Because the people in your life deserve more than a forgotten note.
Folkbase is a free personal CRM, built solely for the relationships that matter to you.
Folkbase is a free personal CRM that keeps your relationships in a Google Sheet you own.
Most tools like this are built for sales leads, and they hold your data on their own servers so that leaving costs you everything you put in. Folkbase is free, and your data is always yours to walk away with.
Folkbase is built for anyone who wants to remember people: how you met, what you talked about, how their family’s doing. Whether you’re reconnecting with friends, staying close to clients, coordinating outreach, or tracking volunteers, Folkbase keeps it straight without asking you to hold it all in your head. Make your next conversation fruitful.
Folkbase has no database holding your contacts. Everything lives in a Google Sheet in your own Drive. Walk away anytime with everything.
There is no data selling and no ads. Folkbase only accesses the sheet it creates for you, plus any file you allow it to through Google’s own file picker. You may also give it access to your Google Calendar to sync and track events.
Sign in, add a contact, jot a note, connect your network, and track your events. That’s it. No need to take a training course to learn how Folkbase works.
“Your data stays in your Drive” is a claim every app could make. Folkbase is transparent and verifiable.
The full technical details (exact permissions, sign-in token location, what Folkbase servers can and can’t see) are written up for anyone who wants to verify it. See how Folkbase works.
I’m Elliott, and this is my project :)
I have spent years in my professional and personal life trying to find a single place to stay on top of the people I know. I’ve tried all the CRM apps, utilized every free trial, yet I haven’t found the right one. They’re expensive, made for sales pipelines, too complicated to use, have unnecessary features, and, worst of all, they held my data hostage unless I paid a monthly fee.
There is no reason finding an expanded contact book should be this hard or expensive. Folkbase is the free solution to my problems, and it might be yours, too.
I made Folkbase as a way to safely hold your contact’s information for free. Folkbase has no server to hold your data hostage on. Everything lives inside a Google Sheet in YOUR Google Drive. Folkbase is simply the tool used to create, standardize, and edit your contact’s information. Folkbase is the interface meant to regulate the slog of tracking it all.
Updates can be found in the “Updates” section, linked here.
Feedback, questions, or ideas are always welcome: ElliottZelenak@gmail.com
The personal app is free, forever.