The mentoring platform that belongs to everyone

Free, open-source, community-owned. Mentoring for tech & design professionals who believe knowledge should be shared, not sold.

Why we built this

Mentoring shouldn't have a paywall

Most mentoring platforms charge hundreds per month, flood you with thousands of unvetted profiles, or reduce mentoring to a single transactional call. We think that's broken.

$0

Always free. Mentors volunteer their time.

Purposeful

Sessions link to goals. Not isolated calls.

Yours

Open source. Community-owned. No investor pressure.

How it works

1

Browse mentors

Filter by expertise, experience, and availability. Every mentor is a volunteer who wants to help.

2

Book a free session

Pick a time that works. Each session has collaborative notes that persist — creating continuity across conversations.

3

Track your growth

Set goals, link sessions to them, and see your progress over time. One-off calls become a journey.

For mentors

Share what took you years to learn

You remember what it was like starting out — the questions nobody answered, the mistakes you had to learn from alone. Give someone else a shorter path.

  • Set your availability. Mentees book around your schedule.
  • See the impact you make through completed goals attributed to you.
  • No commitments. Mentor when you can, pause when you can't.
Start mentoring

Open source. Free forever.

Grsshppr is MIT-licensed and community-built. No premium tiers, no investor pressure, no rug pulls. The code is yours to read, run, and improve.

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Mentoring should be free.
Help us prove it.

Whether you're looking for guidance, ready to give back, or want to contribute code — there's a place for you here.

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