Where you can live off-grid, scored and sourced for all 50 states.
Alt Ordo
The platform for alternative living.
Find, plan, and build alternative housing: off‑grid, on‑grid and hybrid systems, solarpunk community, and simpler living.
Not sure yet? Where should you go? · What should you build? Take a free quiz ↓
- Kickstarter
- 133% funded by 209 backers
- YouTube
- 542K subscribers
- States
- 50 every county rated
Free
Not sure where to start? Let the quiz decide.
Quiz 01 · 2 minutes
Where
Where should you go off‑grid?
Weather, culture, kids and budget. 13 questions match you to a country, a state and a sub‑region, out of 2,141 places in 12 countries.
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Quiz 02 · 3 minutes · New
What
What setup do you actually need?
Teardrop or yurt? Solar kit or grid‑tie? Composting toilet or septic? 18 questions build your shelter, power, water, food and heat, with the guides for each.
Build my setup →
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Where to live, and how to build it.
11 countries
The same scores and rules, region by region, in local currency.
Best sellers
The guides our readers buy most, all time.
Location guides All →
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Read a whole guide, free.
Three complete location guides, one each from the US, Japan and England. We picked places from the middle of the pack, so you see a typical guide, not our best one: every score, every rule with its source, the call list and what grows there.
Not sure where to start? Read a full guide free Every state ranked Every region ranked How the Freedom Score works
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Pick your piece of America.
Every state shaded by its Freedom Score. Choose how much of the map you want, then hover to see what the guide covers.
- A 6.5+
- B 5.5–6.4
- C 4.5–5.4
- D 3.5–4.4
- F under 3.5
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The beta opens soon.
Plan your setup in the 3D off-grid simulator, compare every state on the Freedom Map and build your master plan. Free for Mac, Windows and the web, with county detail from $9.
Already bought a guide on shop.altordo.com? It will unlock in the app with the same email.
Download for MacVersion 0.1.3 · November 12, 2026
Download for WindowsVersion 0.1.3 · November 12, 2026
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Free. Mac: macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Windows: 10 or 11, 64-bit. Bought a guide on shop.altordo.com? Sign in with the same email and it unlocks in the app.
First time opening it?
Mac: open the download, drag Alt Ordo to Applications and open it. If macOS says it can't check the app, open System Settings, choose Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
Windows: run the installer. If Windows protects your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
This is an early beta. Tell us what breaks: kemble@altordo.com.
- i.
Listings
Cabins, tiny homes, yurts, RVs, land, and alternative communities, all in one place instead of a dozen websites.
- ii.
Simulator
Design your living setup with real-world components: shelter, energy, water, gardens, sanitation. Real cost estimates included.
- iii.
Location intelligence
County-level data on zoning, climate, rainfall, taxes, and livability, so the land actually supports your plans.
- iv.
Community
A directory and marketplace to connect, collaborate, buy, sell, barter, and trade with people building the same future.
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Our best from the land lab.
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The Solarpunk Brothers.
We're Joe & Kemble, two brothers building blueprints for sustainable, independent homes that produce their own food, water, energy, shelter, and sanitation.
We lean solarpunk: small dwellings, strong communities, localized food networks, common-sense systems. The woods, the garden, the workshop. Not survivalism, a better everyday life.
“Alternative Order. A different script for how to live, one with more strength, freedom, and purpose, in a world built to weaken them.”
What “Alt Ordo” means
Our mission
To make alternative living easier to discover, easier to understand, and easier to design and build, with circular, zero-waste living systems modeled directly on nature.
- Harness local energy
- Grow local food and build soil
- Close the loop: there is no waste in nature
- Live freely, and enjoy the days more
2.06MFollowers across our channels
542KYouTube subscribers
160+Videos on alternative living
12Countries with location guides
The Substack
Field notes, delivered.
Off-grid systems, permaculture, local energy, regenerative agriculture, and the circular economy, written by us and read by tens of thousands.
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Partnerships, press, and hellos.
Building something in this space? Want to feature your product in the simulator, list a community, or collaborate on content? We'd like to hear from you.