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Amrith

Basecamp Personal - Manage all your small projects for free

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Basecamp Personal - a completely free version of Basecamp designed with freelancers, students, families, and personal projects in mind. Use it for hobbies, weddings, small events, side projects, volunteer gigs, etc.

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Jimmy Douglas
This might be a game changer for my marriage
David Gay
@jimmydouglas Me too, now I can intuitively plan how I'm going to get someone to marry me
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@jimmydouglas Best of luck. We're all pulling for you.
Anna Filou
@jimmydouglas how do you plan on using it?
Amrith
Hunter
Never gotten to use Basecamp before but am now 🙏 This is going to help a lot of makers I feel :)
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@amrith Glad you're into it. Please let us know what you think!
Graeme
looks like a god send, previously we have been in a mess collaborating in Slack 😅
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@graeme_fulton Instant chat is instant madness. Let us know what you think about using Basecamp.
Graeme
@andy_didorosi haha yeah I only just started but so far it is making me feel calmer. I was previously documenting Slack notes into Notion which was also getting crowded with categories. This Basecamp thing seems to just work, it's not overwhelming
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@graeme_fulton That's great to hear. Fighting workplace overwhelm is one of our big goals.
Alex Panagis
I'm a huge fan of Basecamp and rely on it to run my company so it's really nice to see them opening it up to individuals/personal users like this :)
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@alexjpanagis Please let us know how you like using it!
Alex Panagis
@andy_didorosi Oh I absolutely love it but I've been on the business plan for a while already (4-5 months now)
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@alexjpanagis That's great to hear. If you decide to keep your Business plan you can switch between them in the account switcher as long as you use the same email address.
Alex Panagis
@andy_didorosi That's good to know, I'm def. keeping the business plan but if this is the case and it is easy to switch back and forth I may create a personal plan for my personal projects to keep it separate from business-related stuff.
John Federico
I didn't realize how much I missed using Basecamp until just now.
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@gadgetb0y Just like coming home. :)
Ghost Kitty
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Andy Didorosi
Maker
@hansel_pahmer_sanchez Your ship has come in!
Michael Berger
Maker
@hansel_pahmer_sanchez Glad we could make your persistence worthwhile!
Marcus Taylor
Congrats @jasonfried @dhh @rjs, looks great & smart repurposing of Basecamp for this audience. I've always struggled finding the balance for personal project management between to-do list tools (urgh) and full-blown team project management tools which tend to be overkill. Going to give this a try 👌
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@jasonfried @dhh @rjs @marcusataylor Thanks for the warm words. I feel we've built something very special and if it can be useful to a wider array of people then that's great!
Prithvi Raj K
Basecamp is a fantastic tool. I was disappointed when they discontinued their free and tiered versions some years ago. But now, with this update, small businesses can thrive.
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@prkspeaks It's always a balance between running a calm small company and getting as many people as possible on Basecamp. We can't give away the farm, but hopefully we can be helpful to a wider array of people.
Sam Goudie
We've just started using Basecamp personal to connect the different companies at our business hub. Having a free tier means we could get started quickly on a platform that can grow with us. We're now able to plan our cross-company Christmas meal! 🎄🙌
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@sgoudie That's great to hear! Hopefully it's an easy going Christmas meal for you with all the bases covered.
Kirk Mead
This is a redux, @jasonfried, no? Why'd this disappear the first time and can we count on it sticking around?
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@jasonfried @kirk_mead This is the first time we're offering a free tier on Basecamp 3. Anyone who signs up for a Personal account now will have free access to it for life like all of our other tiers we've offered. We're big into keeping our promises.
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@jasonfried @kirk_mead Actually, minor correction: Looks like we had a very early free version of Basecamp 3 that allowed for 1 active project. This is quite a bit more robust. And it still stands that everyone who signs up for Personal now will have access to it for life.
Kola Adebayo
I've always loved Basecamp and it's amazing that there's now a personal version of the product....can't wait to give it a spin
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@kola_adebayo Please let us know what you think about it.
Guna Rasa
Ok, Well, this one looks like something I would really want to try out! I think I'll test it with some of my personal upcoming projects.
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@guna_rasa Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!
Duarte Martins
Can finally see what all the fuss is about! I got asana certified in the meantime because I used a PM tool so much and Basecamp didn't have a free tier.
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@duarteosrm Please give us an honest shot and let me know how you like it. Maybe the best tool win.
Sherlene Mathers
Love basecamp!:)
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@sherlenemathers Thanks Sherlene!
Savelii Kovalenko
basecamp environment looks perfect for event planning and side stuff. can't wait to try it
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@savelii It's a great tool for that. I'm actually using it to plan a party right now myself.
Ron Cothronovich
I'm using basecamp for a while. Love it. Thank you for the great work and I think the redesign is amazing!
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@roncothronovich Glad you like it! We're always improving.
Ghost Kitty
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Andy Didorosi
Maker
@lelper Thank you for that! If you ever need a hand getting the word out, please let us know how we can help. My email is andy@basecamp.com
Dmitrii Pashutskii
Very nice update, guys! I'm a little confused with the current state though. I already use Basecamp for free (I suppose I can only use 1 project) and when I tried to sign up for Personal it created completely new account. Can I move my old free project to the new Personal system?
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@guar47 You're on an old account - I believe you'll likely need to reach out to support to make the switch.
Dmitrii Pashutskii
@andy_didorosi Thanks! I actually already created Personal and just moved everything there. I had not so much :)
Rodrigo Prior
You guys being amazing as always @jasonfried ! Can't wait to see what it can do for individuals. Do you have any plans for a new version of Basecamp for teams? Keep rocking!
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@jasonfried @rodrigoprior We usually don't share updates until they're ready to go. But I can say we're always working to make Basecamp better.
Ross Currie
Seems like the personal page has the same images as the main basecamp page. I assume you can't bring clients onto the personal version?
Andy Didorosi
Maker
@rossdcurrie You cannot bring clients onto Personal. That's a Business feature. But worth the upgrade.