diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index ed90de3d1..ff76c3d7c 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -1334,6 +1334,20 @@ int             dc_get_msg_cnt               (dc_context_t* context, uint32_t ch
 int             dc_get_fresh_msg_cnt         (dc_context_t* context, uint32_t chat_id);
 
 
+/**
+ * Returns a list of similar chats.
+ *
+ * @warning This is an experimental API which may change or be removed in the future.
+ *
+ * @memberof dc_context_t
+ * @param context The context object as returned from dc_context_new().
+ * @param chat_id The ID of the chat for which to find similar chats.
+ * @return The list of similar chats.
+ *     On errors, NULL is returned.
+ *     Must be freed using dc_chatlist_unref() when no longer used.
+ */
+dc_chatlist_t*     dc_get_similar_chatlist   (dc_context_t* context, uint32_t chat_id);
+
 
 /**
  * Estimate the number of messages that will be deleted
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 64ee55c41..7548b8a1c 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -1260,6 +1260,30 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_get_fresh_msg_cnt(
     })
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_get_similar_chatlist(
+    context: *mut dc_context_t,
+    chat_id: u32,
+) -> *mut dc_chatlist_t {
+    if context.is_null() {
+        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_get_similar_chatlist()");
+        return ptr::null_mut();
+    }
+    let ctx = &*context;
+
+    let chat_id = ChatId::new(chat_id);
+    match block_on(chat_id.get_similar_chatlist(ctx))
+        .context("failed to get similar chatlist")
+        .log_err(ctx)
+    {
+        Ok(list) => {
+            let ffi_list = ChatlistWrapper { context, list };
+            Box::into_raw(Box::new(ffi_list))
+        }
+        Err(_) => ptr::null_mut(),
+    }
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_estimate_deletion_cnt(
     context: *mut dc_context_t,
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
index d9b6db8aa..beb5a3c7e 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub mod types;
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
 use types::account::Account;
 use types::chat::FullChat;
+use types::chat_list::ChatListEntry;
 use types::contact::ContactObject;
 use types::events::Event;
 use types::http::HttpResponse;
@@ -566,6 +567,25 @@ impl CommandApi {
         Ok(l)
     }
 
+    /// Returns chats similar to the given one.
+    async fn get_similar_chatlist_entries(
+        &self,
+        account_id: u32,
+        chat_id: u32,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<ChatListEntry>> {
+        let ctx = self.get_context(account_id).await?;
+        let chat_id = ChatId::new(chat_id);
+        let list = chat_id.get_similar_chatlist(&ctx).await?;
+        let mut l: Vec<ChatListEntry> = Vec::with_capacity(list.len());
+        for i in 0..list.len() {
+            l.push(ChatListEntry(
+                list.get_chat_id(i)?.to_u32(),
+                list.get_msg_id(i)?.unwrap_or_default().to_u32(),
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(l)
+    }
+
     async fn get_chatlist_items_by_entries(
         &self,
         account_id: u32,
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs b/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
index c3e473dbe..9e479685b 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
+++ b/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
@@ -805,15 +805,30 @@ pub async fn cmdline(context: Context, line: &str, chat_id: &mut ChatId) -> Resu
         }
         "chatinfo" => {
             ensure!(sel_chat.is_some(), "No chat selected.");
+            let sel_chat_id = sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id();
 
-            let contacts =
-                chat::get_chat_contacts(&context, sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id()).await?;
+            let contacts = chat::get_chat_contacts(&context, sel_chat_id).await?;
             println!("Memberlist:");
 
             log_contactlist(&context, &contacts).await?;
+            println!("{} contacts", contacts.len());
+
+            let similar_chats = sel_chat_id.get_similar_chat_ids(&context).await?;
+            if !similar_chats.is_empty() {
+                println!("Similar chats: ");
+                for (similar_chat_id, metric) in similar_chats {
+                    let similar_chat = Chat::load_from_db(&context, similar_chat_id).await?;
+                    println!(
+                        "{} (#{}) {:.1}",
+                        similar_chat.name,
+                        similar_chat_id,
+                        100.0 * metric
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+
             println!(
-                "{} contacts\nLocation streaming: {}",
-                contacts.len(),
+                "Location streaming: {}",
                 location::is_sending_locations_to_chat(
                     &context,
                     Some(sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id())
diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index a1e3b9f86..be163f421 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::aheader::EncryptPreference;
 use crate::blob::BlobObject;
+use crate::chatlist::Chatlist;
 use crate::color::str_to_color;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::constants::{
@@ -880,6 +881,124 @@ impl ChatId {
         Ok(timestamp)
     }
 
+    /// Returns a list of active similar chat IDs sorted by similarity metric.
+    ///
+    /// Jaccard similarity coefficient is used to estimate similarity of chat member sets.
+    ///
+    /// Chat is considered active if something was posted there within the last 42 days.
+    pub async fn get_similar_chat_ids(self, context: &Context) -> Result<Vec<(ChatId, f64)>> {
+        // Count number of common members in this and other chats.
+        let intersection: Vec<(ChatId, f64)> = context
+            .sql
+            .query_map(
+                "SELECT y.chat_id, SUM(x.contact_id = y.contact_id)
+                 FROM chats_contacts as x
+                 JOIN chats_contacts as y
+                 WHERE x.contact_id > 9
+                   AND y.contact_id > 9
+                   AND x.chat_id=?
+                   AND y.chat_id<>x.chat_id
+                 GROUP BY y.chat_id",
+                (self,),
+                |row| {
+                    let chat_id: ChatId = row.get(0)?;
+                    let intersection: f64 = row.get(1)?;
+                    Ok((chat_id, intersection))
+                },
+                |rows| {
+                    rows.collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+                        .map_err(Into::into)
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .context("failed to calculate member set intersections")?;
+
+        let chat_size: HashMap<ChatId, f64> = context
+            .sql
+            .query_map(
+                "SELECT chat_id, count(*) AS n
+                 FROM chats_contacts where contact_id > 9
+                 GROUP BY chat_id",
+                (),
+                |row| {
+                    let chat_id: ChatId = row.get(0)?;
+                    let size: f64 = row.get(1)?;
+                    Ok((chat_id, size))
+                },
+                |rows| {
+                    rows.collect::<std::result::Result<HashMap<ChatId, f64>, _>>()
+                        .map_err(Into::into)
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .context("failed to count chat member sizes")?;
+
+        let our_chat_size = chat_size.get(&self).copied().unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut chats_with_metrics = Vec::new();
+        for (chat_id, intersection_size) in intersection {
+            if intersection_size > 0.0 {
+                let other_chat_size = chat_size.get(&chat_id).copied().unwrap_or_default();
+                let union_size = our_chat_size + other_chat_size - intersection_size;
+                let metric = intersection_size / union_size;
+                chats_with_metrics.push((chat_id, metric))
+            }
+        }
+        chats_with_metrics.sort_unstable_by(|(chat_id1, metric1), (chat_id2, metric2)| {
+            metric2
+                .partial_cmp(metric1)
+                .unwrap_or(chat_id2.cmp(chat_id1))
+        });
+
+        // Select up to five similar active chats.
+        let mut res = Vec::new();
+        let now = time();
+        for (chat_id, metric) in chats_with_metrics {
+            if let Some(chat_timestamp) = chat_id.get_timestamp(context).await? {
+                if now > chat_timestamp + 42 * 24 * 3600 {
+                    // Chat was inactive for 42 days, skip.
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if metric < 0.1 {
+                // Chat is unrelated.
+                break;
+            }
+
+            let chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, chat_id).await?;
+            if chat.typ != Chattype::Group {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            match chat.visibility {
+                ChatVisibility::Normal | ChatVisibility::Pinned => {}
+                ChatVisibility::Archived => continue,
+            }
+
+            res.push((chat_id, metric));
+            if res.len() >= 5 {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns similar chats as a [`Chatlist`].
+    ///
+    /// [`Chatlist`]: crate::chatlist::Chatlist
+    pub async fn get_similar_chatlist(self, context: &Context) -> Result<Chatlist> {
+        let chat_ids: Vec<ChatId> = self
+            .get_similar_chat_ids(context)
+            .await
+            .context("failed to get similar chat IDs")?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(chat_id, _metric)| chat_id)
+            .collect();
+        let chatlist = Chatlist::from_chat_ids(context, &chat_ids).await?;
+        Ok(chatlist)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn get_param(self, context: &Context) -> Result<Params> {
         let res: Option<String> = context
             .sql
diff --git a/src/chatlist.rs b/src/chatlist.rs
index c7a2e4b8a..2cb14c012 100644
--- a/src/chatlist.rs
+++ b/src/chatlist.rs
@@ -296,6 +296,27 @@ impl Chatlist {
         Ok(Chatlist { ids })
     }
 
+    /// Converts list of chat IDs to a chatlist.
+    pub(crate) async fn from_chat_ids(context: &Context, chat_ids: &[ChatId]) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut ids = Vec::new();
+        for &chat_id in chat_ids {
+            let msg_id: Option<MsgId> = context
+                .sql
+                .query_get_value(
+                    "SELECT id
+                   FROM msgs
+                  WHERE chat_id=?1
+                    AND (hidden=0 OR state=?2)
+                  ORDER BY timestamp DESC, id DESC LIMIT 1",
+                    (chat_id, MessageState::OutDraft),
+                )
+                .await
+                .with_context(|| format!("failed to get msg ID for chat {}", chat_id))?;
+            ids.push((chat_id, msg_id));
+        }
+        Ok(Chatlist { ids })
+    }
+
     /// Find out the number of chats.
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.ids.len()