- Role
- Founder and builder
- Dates
- 2026-Present
- Status
- Early-stage platform
- Context
- Open-source community infrastructure
Hasanat.dev
A community that turns real needs into small, useful projects built by volunteers, on shared open-source infrastructure.
Hasanat (Arabic for good deeds) is a community that turns real needs into small, useful projects built by volunteers. A project is not done when a website launches. It is done when real people use it, and it keeps serving them.
How it works
- Idea. Someone proposes a need they see, and the community votes on it.
- Specification. The monthly meeting picks the strongest ideas, and each one gets a written spec.
- Building. A project lead steps forward, and volunteers build it with them.
- Working. People use it, and the team keeps improving it.
Each stage asks for one action: propose or vote, “I’ll lead,” or “I can help.”
Shared infrastructure
Volunteer projects tend to stall on the same things: sign-in, hosting, setup, and knowing where to start. Hasanat solves these once, for every project:
- One sign-in across all projects
- A builder platform with guides, a starter template, and coding-agent skills (platform.hasanat.dev)
- A subdomain for each project, with code and issues on GitHub
The community site itself is open source under the MIT license.
Projects
- Smart Maqraa: organizes roles and turn-taking in Quran recitation circles. First version live.
- Dayma: habit building for an intentional Muslim life (dayma.hasanat.dev).
- Hasanat Apps: a bilingual directory of about 210 useful Muslim apps (apps.hasanat.dev).
- Fitrah: a community library of age-appropriate, values-aligned content for children. Being rebuilt.
- Mishkat: matches people who can offer an hour of expertise with people who need it. Team forming.
Where it stands
Hasanat launched in March 2026. By August 2026, when I presented it at the Ummah Tech gathering in Haifa, the community had proposed 52 ideas, cast 727 votes, and moved 6 projects into building. A rebuilt hasanat.dev went live in October 2026.
My role
I founded Hasanat and run it hands-on. I built the community site and the shared platform behind it: the architecture, the shared sign-in, the builder platform, the starter template, and the agent skills. I also run the monthly meeting and support project leads.