Steal This Site

In the spirit of Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" - here's the complete blueprint for building your own community-focused website with authentic character and mutual aid principles.

Copy This Entire Site for $10/Year

Everything you're seeing runs on Cloudflare for about $10 a year: forms, database, real-time updates, mobile-responsive design. No vendor lock-in, no hidden fees, no corporate dependencies.

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Under an Hour

Less if you know what you're doing. Not much more if you don't.

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$10/Year Total

Cloudflare handles everything. No surprises, no scaling costs.

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Full Control

Your code, your data, your community. Own your infrastructure.

Beta

Lead-o-Tron 5000

A CRM built for in-person community outreach. Track venues, log visits, score locations, plan routes. Loads with fictional demo data so you can explore it immediately. Sign in with Google to sync your real leads to Drive, or keep everything local — your call.

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Lead Tracking

Score locations by space, foot traffic, and cultural fit. Log every visit with notes and reception.

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Route Optimizer

Two-opt route solving against real geocoordinates. Opens directly in Google Maps.

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Google Drive Sync

Sign in with Google and your data lives in your own Drive as a single JSON file. No backend, no server.

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Works Without Google

Local-only mode with export and import JSON. Nothing leaves your browser unless you choose.

Try the Demo →

Preloaded with fictional sample data. Sign in with Google to load your real leads, or import a JSON file for a fully local setup.

💡 Use it like a desktop app

In Chrome or Edge: open the CRM, then go to the browser menu → Save and share → Install page as app. It opens in its own window with no browser chrome. Your data persists between sessions — it's just a webpage that behaves like software.

Desktop only. Mobile support is not a current development priority.

How to Steal It

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Fork & Customize

GitHub Fork: Fork the repository and make it yours.

Customize Content: Edit the HTML files to reflect your community, cause, and contact information. Change the color scheme in css/main.css to match your brand.

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Deploy on Cloudflare

Pages: Connect your GitHub repo to Cloudflare Pages for automatic deployments

Workers: Deploy the form handlers to process contact forms and host applications

D1 Database: Set up the SQLite database for real-time version tracking

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Connect Your Domain

Custom Domain: Point your domain to Cloudflare for professional branding

SSL Certificate: Automatic HTTPS encryption included

Global CDN: Fast loading everywhere, automatically

What You're Actually Getting

🎨 Looks Good Everywhere

  • Works on phones, tablets, computers
  • Header and footer shared across pages
  • Change colors in one place, updates everywhere
  • Built to be readable and accessible

📊 Actually Works

  • Forms that send you emails when people submit
  • Database that stores your data (not some company's)
  • Updates go live as soon as you push them
  • Full history of changes (like this site has)

🛠️ Easy to Maintain

  • Push changes, site updates automatically
  • Full history of every edit you make
  • No special software to install
  • Documentation included

💡 Pro Tip: Use an AI coding tool like Claude Code to do the heavy lifting. Tell it what you want in plain English, and it writes the code. This whole site was built that way.

🤝 Community Focus

  • Mutual aid principles embedded
  • Transparent development process
  • No data collection or tracking
  • Designed for community ownership

Why We're Giving This Away

Mutual aid means building infrastructure that communities can own, understand, and replicate.

Professional, reliable community websites can be built by communities, for communities, at a cost that grassroots organizations can afford.

Every line of code, every architectural decision, every commit has been documented with the principle that communities should control their own tools.

"The goal isn't to scale up - it's to scale out. Let every community own their own tools."

Ready to Build Something Better?

Stop paying monthly subscription fees to platforms that don't share your values. Build something your community can actually own.

🚀 Fork on GitHub 📖 See How We Built It

Stuck? Ask your AI IDE for help first. If that doesn't work, reach out to me - I'm happy to help.