for your private life.

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v5 'Chandler' rewrite stalled in beta — newest release is over a year old

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◆Current state
Monica's entire recent history is the v5.0.0 'Chandler' rewrite, a ground-up rebuild first released in June 2023 and progressing through five betas. The latest, beta.5 (April 2025), added a Typesense search connector and Keycloak/Kanidm SSO among many fixes. But it is now the newest entry by more than a year, with no stable v5 or further beta since.
◆Where it's heading
The arc is a long, slowing beta cycle that appears to have stalled. Early betas shipped broad feature sets; later ones narrowed to incremental fixes and self-hoster conveniences (SSO, search backends, DAV sync). The gap since April 2025 is the dominant signal: momentum on the rewrite has visibly stalled and a stable v5 has not materialized.
◆Prediction
Hard to call given the year-plus silence — either a long-delayed v5 stable cut or continued dormancy. The entries don't support confidence either way; the absence of recent activity is itself the most telling data point.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1y ago

    beta.5: Typesense search and Keycloak/Kanidm SSO

    The most recent and now over-a-year-old beta, adding a Typesense search connector, Keycloak and Kanidm auth providers, vault editing, and a signup toggle amid many fixes. Useful self-hoster features, but also the last sign of life on the rewrite.

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  2. 2y ago

    beta.4: more vCard exports, markdown notes

    Incremental polish — additional vCard exports, markdown support in notes, chronological reminders, and removal of the Twitter socialite provider. Steady but small progress on the rewrite.

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  3. 2y ago

    beta.3: DAV client subscriptions and groups

    Adds DAV client subscriptions and DAV for groups, single-contact vCard download, and WebAuthn registration cookies. Builds out the standards-based sync that matters for a contacts manager.

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  4. 2y ago

    beta.2: instance administrator, Telegram setup

    Adds an instance-administrator role and improves the Telegram setup workflow, alongside a large batch of Vue/form fixes. Early-beta stabilization with modest new capabilities.

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  5. 2y ago

    beta.1: first release of the Chandler rewrite

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    The foundational moment — the first pre-release of Chandler, a complete ground-up rebuild of Monica, shipping an enormous initial feature set (vaults, groups, journaling, mood tracking, dozens of translations, API, WebAuthn). Everything since iterates on this base.

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