ToolNewFor Families and flatmates

Turnabout

Chores that take turns.

Turnabout shares household chores out fairly each week by effort, lets you tick them off, and totals each child's pocket money, all in your browser.

Download the source

Zip, 220 KB. MIT licence. Built 28 Oct 2026.

Live preview

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What you get

Everything a tool needs, already done.

Pages and screens

  • Launch page
  • Fridge-door chart
  • Chore list
  • Weekly rotation
  • Allowance totals
  • People settings

Features

  • Chores weighted by effort from 1 to 5 dots
  • Fair weekly rotation, heaviest chore first
  • Tick off chores as they get done
  • Pocket money totals per child at a set rate per point
  • Runs in the browser with no sign-up
  • Light and dark themes follow your device

Palette

  • #b0482a
  • #983b20
  • #ffffff
  • #2b2420
  • #6b5d52
  • #f3ebdc

Style

  • Warm
  • Playful
  • Minimal
Turnabout 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 turnabout.zip
cd turnabout
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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