5 Operations Tools · 68 Active Repos · $136/mo

Run the org like you run the code

Five Python tools for CRM, HR, grants, donors, and events. 68 GitHub repos, 207 Gitea repos, 16 divisions — all on $136/mo infrastructure.

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Tools

Six operations tools

CRM, HR, grants, donors, events, and budgets. Everything an organization needs to run, built in Python.

CRM

Contact management, interaction tracking, pipeline stages, deal scoring. Your own Salesforce in a Python file.

crm.py

HR System

Employee records, onboarding workflows, performance reviews, time tracking. No BambooHR required.

hr_system.py

Grant Tracker

Grant application lifecycle management. Deadline tracking, compliance reporting, funding pipeline.

grant_tracker.py

Donor Management

Donor profiles, contribution tracking, recurring donations, tax receipt generation.

donor_management.py

Event Manager

Event planning, RSVP tracking, venue management, agenda builder. From meetups to conferences.

event_manager.py

Budget Tracker

Budget planning, expense categorization, variance analysis. Every dollar has a line item, every change a git commit.

budget_tracker.py

Open Source Portfolio

What the Foundation stewards

BlackRoad-Operating-System

400+ shell scripts, CLI tools, the entire OS layer

flagship

lucidia

Lucidia API, FastAPI services, CarPool app

platform

quantum-math-lab

Mathematical frameworks, quantum computing research

research

simulation-theory

Simulation hypothesis mathematical models

research

blackroad-api-sdks

API SDKs for BlackRoad services

developer

blackroad-operator

Fleet operator — 48MB, largest repo

infrastructure

GitHub

68 active repos (down from ~111, ~47 archived for being duplicates/templates/empty)

Gitea

207 repos across 7 orgs on Octavia (181 active, 26 empty placeholders)

PRs

All 1,200+ open PRs merged/closed across 17 owners

Documentation

22 READMEs fully rewritten, 85+ repo descriptions updated

Infrastructure Endowment

Physical assets

5 Raspberry Pis

Alice (Pi400), Cecilia, Octavia, Aria, Lucidia (all Pi5)

$40/mo power

2x Hailo-8

26 TOPS each = 52 TOPS total, on Cecilia and Octavia

included

1TB NVMe

Primary data store on Octavia — Gitea, Docker, models

included

2 DO Droplets

gematria (NYC3, 4cpu/8GB) + anastasia (NYC1, 1cpu/1GB)

$54/mo

WireGuard Mesh

anastasia hub → alice, cecilia, octavia, aria, gematria (10.8.0.x)

included

Cloudflare

95+ Pages, 40 KV, 7 D1, 10 R2, 18 tunnels, 48+ domains

$25/mo

Domains

48+ custom domains across all orgs

$17/mo

Community Impact

By the numbers

Organizational divisions

400+

Shell scripts in BlackRoad OS

334

Web apps deployed

228

SQLite databases

156K

Memory entries (FTS5)

SaaS spend

Operations Stack

How the tools connect

Contacts

CRM tracks every person — donors, employees, partners, applicants

crm.py

People

HR system manages internal team from onboarding through reviews

hr_system.py

Funding

Grant tracker manages applications, donor management tracks contributions

grant_tracker.py + donor_management.py

Budget

$136/mo tracked with variance analysis, versioned in git governance

budget_tracker.py

Events

Event manager pulls contacts from CRM for invites and RSVP tracking

event_manager.py

Storage

All data in SQLite — portable, backupable, no database server needed

~/.blackroad/

Open infrastructure for everyone

The Foundation exists to prove that organizations can run on open-source tools instead of enterprise SaaS. Every tool in this stack is a Python file backed by SQLite. No vendor lock-in, no per-seat pricing, no data leaving your machines. If a nonprofit can run on five Raspberry Pis for $136/mo, so can yours.