Getting started
Set up Orbit, add your first person, and understand the basic rhythm of circles, drift, and reminders.
- Install Orbit on your device
- Add one real person first
- Build circles before doing anything fancy
Orbit is meant to feel calm, not like another system you need help surviving. If you are stuck, you should be able to get moving again with one clear answer and one real person to contact.
Short paths, clear buckets, no help-center labyrinth.
Set up Orbit, add your first person, and understand the basic rhythm of circles, drift, and reminders.
Orbit is private by design. The app is local-first, exportable, and intentionally non-extractive.
If something feels broken, tell us what happened, what device you are on, and what you expected.
Orbit uses circles as a practical shape, not a rulebook. Core, Inner, Near, and Far simply make people easier to see.
Orbit helps you keep the thread: last conversations, birthdays, promises, moments, and gentle next steps.
Need to export data, move devices, or ask something unusual? Reach out directly and we will help.
The quick answers before you write in.
No. Orbit is for real relationships, not pipelines, audiences, or streaks. It is a private tool for staying close.
Yes. Orbit is local-first, private by design, and built to avoid surveillance-style product patterns.
Yes. Export is part of the product philosophy, not a grudging afterthought.
Orbit is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. The launch is quiet and early, so the focus right now is making the core product feel right.
They are meant to be gentle, situational nudges, not a task manager that turns friendship into admin.
The clearest explanation of Orbit still lives on the homepage: circles, drift, prompts, and the reason the product exists.