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How it works

One rulebook in the middle. Everything else is built from it.

You describe your business once, as tables, fields and calculations. Seeds add what you need around it, tools generate the code, and hosting puts it online. Change a rule and everything rebuilds.

How a project works

Every project is free. Add what you need.

This is a project, drawn exactly as you will see it in the app. Open the rows.

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Core rulebook core
effortless-rulebook/effortless-rulebook.json · 5 tables · version 14 · Imported from Airtable
Seeds
AT
Files in airtable-import/ · added 2 days ago
Tracked · 5 imports per base every 30 days
BE
package
Includes Postgres database, Node + Postgres API · added 2 days ago
Free
Md
Files in docs/ · added yesterday
Free
Tools added on their own
⚙
rulebook-to-xlsx
reads ../effortless-rulebook/effortless-rulebook.json · writes exports/
Tracked · 100 runs per month
Hosting
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Shared
Tiny, shared machine · scales to zero after 5 idle minutes; starts again on demand
$0
  • ◆
    The core rulebook

    Every project has one. It holds your model, and every tool reads it. Each tool's path to it is worked out for you.

  • BE
    Seeds

    Packages you add: an import, a database, an app. Some seeds are free, others charge. A seed can include other seeds and the tools they bring.

  • ⚙
    Tools

    Each one turns the rulebook into something: SQL, an API, a workbook, docs.

  • ▲
    Hosting

    Press Start and the project is built and put online as a live preview. Start it again whenever you need it.

  • Licenses

    Any seed or tool may carry one: declared, tracked or enforced. A license governs future runs only. What you have generated is yours.

Where to next
See it runThe live rulebook →

A very small project running in the page: move a rule and every generated line is rebuilt by the real tool.

Read the detailsThe docs →

Rulebooks, seeds, tools, builds and the CLI, written down step by step.

Pick a starting pointSeeds →

Everything you can add to a project, with its price and license shown before you add it.

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