Six Degrees
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Roadmap
Where it's going
Started in June 2026, open source since August, and released in public since September. What's shipped, what's next, and what's being tested. No dates for what's next: things ship when they work, and every release is in the release notes.
Next
- A Windows appWith a one-click installer. Until then, Windows has no version at all.
- A Linux app to downloadIt runs on Linux today from the Terminal with
npx six-degrees. - A Mac app signed and notarised by AppleSo there's no Open Anyway step the first time you open it.
- Clusters and communitiesGroups in your network, found from the ties between your connections that circle scans already keep.
Being tested
- Auto-Bridge and Auto scanAll-day pacing, tried on real accounts before it loses its experimental label.
- The Social tab's live syncReading your messages list in your own Chrome, once a day. Not yet tried on a live account.
- Company and bridge scansRe-checked end to end against LinkedIn's current pages.
- The Intel Mac buildOpened and checked on an Intel Mac, not just built for one.
- Searching only your 2nd degreeFewer searches for the same picture.
Shipped
- 0.4.8A new icon, Paths about 9× faster on a large network, and the new website.
- 0.4.7Hide the Chrome window while scanning, with its risks spelled out.
- 0.4.6The window's frame matches the dark app.
- 0.4.5The Galaxy physics lab: forces, colour by, find, a replay of your network growing, pictures and video.
- 0.4.4Insights on every card, network health, the Social tab and Auto scan.
- 0.4.3A status bar on every page while a scan runs, and experimental all-day pacing.
- 0.4.2Orbit out to 6th degree, and scan progress rings on every dot.
- 0.4.1Who only one connection reaches, which connections open the same doors, and degree filters.
- 0.4.0The Scores tab and your sector, rarity, a circle on every card, and a cap on profile views.
- 0.3.0The Mac app scans with nothing to install, Settings, and updates in one click.
- 0.2.1
npx six-degreeson Linux, tutorial videos, and LinkedIn exports up to 30,000 connections. - 0.2.0Six Degrees becomes a real Mac app for everyone.
- 0.1.0 – 0.1.11The first public releases, from 24 September 2026: one-line install, Separation, a search budget and cooldown lock, Paths and Outlink.
How it started
Three generations in about three months.
- 11 June 2026The first build. "6 Degrees of Separation": a LinkedIn network research tool with a force-directed graph, hosted online. Archive: the original prototype (June 2026), kept as it was.
- 12–15 July 2026The static version. Your LinkedIn network as a galaxy, with leverage tiers, bridges and introduction paths. Local-first and entirely static: the first version where your data stayed on your device.
- 21 August 2026The open-source rebuild. This codebase: a desktop app with a local database, no account and no keys.
- 24 September 2026The first public release, 0.1.0, then the 0.4 releases through late September. Every release.
What won't change
- It runs on your computerNo account, no server, no telemetry.
- It's free and openMIT licence, every line on GitHub, no paid tier.
- Scanning stays slowBudgets, rests and a stop at the first push-back. The risk is always spelled out.
- Honest numbersYour own network, never a percentile against anyone else's.
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