# Caligari > Caligari is a writing and organization tool built specifically for stand-up comedians. It replaces the Notes app with a purpose-built system: a searchable Cabinet for bits, a Set Builder for composing and timing sets, and a Logbook for tracking what you performed and how it landed. Paid plans add Joke DNA (AI structural analysis), performance analytics, and booker-ready set exports. ## Index - [Sitemap](https://caligari.lol/sitemap-index.xml): Full URL index of all public pages. - [Full site](https://caligari.lol): Web app, blog, pricing, compare pages, and FAQ. ## Product Caligari is available at https://caligari.lol. It is a web application requiring an account. Pricing is at https://caligari.lol/pricing. ### Plans - **Free**: 25 jokes, 1 set, 10 logbook entries. No AI features. - **Open Mic** ($4/mo): 100 jokes, unlimited sets, 100 logbook entries. Includes Joke DNA analysis. - **Working Comic** ($8/mo): 500 jokes, unlimited sets, unlimited logbook entries. Includes Joke DNA, performance analytics, and booker-ready set exports. - **Headliner** ($16/mo): Unlimited everything. All features. ### Core Features (all plans) - **Cabinet**: A searchable library where every bit has its own card. Each card holds the current text, version history, tags, runtime, status (working / ready / retired), and a log of every performance. Semantic search surfaces related material even when exact words differ. - **Set Builder**: Compose sets by selecting bits from the Cabinet. Reorder bits and watch the total runtime update. A bit edited in the Cabinet updates in every set that contains it. - **Logbook**: Record every show — venue, date, bits performed, and how each landed. Reveals patterns over time: which bits work in clubs, which closer only lands on weekends, which opener has never missed. Logbook entry limits apply on Free and Open Mic plans. ### Paid Features - **Joke DNA** (Open Mic and above): AI analysis of comedy writing structure. Reads the full text of a bit and evaluates setup-punchline construction, premise specificity (topic vs. committed premise), tag potential, misdirection patterns, and callback opportunities. Does not write jokes. Does not evaluate delivery. Identifies structural issues the writer can actually fix. - **Performance Analytics** (Working Comic and above): Patterns across your show history — venue trends, set performance over time, which bits close vs. open, slump detection. - **Booker Export** (Working Comic and above): Export a set as a formatted plaintext document with runtime breakdown, suitable for sending to bookers and clubs. ## Blog - https://caligari.lol/blog/how-to-write-stand-up-comedy: Complete beginner's guide to joke anatomy (setup, punchline, tag), finding material, voice, first set construction, and the single most important writing habit. - https://caligari.lol/blog/what-is-joke-dna: Explanation of the Joke DNA feature — what it analyzes, what it does not analyze, and how to use it to understand material that is working and diagnose material that is not. - https://caligari.lol/blog/comedians-guide-tight-5-minute-set: Architecture of a five-minute set — opener, escalating body, closer, callback structure, common sequencing mistakes, and how to use a material library for set composition. - https://caligari.lol/blog/organize-standup-material: System for organizing bits, sets, and performance history. Explains why Notes apps, Google Docs, and spreadsheets break down for comedy material and what a functional system requires. - https://caligari.lol/blog/notes-app-costing-jokes: The capture trap — why Notes App is fine for capture and fails at everything after, and what a dedicated system handles differently. - https://caligari.lol/blog/best-apps-for-stand-up-comedians: Honest evaluation of tools comedians actually use (Apple Notes, Notion, Google Docs, Voice Memos, Evernote, physical notebooks) with strengths and failure modes for each. - https://caligari.lol/blog/organize-standup-material: The three-layer system: bit library, set builder, performance log. Step-by-step implementation. - https://caligari.lol/blog/anatomy-of-a-tag: What comedy tags are, how they work structurally, and how to write them — stand-up's most underrated tool. - https://caligari.lol/blog/business-side-of-comedy: The business mechanics of stand-up — gigs, pay structures, booking, and building a sustainable comedy career without quitting your day job prematurely. - https://caligari.lol/blog/comedy-burnout: What causes comedy burnout (performing the same material, exhausting your social capital, grinding open mics without progress) and how to recover without walking away. - https://caligari.lol/blog/crowd-work-is-a-skill: Crowd work as a learnable skill with specific techniques — how to open a conversation, where to steer it, and when to exit back to material. - https://caligari.lol/blog/heckler-decision-tree: A decision framework for handling hecklers — how to diagnose the type (friendly, drunk-disruptive, hostile) and choose to engage, ignore, or remove. - https://caligari.lol/blog/how-to-bomb-well: What to do when nothing is landing — how to read a dying set, recover without panic, and extract the maximum learning from a bad night. - https://caligari.lol/blog/open-mic-math: The mathematics of open mic development — how many reps new material needs, why the timeline feels long, and how to make the math work faster. - https://caligari.lol/blog/reading-the-room: How to diagnose a crowd's energy from the back of the room before your set — so you walk up with a plan fitted to reality instead of adjusting mid-set. - https://caligari.lol/blog/recording-your-sets: Why recording every set and listening back is the highest-ROI habit in stand-up, how to make yourself do it, and where to keep the recordings and notes. - https://caligari.lol/blog/same-six-minutes: The comfort trap that keeps comedians doing the same set for months, and a system for forcing new material into rotation before the act stalls. - https://caligari.lol/blog/stealing-vs-parallel-thinking: The difference between joke theft and parallel thinking, the ethics of comedy's most controversial topic, and practical ways to protect and prove your material. - https://caligari.lol/blog/the-clip-economy: Why live-killing bits underperform as TikTok/Reels clips, how to find the clippable core in existing material, and how to write natively for vertical without becoming a content goblin. - https://caligari.lol/blog/what-headliners-know: The architectural difference between a string of bits and a real set — pacing, callbacks, movements, and how headliners construct an hour. - https://caligari.lol/blog/where-your-bits-actually-live: Why comedians lose their best material to Notes apps and voice memos, how capture and processing are two different jobs, and how to build one organized home for your bits. - https://caligari.lol/blog/your-tight-five-is-lying-to-you: Why a set that kills at your home club dies in unfamiliar rooms, how to diagnose which material travels, and how to build a set that works anywhere. ## Blog Feed - https://caligari.lol/rss.xml: RSS 2.0 feed of all Caligari blog posts, sorted newest first. ## FAQ - https://caligari.lol/faq: Frequently asked questions about Caligari features, plans, and data. - https://caligari.lol/pricing: Full pricing grid with feature comparison across all four plans. ## Compare - https://caligari.lol/compare: Hub comparing Caligari to the other comedy apps (ProComedian, Stand-Up Writer, Bits) — AI depth, pricing, platforms, and what each is actually better at. - https://caligari.lol/compare/procomedian: Caligari vs ProComedian — a ProComedian alternative with no credit meter on the AI; Joke DNA is included, not billed by the credit. - https://caligari.lol/compare/stand-up-writer: Caligari vs Stand-Up Writer — deeper Joke DNA feedback and real performance analytics over a lighter punch-up helper. - https://caligari.lol/compare/bits: Caligari vs Bits — write on web and Android with no paywall over the add button and Joke DNA in the plan. ## Price Promise - https://caligari.lol/promise: The price promise — Caligari never raises your price; no meter on the AI, no surprise lock screens, and your jokes stay yours. ## Who It's For Use-case pages for every type of comedian. Hub: https://caligari.lol/for - https://caligari.lol/for/open-mic-grinders: Caligari for open mic circuit grinders developing material at volume across multiple weekly mics. - https://caligari.lol/for/working-comedians: Caligari for touring and working professionals managing set rotation across club dates, theaters, and corporate gigs. - https://caligari.lol/for/stay-at-home-moms: Caligari for parent comedians capturing ideas in the gaps between school pickups and everything else. - https://caligari.lol/for/college-students: Caligari for college comedians discovering stand-up and building their first real material library. - https://caligari.lol/for/corporate-entertainers: Caligari for clean and corporate comedians managing curated, client-safe set versions. - https://caligari.lol/for/office-workers: Caligari for 9-to-5 professionals with a comedy side hustle, writing material between meetings. - https://caligari.lol/for/teachers: Caligari for teachers and educators who perform comedy on weekends. - https://caligari.lol/for/actors: Caligari for actors adding stand-up to their toolkit and developing original material for the first time. - https://caligari.lol/for/podcast-hosts: Caligari for podcast hosts transitioning podcast sensibilities into live stand-up performance. - https://caligari.lol/for/improv-comedians: Caligari for improv comics building a written material library as they transition to stand-up. - https://caligari.lol/for/social-media-comedians: Caligari for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube comedians developing stage material beyond short-form formats. - https://caligari.lol/for/first-timers: Caligari for complete beginners preparing for their first open mic. - https://caligari.lol/for/military-veterans: Caligari for veterans organizing and translating military material for general comedy audiences. - https://caligari.lol/for/retirees: Caligari for retirees picking up stand-up comedy later in life with a lifetime of material to organize. - https://caligari.lol/for/comedy-writers: Caligari for TV and film comedy writers who also perform stand-up. - https://caligari.lol/for/weekend-warriors: Caligari for casual comedians who perform once or twice a month and need help remembering what they've tried. - https://caligari.lol/for/nurses-and-doctors: Caligari for healthcare workers developing dark and medical humor for general comedy audiences. - https://caligari.lol/for/dads: Caligari for dads taking their joke game beyond dad jokes and building actual stand-up material. ## Machine-Readable Pricing - https://caligari.lol/pricing.md: Structured plain-text pricing file for AI agents and automated buyers.