ZERO BETA ROUTER SYSTEMICALLY FOOLISH  ·  foolish.systems
ROUTESETTING SUITE  ·  FOUR TOOLS  ·  ZERO COST  ·  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Zero Beta
Router

A complete hold management and route planning system for climbing gyms and routesetters. Equity analysis built into every layer.

Zero beta: the route before anyone has climbed it. Pure setter intent. Maximum possibility.

PART ONE: CAUSE AND ARÊTE → PART TWO: WHY IT’S FREE → DOWNLOAD COMPLETE PACKAGE ↓ LICENSE & FAQ →

THE FOUR TOOLS
01
Hold Taxonomy

Every hold type mapped across four dimensions — shape, size, texture, and movement demand. The vocabulary layer that makes the rest of the suite legible. Usable standalone or as the shared schema beneath the other tools.

EQUITY FLAGS INCLUDED OPEN →
02
Hold Catalogue

Your gym’s inventory, organized and queryable. Filter by type, condition, storage location, or equity flag. Know what you actually have before you start setting — not what you think you have.

EQUITY FLAGS INCLUDED OPEN →
03
Route Recombination Engine

Novel route combinations generated from your actual inventory. Not theoretical holds — your holds, your wall, your community. Outputs combinations with equity flags surfaced so you can see what you’re building before you build it.

EQUITY ANALYSIS BUILT IN OPEN →
04
Visual Route Builder

To-scale wall canvas with three independent color layers — holds, movement sequence, and setter notes. See what the route looks like before the drill comes out. Adjustable for wall geometry and angle.

BODY VARIANCE LAYER OPEN →

BUILT FROM PRACTICE

A decade of setting at small gyms where pay was beer, beta, and free memberships — before “professional routesetter” was a formal category. This is what gets built when you know the work from the inside.

EQUITY IS STRUCTURAL

Routes unconsciously encode the setter’s body. Splits beta exists because 6’3” technical climbing forces movement solutions the intended beta never considered. The equity flags don’t judge routes — they make the invisible visible so setters can choose intentionally.

HANDED OFF FREE

What would have taken a dev team six months took an afternoon of domain expertise and AI collaboration. The floor rises for everyone or it doesn’t rise at all. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — use it, modify it, share it back.

DOWNLOAD

Four tools.
One download.
Zero cost.

Everything you need to catalogue your holds, plan routes, and build equity into your setting practice from day one. No account. No tracking. Works offline after download.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE PACKAGE ↓

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  • Hold Taxonomy (interactive HTML)
  • Hold Catalogue (filterable DB)
  • Route Recombination Engine
  • Visual Route Builder
  • Setup & deployment guide
  • Works offline
  • No account required
  • Your data stays yours
  • CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
LICENSE NOTE Gym use is not commercial use. Free for any gym to use internally. The line: you cannot charge for the tool or bundle it into something you sell. The SA clause means improvements stay in the commons.