Copy ChessLair?

YES · clone-ready

makes

$5/mo

category

Games

start from

⑂ AcademicsToday/academicstoday-django

founder

@oliveship_ltd

Build a private chess opening repertoire, comment ideas on key positions, organize variations in groups and folders, quiz your prep, use Stockfish, and track thin lines with analytics.

THE BUILD PROMPT

one-click on BuildCheap →

Build me a Games web app like ChessLair.

ChessLair does: Build a private chess opening repertoire, comment ideas on key positions, organize variations in groups and folders, quiz your prep, use Stockfish, and track thin lines with analytics. It reportedly makes about $5/mo, so the core idea clearly has demand — I want a lean version I can run and charge for.

Start from the open-source project AcademicsToday/academicstoday-django (https://github.com/AcademicsToday/academicstoday-django) — reuse what fits, strip its branding, and build the specifics below on top of it.

Requirements:
- Courses with modules/lessons (video + text), progress tracking.
- Quizzes, enrollment, and a student dashboard.
- Instructor view to create/manage content and see completions.

Also:
- Clean, modern, responsive UI with a thoughtful landing page.
- Email/password auth and a simple paid tier (Stripe test mode) so it's ready to charge.
- A README covering setup, environment variables, and how to deploy.

Ship a working MVP I can run locally first, then help me deploy it.

Copy it into any coding agent — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf — or one-click into BuildCheap (imports the repo so you start from a running app).

“I copied ChessLair’s $5/mo idea with one prompt”

Start from this instead of a blank page

⑂ AcademicsToday/academicstoday-django

★ 222open-source · games starting point

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Questions

Can I really build something like ChessLair?

Yes. ChessLair is a games product doing ~$5/mo — the core loop is well understood. With the prompt on this page and the open-source repo AcademicsToday/academicstoday-django as a base, a coding agent like Claude Code or BuildCheap can get you a working MVP in a weekend.

How much does ChessLair make?

Around $5/mo based on public revenue data. That's the whole point of CopyMRR — you're copying something with proven demand, not guessing.

What repo does this start from?

AcademicsToday/academicstoday-django (222★). "Clone & ship" imports it straight into BuildCheap so you start from a running app, then adapt it.

Is this affiliated with ChessLair?

No. CopyMRR indexes public revenue data and points you at open-source building blocks. Build your own thing — don't copy their brand or content.

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