Weekly accountability for small groups
Goals go better when someone is expecting an update
Set your goals, track the numbers behind them, and post a short update every week to four or five people who will notice if you go quiet.
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Why a small group works
Goals usually slip in the weeks nobody asks about.
Someone notices when you go quiet
Everyone posts to the same feed each week. If you skip one, the people who know you will see it.
Progress you can measure
Add a number and a target to a goal, so "going alright" becomes 34 of 50 sessions with five weeks to go.
It stays small on purpose
Groups are built for four to six people who already know each other. Everyone in the feed is someone you invited or someone who invited you.
How it works
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Start a group or join one
Invite people by email or send them a code. Only members can see what is posted.
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Say what you are working on
Write down the goal, add the numbers that show it moving, and set a target for the quarter.
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Post once a week
A few lines on how the week went. Your numbers for the week appear next to it.
Track the number that actually tells you something
Sixty kilometres run, a resting heart rate of 52, four days out of seven and a new 5k time each need counting differently.
Totals
Adds everything up across the week or the quarter.
Kilometres run, gym sessions, words written, money saved.
Levels
Shows where you are now rather than a total, because these do not add up.
Bodyweight, resting heart rate, hours of sleep.
Habits
Counts the days you did it. Tick a box each day and the year fills in as a grid.
Read before bed, no drinking, stretched, practised.
Personal bests
Keeps only your best result, such as your fastest time or heaviest lift.
Fastest 5k, heaviest squat, longest ride.
Set a target for each quarter
"Fifty runs this quarter" is something you can measure. Every screen shows how far along you are and how much time is left.
Set it as five days a week, or as thirty days across the whole quarter.
Longer goals
Some goals take longer than a quarter. You can also set goals that run for a year or ten.
A goal can also be words only. If a thing you care about has no sensible number, write it down anyway and talk about it each week.
One page for the whole week
Filling in a week takes a couple of minutes on a Sunday night.
Fill in the week from your phone
Every number you are tracking, stacked in one column. Type a figure or tick a day and it saves as you go.
Or take the whole quarter at once
On a bigger screen the same numbers become a grid, every week down one side, so you can fill a gap you left in March.
Read the group in one scroll
The feed shows each person's update with their numbers for that week under it. Comment, or just leave a like so they know you read it.
Set your group up in about five minutes.
Start a groupNobody has to chase anybody
Three emails. Turn each one on or off for each group you are in.
Post your update
The group picks a day and an hour. Anyone who has not posted by then gets a reminder, at that hour where they are.
Somebody posted
Their update arrives with their numbers for the week, so you can read it without opening anything.
Somebody replied to you
A comment on your post emails you, so a question does not sit unanswered for a week.
Numbers can arrive on their own
Connect another service and your numbers fill in automatically.
Strava
Connect your account and your runs and rides are logged automatically, including your best times at every distance.
Spreadsheets
Import the history you already keep, and export any of it whenever you want.
Anything else you use
If you can write a bit of code, use the API to send numbers from any app or device.
AI assistants
Tell an assistant you ran 8k this morning and have it recorded against the right number, without opening anything.
An assistant can log your numbers. It never writes your update.
There is no way for an AI to post or comment as you, and there will not be one. Every word in a group is written by the person whose name is on it.
Not seeing the one you use? Once you have an account you can request an integration and say what you would want from it. We build the ones people ask for most.
Read the integration docs for the API, OAuth and MCP details.
Private, because otherwise nobody is honest
The point of a small group is being able to say a week went badly. That only works if you know exactly who can see it.
Invite only
People join with a code or an email invite, and an admin approves them before they can see anything.
Nothing is public
Only the members of your group can read your posts. There are no profile pages or public links.
You choose what the group sees
Numbers are shared with a group only if you share them. You can keep one to yourself and still write about it.
Your history stays yours
Leave a group and you keep everything you wrote and tracked. Export it whenever you want.
Is this for you
It fits well when
- A few friends are training for the same race, or different ones.
- You have a goal that takes a year and keeps slipping.
- A group of founders or freelancers wants to report to each other.
- You already track numbers and want somebody to see them.
- An old group chat has turned into nothing but links.
It is the wrong tool when
- You want an audience. Nothing here is public.
- You want a daily to-do list. This works in weeks.
- You want a community of hundreds. Groups are small by design.
- You never want anyone else to see it. Starting solo is fine, but the group is the point.
Who made this
I built Liferafts for my own group, we'd been meeting for years but our tools were a bit clunky. I wanted something that felt more built for us and this is it.
It is small and independent, for people doing real things together without the blur of an algorithm. If you ask for an integration, I am the person who reads it. If something is broken, it (hopefully) gets fixed by me.
I'm glad you're here and I hope this helps you too.
Elliot, Liferafts
Common questions
How many people should be in a group?
Four to six. Small enough that a missing update is noticed, big enough that there is something to read each week.
Can I start on my own?
Yes. Everything works in a group of one: goals, targets, habits, charts, reminders and the weekly post. You can invite people later.
Do I have to track numbers?
No. A goal can be a sentence and a weekly post about it.
What happens if I miss a week?
Nothing breaks and there is no streak to lose. Your group sees the gap, and somebody usually asks about it.
Can I be in more than one group?
Yes. You can share the same goal with one group and keep it out of another.
Who can see what I write?
The active members of that group. Nothing on Liferafts is public and there are no profile pages to find. Your numbers are shared with a group only if you share them.
Can I get my data out?
Yes. Export any metric as a CSV, or read everything through the API with a key you create yourself.
Does AI write the posts?
No, and it never will. An assistant can record your numbers for you. Every post and comment is written by the person it says wrote it.
Pick the people first
Think of three or four people who would want to know how your year is going. That is the group. Set it up in a few minutes and post your first update this Sunday.
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