Run your live show from one rundown, not five spreadsheets.
showrun is the rundown a showcaller actually calls the show from. A grid that's as fast as Excel but does the timing math for you, your whole crew reads along live, and it works offline — wherever you're calling from.
Free while we're in beta · no install needed · built by people who call shows
app.showrun.nl
Made for the people in the gallery, at FOH, and on comms
Live eventsCorporate & conferencesBroadcast & livestreamTheatreHouses of worship
Why showrun
One rundown your whole crew works from
A fast grid for your cues, timing that adds itself up, and a calm way to call the show live — all in one place, in sync for everyone, online or off.
A grid built for rundowns
Rows are cues, columns are whatever you need — segment, talent, audio, video, LX, notes. Click a cell, type. Copy, paste, drag to reorder rows and columns. Quick like a spreadsheet, built for a rundown.
Timing that does the math
Enter durations and a start time; showrun computes every clock — time-of-day, running time, cumulative totals, backtiming. Change one duration and the whole show re-times instantly.
The whole crew, one source of truth
Everyone opens the same rundown and sees edits the second they happen. Roles keep editors editing and viewers reading, so everyone's on the current version.
● Standby → Go
Call the show, cue by cue.
Flip to Live and showrun becomes a calling surface. Arm the next cue, hit Space to take it, and the rundown advances with you. A big countdown to the next hard time turns from green to amber to red so you always know if you're hot or holding.
Standby & Go. Arm a cue, take it with the spacebar, jump anywhere with a click.
Live countdown & drift. See exactly how far ahead or behind schedule you are, in real time.
showrun never fires a thing. You call it, a human takes it — no automation surprises mid-show.
live mode
offline · synced
Always available
Your rundown is always there — online or not.
showrun is offline-first. Keep editing with or without a connection, and everything syncs the moment you're back. Your calling machine always holds a full local copy, and you can export a PDF whenever you want one in hand.
Keep editing through a connection drop — on the road or on site.
Automatic local autosave, so your show is safe even after a crash.
Your data lives in the EU, GDPR-friendly by default.
Everything in the rundown
Small touches that matter at showtime
The details you only miss when they're gone — the stuff that keeps a live show calm.
Rich-text cells & colour
Bold, italic, underline and a full colour palette inside any cell. Colour-code by department so the gallery reads the show at a glance.
Sections & segments
Group cues into segments that collapse, total their own time, and reorder as a block. Restructure the show without re-typing a thing.
Roles & private notes
Owner, showcaller, crew and viewer roles, plus a private notes lane only you can see. Your blocking notes stay yours.
Every change, attributed
An append-only history logs who changed what, when — and lets you undo any single edit. No mystery edits five minutes to air.
Your client's logo, on the show
Drop a client logo on each show — it rides along in the header and on every PDF export. Looks sharp when you hand it over.
Browser today, native soon
Use showrun in any browser right now. Native Mac and Windows apps — for rock-solid offline calling — are next on the runway.
Who runs on showrun
If you call it off a rundown, it belongs here
Live events & corporate AV
Show producers & callers
Award shows, conferences, product launches, festivals. Keep a 200-cue rundown calm and on time, with the AV crew reading along.
Broadcast & livestream
Galleries & studios
Small broadcasts and livestream studios that need real rundown timing and a live calling surface, without an enterprise newsroom price tag.
Theatre & worship
Stage & service teams
Stage managers and worship producers running a tight order of service from one shared, always-current run of show.
Pricing
Free while we're in beta
Right now everything is free — we want showcallers building real shows on it. Here's where pricing is heading, so there are no surprises later.
Just one gig? Grab a €25 Show Pass for a single event — no subscription. Prices in euros, ex-VAT, billed through our EU Merchant of Record. Full pricing & FAQ →
Good questions
Things people ask before they switch
Is it really free right now?
Yes — showrun is completely free during the public beta. No credit card, no trial clock. We'd rather have you running real shows on it and telling us what breaks. When we move to paid plans you'll get plenty of notice and a proper trial.
Do I have to install anything?
No. showrun runs in your browser today — sign in and go. Native Mac and Windows apps are coming for bullet-proof offline calling, but the web app already works offline too.
Does it work offline?
Yes — showrun is offline-first. The editor keeps working without a connection and syncs automatically when you're back online. Your calling machine always holds a full local copy, and you can export a PDF whenever you want a backup in hand.
Can my whole crew see it without paying?
That's the plan. The people editing the rundown are the ones who need a seat; viewers reading along — talent, crew on comms, clients — won't each need a paid account. Final details land with pricing.
Does showrun fire my cues / control my gear?
No, and that's deliberate. showrun is the rundown and the calling surface — a human reads and calls the show. Timecode, OSC and Companion integrations are on the roadmap for teams who want them, but showrun will never take a cue you didn't.
Where does my data live?
In the EU. showrun stores your shows in European data centres and is built GDPR-friendly from the ground up.
Your next show
Build your next rundown in showrun.
It's free during the beta. Spin up a show, paste your spreadsheet in, and see how it feels to call from something built for the job.
