The price anchor
| Listcraft | IDX site providers | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $50–300+/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $600 |
| 5-year total | $39 | $3,000 |
| 10-year total | $39 | $6,000 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($50–300+/mo, ~$600/yr); the Listcraft column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Listcraft costs less than a single month at the cheap end of an IDX provider — every month after year one is money you keep.
- After 1 year: Listcraft has cost you $39 total — IDX site providers has cost $600.
- After 3 years: Listcraft is still $39 — the subscription is at $1,800.
- After 5 years: Listcraft is still $39 — the subscription is at $3,000.
What you get for $39 once
- Listings. Address, price, beds/baths/sqft, description and active/pending/sold status on premium dark-mode cards.
- Photo galleries. Multi-upload with drag-to-reorder, first photo as the cover, stored on your own disk.
- Local maps. Leaflet and OpenStreetMap bundled locally with no CDN, showing pins on search and every listing.
- MLS-style search. Price range, beds, baths, status, text search and sorting, with a live map of results.
- Lead capture. A request-a-showing form on every listing lands in your leads inbox with optional SMTP email notification.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $39 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Listcraft is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/property-listing-site-mvp, and it always will be. The $39 buys the packaged, zero-config Windows installer; building from source is free.
Who owns the leads and data?
You do. Leads go straight to your own inbox, and the SQLite file plus photos live on your disk — nothing is shared or resold.
Does it need any external services?
No. Maps are bundled locally with no CDN, SMTP for lead emails is optional, and geocoding is only called when you explicitly click Geocode address.
Listcraft — $39, one time
Or get Listcraft plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.