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Catholic Software Projects

Code as a Work of Mercy

Software, like carpentry, is a craft. These projects are built to support Catholic life, parish communities, and the faithful seeking to deepen their prayer and practice.

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Confiteor.org Confession Aid

A guided Confession Aid app and website to help Catholics prayerfully prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation with an examination of conscience and practical confession support.

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Liturgical Calendar App

A daily companion app featuring the Roman Rite liturgical calendar, feast days, saints of the day, and color-coded seasons. Perfect for families wanting to live the liturgical year at home.

React NativeLiturgyMobile
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Daily Office & Prayer Aid

A digital companion for the Liturgy of the Hours, with morning prayer, evening prayer, and night prayer formatted for easy reading. Includes traditional and contemporary translations.

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Parish Event Manager

An open-source tool for parishes to manage events, volunteer sign-ups, and announcements without paying for expensive commercial parish software. Built to serve, not to profit.

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Catholic Handyman CMS

The content management backbone of this very site โ€” built with TanStack Start, Content Collections, and deployed on Netlify. Open to the community for contributions and forks.

TanStack StartNetlifyOpen Source

Why Catholic Software?

Serve the Community

Good software that helps people pray, plan, and participate in parish life is a genuine work of mercy. We build these tools generously, often open source, for the benefit of all.

Craftmanship Matters

Just as St. Joseph built with precision and care, we believe software should be built well. Good code is not rushed โ€” it is thoughtful, reliable, and built to last.

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