Hey everyone,
I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called Social Battery. I shared it in a mental health space a while ago, and a few people with ADHD mentioned it could be really helpful for managing social burnout and executive dysfunction, so I thought I’d post it here too.
I often run out of social energy, and I wanted a way to let people know where I’m at without the dread of explaining myself every single time.
It’s completely free, there are no ads, and you don’t even need an email to sign up (just a username and password). I don’t collect, sell, or use any personal data, and there are no marketing trackers. However, because I built this as a solo hobby project using free-tier tools, the infrastructure relies on Vercel for hosting and Google’s Firebase for the database, which do standard server-side logging. I just want to be upfront about that for the privacy-conscious folks here!
What it does and how it works:
Real-time energy sharing: You update your battery level, and friends you connect with can see it instantly. No guessing games.
Anonymous Buddies: If you don’t want to share with your friends, you can pair up with an anonymous user to keep an eye on each other’s energy and offer quiet support. Sometimes it can be comforting just to know that someone else is feeling the exact same way as you.
Weekly Vibes: It charts your levels over the week so you can actually notice patterns in when you usually crash.
Nudges and streaks: There’s an optional daily reminder to help you check in with yourself (easy to forget otherwise) and a streak counter if you like that kind of dopamine kick.
Home screen shortcut (PWA): You can install it straight to your phone screen, like a real app, so it doesn’t get lost in your 50 open browser tabs.
The “Coffee?” button: A quick way to nudge a friend when you’re both actually feeling social, skipping the exhausting back-and-forth planning.
I’m just trying to see if this is a tool that actually resonates with people or helps make socializing a bit less overwhelming. Would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback on it!
Link: [https://socialbattery.space/]
zero tracking or personal data collection
There is Vercel tracking I found right in the homepage source:
<script defer src="/_vercel/insights/script.js"></script>Also, by using Firebase resources, firebase will be logging the IP of your visitors/users every time they ciick and Firebase is owned by Google.
Nice to make stuff to share but a platform like Vercel is unfortunately not a safe platform for privacy.
Thank you for rising this question. I edited the post.
I built this as a solo passion project using standard free-tier hobby tools, but I completely respect your focus on privacy. If people end up finding the tool useful, I’m definitely open to migrating it to a self-hosted or privacy-first backend in the future.
Very nice and transparent update. I appreciate it!
No ads or email needed does not equal to no tracking.
It was shared recently on Mastodon a site as a practical example of that:
https://mastodon.social/users/Migueldeicaza/statuses/116544740655935047
Thank you for rising this question. I edited the post.
I built this as a solo passion project using standard free-tier hobby tools, but I completely respect your focus on privacy. If people end up finding the tool useful, I’m definitely open to migrating it to a self-hosted or privacy-first backend in the future.
Thank you both for rising this question. I will edit the post.
I built this as a solo passion project using standard free-tier hobby tools, but I completely respect your focus on privacy. If people end up finding the tool useful, I’m definitely open to migrating it to a self-hosted or privacy-first backend in the future.
