Run the whole camp from one place

Shifts, meals, program and dues — all reading one roster. Less spreadsheet, more burn.

No sign-up, no email. Free for your camp.

How it works

Set up in an evening

Step 1
Start your camp

The theme-camp template already knows about build, burn week and strike.

Step 2
Send the joining link

Campmates fill in their own diet, arrival, skills and contacts.

Step 3
Watch it fill in

Shifts claimed, meals counted, dues ticked off. Nobody chases.

The trick

Say it once. It shows up everywhere.

Dusty joins with your camp link
Vegetarian
Arrives for build
Can drive the truck

Filled in once, by them.

Build-week meals count him in

He claims two gate shifts — coverage moves

His dues show up on the list, paid or not

Who it's for

Built for camps like yours

Theme camps

Twenty people or two hundred, at a regional, Nowhere, or the playa itself.

Camps inside a bigger burn

Your program feeds the burn's timetable by itself. Their dates and words come down to you.

First-time leads

You inherited the camp and its twenty tabs. Start from a template that knows what a camp needs.

Right now it's a sheet with twenty tabs, three Forms, and a WhatsApp thread nobody can search.

Someone becomes the human database — retyping the same names into the shift schedule, the meal plan and the dues list. That someone burns out. It's how camps lose good leads.

Today Twenty tabs, Three Forms, The WhatsApp thread, Splitwise and a tin, Last year's lead's head all route through one person. With Burnbase, everyone reads and updates the same shared base.

What's inside

One platform, the whole camp

Each module reads the same roster. Switch off what your camp doesn't do.

Members & profiles

Diets, arrivals, skills, emergency contacts — filled in by campers, not by you.

Shifts

Build, burn and strike slots people claim themselves. Effort points if you want them.

Workshops & program

Pitched, curated (or not), and onto a week timetable.

Music

DJs and live sets on the same calendar, with links to listen.

Food

Meals scaled to real headcount, allergies known, one shopping list.

Camp fees & budget

The camp fee, who's paid, pots for the bar fund, budget vs actuals.

Applications & joining

Your join form, one review queue, or a link for people you've said yes to.

Start checklist

First-timers see exactly what to sort before gate.

One overview

Shifts, program and meals on a single calendar.

Rideshare & arrivals
Coming soon

Spare seats meet people who need one.

Art grants
Coming soon

Fund the big art, out in the open.

Creating and collaborating is the point.

The admin shouldn't be what people remember.

Why it's different

One place — and it isn't a spreadsheet

The whole camp in one place

Roster, shifts, meals, program and dues — agreeing with each other, readable by every camper. Nobody has to ask the lead.

And it isn't a spreadsheet

Twenty tabs make one owner and thirty spectators. When everyone holds their own piece, the lead stops being the bottleneck — and camp gets fun again.

1
Say it once

A camper lists a nut allergy once. The kitchen knows. The shopping list knows. Nobody retypes it.

2
The money adds itself up

The camp fee, the bar fund, who's owed for the generator — one ledger. Money lands in the account of whoever raised the ask, never Burnbase's.

3
It survives the handoff

When this year's lead steps back, the camp doesn't leave with their Google Drive.

What it costs

One number, no tiers

Free

The whole platform

Every module, everyone in your group. No tiers, no seat counts, no trial that runs out.

1%

When money moves through it

Added on top of what you asked for, shown before anyone pays. Your number stays your number.

0%

When it doesn't

Bank transfer, payment link, cash in a tin — record them for free and the books still balance.

Paying through Burnbase is optional. It's also the only thing that funds building it — so if it makes your camp's life easier, using it is how you and your members support the platform.

Details on the pricing page.

Why now

A camp can't change how it runs in August.

Set it up in the calm weeks — and early camps get a say in what gets built.

Where it's at

Usable today, honest about the rest

Every module above is built and running in the demo. Payments are the exception: the whole flow is there — fees, destinations, receipts — but no money moves yet. Next up includes importing your existing spreadsheet, so a group that runs on one today can switch in minutes rather than evenings.

Here now
Workshops & program
Music
Food, supplies & shopping list
Shifts & effort points
Teams & leads
Camp fees & who has paid
Budget vs actuals
Funding pots & share links
Applications & review
Joining links
Members & profiles
Start checklist
Forms
Camp templates
Spreadsheet views
Overview calendar
Next up
Real payments (Stripe)
Cost splitting
Packing lists
Spreadsheet import & export
Rideshare & arrivals
Art grants
WhatsApp nudges
Multilingual
Offline on site
Stay in touch

Planning to use it? Let's talk.

Using it for your next camp?

Tell me what you're organising and when. I'd be glad to help you set it up, meet your crew, and stay reachable while you run it — so it actually goes smoothly.

Just want to follow along?

One list, rarely used — for when real payments land and the big pieces ship.

Occasional updates about Burnbase. No spam, unsubscribe any time.

See a whole camp running

The demo is a seeded camp: full program, a week of shifts, a real budget. Poke around as a lead, an organizer or a brand-new burner.

Open the demo

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