Here's how it works.

Welcome!

Sara here! I'm the founder and CEO of HappyHQ. We built HappyHQ because too many owner-operated businesses depend entirely on what's in their founder's head. When that knowledge isn't written down, it can't be improved, shared, or protected.

HappyHQ captures how you work, turns it into a living system, and then takes the routine parts off your plate. We're actively working with owner-operators to help scale your businesses. If that's you, get in touch. We'd love to help.

hello@happyhq.com.

Introducing Q:

The system that learns how your business actually runs.

A better way to learn plan work

  1. Q learns your business first:
Contracts
Proposals
Client Emails
SOPs
Reports
  1. Q turns that into a playbook — a clear, documented process you own, in standard formats you can use anywhere, not locked inside a tool.
  1. Q runs it for you. Once it's learned your process, Q handles the routine work the same way you would, and gets faster and sharper every time you do it again.

Built around how your business already works. Not a generic template you have to adapt to.

Let's take a look at Q.

Q doesn’t just respond, Q learns and then does your work, your way (with collaboration, real-time syncing, and version control built in)!

Who is using HappyHQ?

HappyHQ is for small, owner-operated service businesses — and everyone on the team who keeps them running.

How it feels working with HappyHQ!

Calm companies over hustle culture FTW!

I was the only one who knew how any of it worked. Pricing, client follow-up, how we handled problems. HappyHQ helped me to organize it all for the first time, and now it runs half of it without me.

Cynthia

Owner, small insurance service business

When it was just me and two people, everything lived in my head and that was fine. Now we're bigger and that doesn't work anymore. HappyHQ is the reason new hires ramp up in days instead of months.

Amy

Owner, growing agency service business

I'm trying to hand my work off in a way that doesn't fall apart the moment I'm not around. HappyHQ gave me a way to capture 20 years of how I do things, not just a manual nobody reads.

Steve

Owner, family-run service business

Got questions?

What is HappyHQ?

HappyHQ is the system that runs your business.

Here's how HappyHQ works:

You first start by teaching HappyHQ how you do your work. For example, you might start with how you put together a client proposal. You do this by chatting with Q, who you can think of as your AI teammate. You might type, "Hey Q, can you help me create a client proposal?" Q will then ask you a series of questions to learn how you work. You can even upload examples of your work to help Q get up to speed on your preferences. Q then creates a detailed spec and playbook, all in Markdown and stored locally on your machine.

Now that you've helped to train Q, it's ready to help you with your tasks. You tell Q what you want to accomplish. For example, "Hey Q, can you draft a proposal for this new client?" This could be anything from a client proposal to a contract, a standard operating procedure, or a recurring report. Q will review the spec and playbook, which explains exactly how you like your work to be completed, and then it will complete the task.

And finally, if there's any feedback along the way, you can pause Q and share what you want changed. Each time you run a task, Q doesn't start from scratch. It keeps detailed notes each time it runs. Each run is a small loop, which keeps your work focused and contained. The best part is that Q gets smarter and smarter as it goes.

The best way to learn about HappyHQ is to give it a try. You can download our open source codebase at github.com/happyhqdotcom/happyhq, or you can sign up for our waiting list for access to our hosted solution. We'll be adding folks in priority order. If you have questions, or if you want us to show you how it works, please get in touch at: hello@happyhq.com.

How much is HappyHQ?

We’re currently working with a limited number of design partners as we build out HappyHQ’s combined software and managed service. If you run a small, owner-operated service business and want to learn more, get in touch: hello@happyhq.com.

Will you offer a cloud/hosted version in addition to the open source codebase?

Yes! You can join the waitlist to get access to our cloud/hosted version, which we’re calling HappyHQ Cloud.

Can I bring my own LLM/AI keys?

We're figuring out the right balance of open and proprietary as we build out HappyHQ with our design partners. If this matters to you, tell us — it's part of what we're deciding.

What’s the tech stack and open source licensing?

We’re figuring out the right balance of open and proprietary as we build out HappyHQ with our design partners. If this matters to you, tell us — it’s part of what we’re deciding.

Have other questions? Send us an email: hello@happyhq.com.

HappyHQ is proudly open source!

Your files are forever yours (even with our hosted solution). Nothing is proprietary, so you can take everything and use it anywhere. Or everywhere.

Who are we?

And why do we exist?

Who are we?

  • We’re a small, bootstrapped team based in Southern California.☀️
  • We struggled as founders, leaders, and managers to keep up. We’ve been there!
  • We believe that work has the power to transform our lives, and that AI can help us when it’s used transparently, openly, and honestly.
  • We’re a calm company that values experiences and pixels. But we value people and relationships even more.

And why do we exist?

  • We started HappyHQ because we watched small, owner-operated businesses carry all of this on one or two people’s shoulders — with no time and no tools built for them specifically.
  • Too many notifications isn’t working.
  • Context switching between apps every few minutes isn’t working.
  • Random trackers in different tools isn’t working.
  • AI here, there, and nowhere isn’t working.
  • Not enough hours in the day isn’t working.
  • Always starting from scratch isn’t working.
  • Business models and pricing plans that fill the pockets of the wrong people just isn’t working.

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