Features¶

Everything Kin does, grouped by what it's for. Every one of these is optional — Kin is genuinely useful with nothing configured at all.

Regulation toolkit¶

A sidebar link that's always there for you: breathe, ground, reframe, and soothe — no AI, no score, no pressure.

Breathe — follow-along patterns (box breathing, 4-7-8, physiological sigh).
Ground — a 5-4-3-2-1 senses exercise and quick physical resets.
Reframe — "facts vs. the RSD story", the STOP technique, and naming the feeling.
Soothe — a handful of gentle games to occupy your hands when thoughts are looping: Soft Fall (falling blocks), 2048, Memory, Minesweeper, and Dot Muncher (a cozy Pac-Man-style maze chase).

The regulation toolkit

Dot Muncher, one of the Soothe games

Gamification (celebrating rest too)¶

A quiet XP system with 45+ achievements — but it's not about productivity. You earn XP for logging entries and keeping up, and for resting: snoozing a check-in, entering grace mode, letting a conflict go. Achievements unlock silently; you only get a toast for a level-up or a new badge.

Your progress and achievements

AI assistant (optional, bring-your-own-API key)¶

Kin works with OpenAI or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (including a local Ollama server). With a key configured, it can:

Write birthday message drafts and suggest gift ideas (always for you to review, never sent automatically).
Generate profile summaries and bio blurbs.
Offer conversation starters and quick-reply scripts — "what do I even say?".
Run a caring support chat for working through a conflict, tuned to your relationship.

Voice (optional)¶

Voice notes — record or upload audio; Kin transcribes it (Whisper) into journal entries and the support chat.
Voice replies — the support chat can reply with a spoken voice (local Piper or OpenAI TTS), with the transcript always available.

Immich & hangout detection (optional)¶

Connect an Immich photo library and Kin can:

Link a face to each person for profile photos.
Show "On this day" memories.
Detect when you hung out — a linked face in a recent photo surfaces a "looks like you hung out!" card that credits your check-in and offers a one-click journal entry.

Calendar sync¶

Subscribe your birthdays and notable dates from any calendar app (Google, Apple, Outlook) via a private, per-person feed URL. Set reminders days ahead so cards and gifts don't sneak up on you.

Kin Wrapped¶

Around mid-December, Kin quietly puts together a warm, private year-in-review — who you were closest to, your standout moments, and the ways you showed up. Entirely positive (conflicts never appear), and shareable if you choose.