OneBody
Web and SaaS
church management software
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
85 positive, 52 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 5 critical, out of 146 comments about the project. Thread score +0.58.
Idea: 23 for, 3 againstDesign: 11 for, 0 againstPricing: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished, attractive UI
From 3 comments
I haven't dug into it yet, but that UI is really lovely. Really nice work.
cheald on HNThe site looks really nice and polished. I just passed it along to a coworker who handles most of the IT for his church. I know he has been kicking around the idea of spinning up…
Neff on HNThis looks simply fantastic. You clearly put a lot of thought into making it accessible to the non-technical user which means you really know the audience. Kudos to you on taking…
ChikkaChiChi on HN
Generous free open source release
From 2 comments
I myself am not blessed with the gift of faith, and I don't particularly enjoy Rails, but I greatly appreciate your making your very mature passion project available to one and…
amcnett on HNThis. is. awesome.
trevorhinesley on HN
Useful for churches and other groups
From 2 comments
I remember using this years ago to build out a private social network for a fraternal organization. It works very well even for non-monastic purposes!
stonogo on HNReally cool stuff. My mother's church would benefit from using this kind of software. They are a pretty disorganized. I like seeing labor of love side projects actually turn into…
AgathaTheWitch on HN
Objections
Niche audience, church-specific focus limits interest
From 3 comments
Is a good software, I'm sure, but 500 points? Is this some sort of communal self-assurance humble-brag about being accepting of "religious software"? Or does everyone just really…
ivanca on HNLooks cool. Maybe you should change the name so it's not just focused on churches? Non-"church" denominations and organizations could use it as well.
arikrak on HNWhat exactly makes it specific to churches and not organizations in general?
jasonkostempski on HN
Resource use of 1GB RAM to run
From 1 comment
It takes 1GB to run? dude I might have to port this to node
sbussard on HN
Requests
Hosted SaaS version for churches
From 2 comments
This is really nice, I've often wondered about the dearth of such things every time I look at a church website. In the Catholic churches in my area, the company that prints the…
JunkDNA on HNThis is great! Are you aware of The City (http://onthecity.org)? Many churches pay $100/month or more for their similar, hosted solution.
jakespencer on HN
Privacy opt-in for directory data
From 1 comment
Beautiful UI! Let me bring attention to one thing that's a bit tangential - I see that you have a "church directory" function. Please make sure that proper privacy settings are…
makmanalp on HN
Sandstorm packaging
From 1 comment
Quick question: have you thought about porting this to sandstorm.io? Having a one-click "app-like" install would help out many less-technical church folks.
zellyn on HN
MIT license instead of AGPL
From 1 comment
Any chance to change the license to MIT?
tesmar2 on HN
Questions
What distinguishes it from general social network tools
From 2 comments
Why can't a church use a general purpose social network framework? How are the constraints/feature-needs different for a non-church group? I'm asking from a place of honest…
tdaltonc on HNI don't understand what does the software do. It is a "group manager" for churches? Something like Facebook Groups or many others of the same kind? I really liked the aspect of…
fiatjaf on HN
Does it support scheduling, giving or calendars
From 2 comments
Have you got a demo site where somebody who's interested can log in and play around with its features? Two feature questions I can't answer by looking at the screenshots: (1)…
joeclark77 on HNI'm not very familiar with churchcommunitybuilder so I can't say. As for scheduling volunteer and such, you should definitely check out Planning Center Services app (that's what…
timmorgan on HN
Alternatives named
The City (onthecity.org)
From 2 comments
This is great! Are you aware of The City (http://onthecity.org)? Many churches pay $100/month or more for their similar, hosted solution.
jakespencer on HNI know little about this kind of software, but a local church uses this site like it provides similar functionality?: http://www.onthecity.org/ Have you compared your project to…
kyrra on HN
Planning Center Services
From 1 comment
I'm not very familiar with churchcommunitybuilder so I can't say. As for scheduling volunteer and such, you should definitely check out Planning Center Services app (that's what…
timmorgan on HN
ChurchTools
From 1 comment
Just for your information. There's is a simliar tool from Germany in german: http://www.churchtools.de/
devOp on HN
BuddyPress
From 1 comment
Would it not have been more efficient to build a plugin for, say, BuddyPress?
beejiu on HN