For People Leads & Engineering Managers
Everything from your last 1:1, ready before the next one.
Peoplelane keeps conversation notes, open follow-ups and development goals together in a local workspace on your Mac. There is no built-in employer or HR admin view.
- Stored on your Mac
- Works offline
- AI optional
Why People Leads use Peoplelane
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Walk in prepared
Every note, topic and open point for one person, in one place. No hunting through four tools five minutes before the meeting.
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Know who needs attention
Peoplelane highlights overdue follow-ups, due syncs and people who need care, so urgent work does not disappear inside a list.
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Your notes stay yours
The workspace is stored locally on your Mac. It does not require a company account or provide a built-in admin view.
How Peoplelane works
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Pick a person
Open whoever you are about to meet and see where you left off.
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Write down what was said
Capture thoughts, decisions and commitments during or after the conversation, as a free note in your own words.
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See what matters next time
Before the next conversation, the open points and recurring topics are already waiting for you.
Optional: AI can turn a free note into a structured entry.
A look inside the app
Five views from the current beta.
Who needs attention right now, and how the team has been trending.
Switch between overview, history, goals and private context for one person.
Every interaction in order, labelled by type.
A rough note becomes a structured entry.
Open follow-ups and reminders across everyone you lead.
Your data stays with you
The most sensitive thing a leader keeps is what people share in confidence. Peoplelane is built so that this never has to leave your machine.
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Stored on your Mac
Your notes live in a file on your own device, not in a Peoplelane cloud.
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Local workspace
Your notes workspace is stored in a file on your Mac rather than in a Peoplelane-hosted notes database.
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No built-in employer admin view
The product does not include an employer admin view or an organisation-wide report of your notes.
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Works offline
Notes, search, history and follow-ups need no connection at all.
AI is optional
Every core function works without it. If you turn it on, you decide which provider handles your text.
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Local by default
Apple Intelligence runs on-device on every supported Mac, with no account, no key and nothing sent anywhere.
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Your provider, your key
Prefer a stronger model? Add your own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including local models.
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You review before saving
AI only ever produces a draft. Nothing is written to your data until you accept it.
These points describe how the Peoplelane app handles your notes. This website itself uses privacy-friendly analytics and a beta signup form — see our Privacy Policy for details.
Who Peoplelane is for
Made for
- People Leads
- Engineering Managers
- Team Leads
- Mentors
- Coaches
- Anyone holding regular 1:1s
Not made for
- An HR system
- A central personnel file
- A monitoring tool
- Organisation-wide performance reviews
Peoplelane belongs to one leader, not to a company.
Questions and answers
Peoplelane is made for an individual leader, not a personnel department. The product has no built-in employer dashboard or admin view for the local workspace. Access to a company-managed Mac, backups or other device controls remains a separate matter.
In a file on your own Mac, not in a central Peoplelane database. Notes, search, history and follow-ups all work without an internet connection.
AI is entirely optional; every core function works without it. Apple Intelligence runs on-device by default, with no account or key needed. If you prefer a stronger model, add your own key for OpenAI, Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including local models.
Macs with Apple Silicon running macOS 15 or newer.
Free for up to three people in your workspace; beyond that it's CHF 9 per month or CHF 90 per year, with price and currency depending on your region. If you end your subscription, your notes stay on your Mac and remain readable, and Peoplelane returns to the free scope of three people.
You can export an individual person's record as a document. Your data also sits in a file on your own Mac at all times.
Better prepared for the next conversation
Try Peoplelane as a private beta on your Mac.
- Requires macOS 15 or newer on Apple Silicon
- Free for up to three people
- No spam, only Peoplelane updates
No account needed. We'll send you access when the beta opens.