A tool for hosts, not a platform.

The List started as a single-event sign-up app for an open mic night. The host — a musician in the UK — kept running into the same problem: clipboards get wet, markers go missing, performers lose their place on the list, and half the room ends up asking "who's next?".

What began as a weekend hack turned into something broader. The same pattern — an ordered list of people, fair time divided across them — applies to karaoke nights, comedy nights, even the walk-in queues at barbers, chip shops, and bars. One engine, many use-cases.

The List stays small on purpose. No accounts. No apps. No data-hoovering. Events evaporate 48 hours after the last sign-up. Hosts share a link. Performers scan a QR. That's it.

It's free forever for hosts. We pay for the servers with non-intrusive ads on the marketing pages you're reading now — never on the performer sign-up screen. That trade-off matters: if the tool made signing up worse for the person whose name we're collecting, it wouldn't be worth shipping.

Running an event?

Pick your vertical and go:

• Open mic
• Karaoke
• Comedy night
• Walk-in queue

Questions or feedback? Email aaronnortonuk@gmail.com.