This is not a todo app.
This is a cognitive system.
Most productivity tools optimize output.
Reflecta optimizes awareness.
People don’t think in clean bullet points —
they think in fragments, emotions, pressure, uncertainty.
Reflecta is built to understand that mess, not ignore it.
Users write naturally.
Reflecta listens carefully.
Insight emerges quietly.
- 📝 Accepts raw, unstructured human thoughts
- 🧠 Detects emotional tone from language
- 📊 Tracks emotional patterns over time
- 🪞 Generates reflective summaries (weekly / monthly)
- 🧱 Built as a scalable backend-first system
Reflecta follows a clean, intentional layered architecture
to keep cognition separate from infrastructure.
This structure allows Reflecta to evolve into a full cognitive platform without architectural rewrites.
🧬 Layered Architecture
┌──────────────┐
│ Controller │ ← API Layer (FastAPI)
└──────┬───────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────┐
│ Service │ ← Cognitive & Business Logic
└──────┬───────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────┐
│ Repository │ ← Data Access Layer
└──────┬───────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────┐
│ Model │ ← Domain & Persistence
└──────────────┘
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Language | Python 3.11 |
| API | FastAPI |
| Server | Uvicorn |
| ORM | SQLAlchemy |
| Database | SQLite (Postgres-ready) |
| Architecture | Layered (Controller → Service → Repository → Model) |
Reflecta/
├─ app/
│ ├─ controller/ # API routes
│ ├─ service/ # Cognitive logic
│ ├─ repository/ # DB interactions
│ ├─ model/ # Schemas & entities
│ ├─ database/ # DB setup
│ └─ main.py # Entry point
├─ requirements.txt
└─ README.md
git clone https://github.com/AmanSoni1-apex/Reflecta.git
cd Reflecta
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate # Windows
# source venv/bin/activate # Linux / macOS
pip install -r requirements.txt
📍 Server → http://127.0.0.1:8000
📘 Docs → /docs
Reflecta is intentionally quiet software.
Planned evolution:
Emotion-aware summaries via LLMs
Long-term cognitive trend analysis
Personal reflection reports
Minimal, calming frontend
No social feeds. No dopamine loops.
Reflecta does not provide medical or psychological advice. All emotional insights are reflective, not diagnostic Report .
Reflecta welcomes contributors who care about:
thoughtful backend systems
human-centered AI
clean, maintainable architecture
Fork → Reflect → Improve → PR.
Aman Soni Backend Engineer