# ReacherX Blog Canonical: https://reacherx.com/blog Guides, use cases, comparisons, and notes from building ReacherX. Learn how to find the people you need. - [Think in networks, not funnels](https://reacherx.com/blog/think-in-networks): Hiring, fundraising, clients, customers: the problem underneath is almost always the network. Why I build ReacherX around that idea. Published: 2026-09-16. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/think-in-networks/markdown) - [Say what you're looking for in public](https://reacherx.com/blog/say-it-in-public): People who post their problems, frustrations, and intents openly are easier to find and easier to help. Why that matters, and how ReacherX reads those posts. Published: 2026-09-15. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/say-it-in-public/markdown) - [How to reach out and actually get replies](https://reacherx.com/blog/reach-out-and-get-replies): Finding the right people is half the job. The other half is starting a conversation they care about. The networking practices that get high reply rates, and how ReacherX helps you keep them. Published: 2026-09-14. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reach-out-and-get-replies/markdown) - [Run ReacherX on your own computer](https://reacherx.com/blog/run-reacherx-yourself): Install the app, connect the services it needs, and start making changes to the open-source project. Published: 2026-09-09. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/run-reacherx-yourself/markdown) - [A developer’s guide to the ReacherX codebase](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-agent-works): Understand the main data flow, find the right files, and choose a focused path into discovery, outreach, memory, or reporting. Published: 2026-09-08. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-agent-works/markdown) - [ReacherX vs PhantomBuster: which workflow do you need?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-phantombuster): Compare configurable social automations with ReacherX’s guided process for finding people and continuing the conversation. Published: 2026-09-07. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-phantombuster/markdown) - [ReacherX vs HeyReach: individual searches or LinkedIn campaigns?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-heyreach): Compare finding and working with people across different goals with running LinkedIn outreach across senders. Published: 2026-09-06. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-heyreach/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Clay: find people or build a research workflow?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-clay): Understand the different starting points, the AI features both offer, and when each approach makes sense. Published: 2026-09-05. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-clay/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Apollo: which fits the people you need to reach?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-apollo): Compare a sales-focused platform with ReacherX’s approach to finding customers, candidates, research participants, and other people. Published: 2026-09-04. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-apollo/markdown) - [How to find guests for your podcast](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-podcast-guests): Start with an episode idea, find people who have something useful to say about it, and send an invitation with the details. Published: 2026-09-03. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-podcast-guests/markdown) - [How to find the first members of your community](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-community-members): Find people already talking about the subject your community is built around, and give them a clear reason to join. Published: 2026-09-02. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-community-members/markdown) - [How to find creators to work with](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-creators): Look at what a creator makes and who it's for before you ask them to try or promote your product. Published: 2026-09-01. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-creators/markdown) - [How to find people to partner with](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-partners): Find someone who serves a similar audience, then suggest a small project that helps both of you. Published: 2026-08-31. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-partners/markdown) - [How to find people for user research](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-research-participants): Talk to people who have dealt with the problem you're studying. ReacherX can help you find them and prepare a clear invitation. Published: 2026-08-30. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-research-participants/markdown) - [How to find investors who might fit your startup](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-investors): Use ReacherX to research what investors back before you ask them to look at your company. Published: 2026-08-29. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-investors/markdown) - [How to find your first hire with ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-candidates): Search for people whose work fits the role, then send an invitation that explains why you're interested in them. Published: 2026-08-28. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-candidates/markdown) - [How to find your first customers with ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-potential-customers): Find people talking about the problem your product solves, read what they need, and start a useful conversation. Published: 2026-08-27. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/find-potential-customers/markdown) - [Get help finishing a message with autocomplete](https://reacherx.com/blog/write-with-autocomplete): Start writing in your own words. ReacherX can suggest what comes next, and you choose whether to use it. Published: 2026-08-26. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/write-with-autocomplete/markdown) - [Read and reply to DMs without leaving ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/manage-dm-conversations): Open a person’s X/Twitter or LinkedIn conversation, read their messages, and reply from the same place you researched them. Published: 2026-08-25. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/manage-dm-conversations/markdown) - [How to send a voice note in ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/send-voice-notes): Record your voice, listen back, and send it in an X/Twitter or LinkedIn conversation. Here are the steps and limits. Published: 2026-08-24. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/send-voice-notes/markdown) - [Add images and videos to your outreach](https://reacherx.com/blog/outreach-with-images-and-video): Sometimes a screenshot or a short demo explains your idea better than a long message. Here's how to use them in ReacherX. Published: 2026-08-23. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/outreach-with-images-and-video/markdown) - [Create outreach plans for several people at once](https://reacherx.com/blog/create-plans-for-several-people): Select a few people, tell ReacherX what you want to do, and get a separate plan for each. You can give everyone different instructions. Published: 2026-08-22. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/create-plans-for-several-people/markdown) - [Help me keep building ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/support-reacherx): I went full time on ReacherX in June 2026 after years of fitting it around university and paid work. Here is how you can help me keep going. Published: 2026-08-21. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/support-reacherx/markdown) - [AI should help us talk to people, not fill their inboxes](https://reacherx.com/blog/ai-and-human-connection): Why ReacherX has plans, autocomplete, and voice notes, and why I still want you to be involved in the conversation. Published: 2026-08-20. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/ai-and-human-connection/markdown) - [Why I open-sourced ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/why-i-open-sourced-reacherx): I started ReacherX while studying, working part time, and freelancing. Here is why I kept going, went full time, and opened the code. Published: 2026-08-19. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/why-i-open-sourced-reacherx/markdown) - [What's next for ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/where-reacherx-is-going): The features I want to add, the problems I need to fix first, and how you can help shape the next version. Published: 2026-08-18. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/where-reacherx-is-going/markdown) - [Which kind of tool do you need to find and manage people?](https://reacherx.com/blog/compare-reacherx-alternatives): A guide to 25 products across AI CRMs, outreach, buyer research, inboxes, and marketing, with links to detailed comparisons. Published: 2026-08-01. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/compare-reacherx-alternatives/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Nectar: growing a community or managing its social conversations?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-nectar): Compare finding relevant people with handling a brand’s existing social activity and community. Published: 2026-07-31. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-nectar/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Warmbly: social outreach or cold email?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-warmbly): Both projects are open source. Compare the work they handle before choosing what to run. Published: 2026-07-30. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-warmbly/markdown) - [ReacherX vs traxy: finding LinkedIn signals or acting on a broader goal?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-traxy): Compare engagement-based lead discovery with ReacherX’s qualification, plans, and relationship progress. Published: 2026-07-29. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-traxy/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Bond: preparing an outbound campaign or managing the whole conversation?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-bond): Compare Bond’s sales research and campaign preparation with ReacherX’s profiles, plans, and use-case workspaces. Published: 2026-07-28. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-bond/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Gigamultiplier: two ways to find people and start a conversation](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-gigamultiplier): Compare the overlap in plain-language discovery and adaptive outreach, including the controls you should test. Published: 2026-07-27. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-gigamultiplier/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Gojiberry: what should your outreach agent optimize for?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-gojiberry): Compare sales-focused automation with ReacherX’s different goals, review controls, and workspace instructions. Published: 2026-07-26. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-gojiberry/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Origami: choosing a campaign or working toward a relationship?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-origami): See where both agents overlap in research and outreach, and how to choose around your actual goal. Published: 2026-07-25. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-origami/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Common Room: buyer intelligence or a simpler way to find people?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-common-room): Compare a revenue team’s combined buyer data with ReacherX’s goal-based discovery and outreach. Published: 2026-07-24. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-common-room/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Unify: a sales agent or a broader people-finding tool?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-unify): Compare the work each agent is designed to do, including the people, channels, and outcomes that matter to you. Published: 2026-07-23. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-unify/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Xreacher: similar names, different outreach workflows](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-xreacher): Compare campaign-based social DMs with ReacherX’s use-case workspaces and individual outreach plans. Published: 2026-07-22. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-xreacher/markdown) - [ReacherX vs TalkToHumans: what should happen before and after a LinkedIn reply?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-talktohumans): Compare a dedicated LinkedIn inbox with ReacherX’s discovery, individual plans, and contact management. Published: 2026-07-21. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-talktohumans/markdown) - [ReacherX vs YouSpot: finding new people or keeping up with your network?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-youspot): Compare ReacherX’s discovery and outreach with YouSpot’s personal CRM for the people you already know. Published: 2026-07-20. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-youspot/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Micro: meeting new people or managing your daily work?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-micro): Understand the overlap in AI and contact management, and the difference between an outreach goal and a connected work app. Published: 2026-07-19. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-micro/markdown) - [ReacherX vs Salesforce: what do you need your CRM to do?](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-salesforce): Compare running a customer operation with finding and managing people for a specific goal. Published: 2026-07-18. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-vs-salesforce/markdown) - [How ReacherX adapts its CRM to different use cases](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-adapts-to-use-cases): Follow a workspace use case from shared definitions to profile stages, △ Agent prompts, and reporting. Published: 2026-07-17. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-adapts-to-use-cases/markdown) - [A CRM that helps you find people and follow through](https://reacherx.com/blog/manage-people-with-reacherx): See how profiles, progress, conversations, and △ Agent work together for hiring, partnerships, customers, and other goals. Published: 2026-07-16. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/manage-people-with-reacherx/markdown) - [Help build ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/help-build-reacherx): An invitation to developers, designers, and testers: learn one part of the app and help make it easier to trust and use. Published: 2026-07-15. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/help-build-reacherx/markdown) - [How ReacherX turns activity into Analytics and Agent observability](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-reporting-works): Follow recorded activity into reporting data, reactive dashboards, detail views, and tests of metric meaning. Published: 2026-07-14. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-reporting-works/markdown) - [How ReacherX remembers instructions and learns from work](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-memory-works): Trace explicit instructions, workflow events, evaluated lessons, retrieval, and the limits of application memory. Published: 2026-07-13. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-memory-works/markdown) - [How ReacherX runs outreach and reacts to replies](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-outreach-runs): Follow durable tasks, approval events, waiting, retries, and the adaptive workflow that responds to new interactions. Published: 2026-07-12. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-outreach-runs/markdown) - [How ReacherX prepares an outreach plan](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-planning-works): Trace research, grounded drafts, validation, batch selection, and the boundary between creating a plan and running it. Published: 2026-07-11. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-planning-works/markdown) - [How ReacherX builds a useful profile](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-enrichment-works): Follow enrichment from social data and evidence posts to profile details, contact sources, and planning context. Published: 2026-07-10. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-enrichment-works/markdown) - [How ReacherX decides whether someone fits](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-qualification-works): Read the evidence checks, criterion verdicts, deterministic score, and workflow guards behind qualification. Published: 2026-07-09. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-qualification-works/markdown) - [How ReacherX discovers people](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-discovery-works): Follow an audience description through query generation, platform searches, saved results, and repeat discovery. Published: 2026-07-08. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/how-reacherx-discovery-works/markdown) - [See what ReacherX △ Agent is doing](https://reacherx.com/blog/understand-agent-observability): Use Agent observability to inspect searches, memories, quality checks, and activity when results need a closer look. Published: 2026-07-07. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/understand-agent-observability/markdown) - [Use Analytics to decide what to do next](https://reacherx.com/blog/read-your-reacherx-analytics): Read the numbers in context, spot work waiting for you, and find where your outreach is getting stuck. Published: 2026-07-06. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/read-your-reacherx-analytics/markdown) - [What does ReacherX do on its own?](https://reacherx.com/blog/what-reacherx-does-automatically): Understand background discovery, automatic outreach, approval settings, and how to pause △ Agent. Published: 2026-07-05. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/what-reacherx-does-automatically/markdown) - [Teach ReacherX how you want to work](https://reacherx.com/blog/teach-reacherx-what-you-want): Save useful instructions, correct the audience, and understand what △ Agent can learn from later work. Published: 2026-07-04. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/teach-reacherx-what-you-want/markdown) - [What is a workspace in ReacherX?](https://reacherx.com/blog/workspaces-explained): Keep hiring, customer research, and other searches separate, with their own people, instructions, and progress. Published: 2026-07-03. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/workspaces-explained/markdown) - [Your first hour with ReacherX](https://reacherx.com/blog/getting-started-with-reacherx): Choose one goal, set up your workspace, review the first people found, and prepare a useful first message. Published: 2026-07-02. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/getting-started-with-reacherx/markdown) - [Who is ReacherX for?](https://reacherx.com/blog/what-reacherx-is-for): A tool for finding the people you need, whether you are building a business, hiring, researching, or starting a community. Published: 2026-07-01. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/what-reacherx-is-for/markdown) - [ReacherX v4 beta is here](https://reacherx.com/blog/introducing-reacherx-v4): Tell ReacherX who you need. It helps you find people on X/Twitter and LinkedIn, learn about them, and start a conversation. Published: 2026-06-29. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/introducing-reacherx-v4/markdown) - [ReacherX v3.0 is now in public beta](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-v3-public-beta): Keyword suggestions, exact phrase search, and replies in one place. A look back at the October 2025 release for finding customers on X/Twitter. Published: 2025-10-13. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/reacherx-v3-public-beta/markdown) - [Why finding customers is still so hard](https://reacherx.com/blog/why-finding-customers-is-hard): My frustration with paid acquisition, and why I wanted a way to find the people already asking for help. Published: 2025-03-22. [Markdown](https://reacherx.com/blog/why-finding-customers-is-hard/markdown) - [Finding customers should be easier](https://reacherx.com/blog/finding-customers-should-be-easier): The original ReacherX vision, from finding a relevant conversation to following up and building a customer relationship. Published: 2025-03-18. 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