Code to Client — Free Tools

Free developer tools for readers of Code to Client: Job Market in Crisis book.

These tools support the outreach framework described in the book — helping developers find consulting clients through contact forms, design partners, and semi-automation. No cold calls. No fake confidence.

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Tools

This repository contains three projects:

• autofiller, a Python CLI tool that automates pre-filling contact forms in a browser;
• tracker-client, a Vue frontend for managing and visualizing your outreach pipeline; and
• tracker-server, a Python backend API that persists and serves your contact data. The tracker server shares a local contacts.db SQLite database with the autofiller tool.

Together, the autofiller and tracker form a complete semi-automated outreach workflow — from first contact to signed client.

1. Contact Form Autofiller (autofiller/)

A Python CLI tool that opens contact forms in a browser and pre-fills your outreach message automatically. You review and submit manually — keeping you in control of every send.

Requirements: Python 3.11+, Poetry

cd autofiller
poetry install
poetry run playwright install chromium
poetry run python -m autofiller.main params/your-params.json

See autofiller/README.md for full setup and usage instructions.

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2. Outreach Tracker (tracker-client/ + tracker-server/)

A local web app for tracking every contact through the eight pipeline statuses defined in Chapter 6 of the book. Dashboard metrics tell you exactly where you are and when to pivot.

Requirements: Node 20+, Python 3.11+, Poetry

# Start the backend
cd tracker-server
poetry install
poetry run python -m tracker_server.main

# Start the frontend (in a separate terminal)
cd tracker-client
npm install
npm run dev

See tracker-client/README.md and tracker-server/README.md for full setup instructions.

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Reporting Bugs

Open an issue at github.com/code-to-client/code-to-client-tools/issues.

License

MIT — free to use, modify, and share.