ToolNewFor Place of worship

Many Hands

Many hands, fairly shared.

Many Hands fills your monthly volunteer rota for services or langar shifts, spreading jobs evenly, respecting away dates and flagging gaps and double bookings.

Download the source

Zip, 688 KB. MIT licence. Built 31 Oct 2026.

Live preview

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This is the real site, not a mock-up. Click around; the button on it opens the working app.

What you get

Everything a tool needs, already done.

Pages and screens

  • Hero
  • How it works
  • Rota planner
  • Volunteer list
  • Away dates
  • Print and export

Features

  • Fills the month's rota evenly in one tap
  • Respects each volunteer's roles and away dates
  • Highlights gaps and double bookings
  • Prints or exports to share with the group
  • Works on a phone or laptop
  • Faith-neutral wording for churches, temples, gurdwaras

Palette

  • #b04a23
  • #933b19
  • #f6e0d3
  • #ffffff
  • #2a231d
  • #6b5f53

Style

  • Warm
  • Editorial
  • Minimal
Many Hands on a phone
On a phone, as shipped.

For developers

A real codebase, not a page builder export.

Stack

Vite, React 19 and TypeScript for the app. The launch page is plain HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript with no build step. Vitest for unit tests, Playwright for browser tests.

Run it

unzip many-hands.zip
cd many-hands
npm install
npm run dev

In the zip

  • site/ the launch page with the built app in site/app/
  • src/ and e2e/ the app source and tests
  • docs/technical-docs/ architecture, runbook, quick reference
  • START-HERE.md and LICENSE (MIT)

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