The member directory you buy once and own forever.
Freelancers expense a dozen subscriptions — proposals, contracts, invoices, time tracking — against irregular income. Owning the tools outright removes a whole line of fixed costs.
The tool this job usually means renting is Glue Up, at ~$125+/mo — roughly $1,500 a year, every year. Roster does the job for a one-time $19 — running on infrastructure you control.
Photo, contact info, bio, status (active / pending / lapsed), and join and renewal dates.
For freelancers, member profiles pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $19, not metered per month.
Text, select or URL fields that appear on cards, in the table, in search and in CSV round-trips.
For freelancers, custom fields per organization pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $19, not metered per month.
Full-text search across names, emails, bios and every custom field, with filters by status, chapter or exact value.
For freelancers, real search and filtering pays off between gigs, against irregular income — and it's covered by the same one-time $19, not metered per month.
One payment of $19 gets you the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/member-directory-mvp and run it yourself for free.
docker compose up onto a $5 VPS to go public, or npm run desktop for an Electron window auto-logged-in as admin.
Drop in a CSV — unknown columns become custom fields automatically and existing emails update instead of duplicating.
Roster is $19, once. Glue Up at ~$125+/mo — roughly $1,500 a year, every year. One year of Glue Up runs past $1,500 — Roster pays for itself before lunch.
One year of Glue Up runs past $1,500 — Roster pays for itself before lunch. Roster costs $19 once; Glue Up charges ~$125+/mo — about $1500 a year. For freelancers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — Roster is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/member-directory-mvp. The $19 buys the packaged installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.
In a SQLite file you can copy, on your own server or in your user profile in desktop mode. Zero telemetry, zero external auth providers.