diff --git a/tildetown-py/__init__.py b/tildetown-py/__init__.py
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diff --git a/cgi/app.py b/tildetown-py/cgi/app.py
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rename from cgi/app.py
rename to tildetown-py/cgi/app.py
diff --git a/cgi/templates/guestbook.html b/tildetown-py/cgi/templates/guestbook.html
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rename from cgi/templates/guestbook.html
rename to tildetown-py/cgi/templates/guestbook.html
diff --git a/tildetown-py/stats.py b/tildetown-py/stats.py
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+import json
+from functools import partial
+from os import listdir
+from os.path import getmtime, join
+from datetime import datetime
+from sh import find, facter
+from .util import slurp, thread
+
+# this script emits json on standard out that has information about tilde.town
+# users. It denotes who has not updated their page from the default. It also
+# reports the time this script was run. The user list is sorted by public_html update time.
+
+
+DEFAULT_HTML = slurp("/etc/skel/public_html/index.html")
+
+username_to_html_path = lambda u: "/home/{}/public_html".format(u)
+
+def default_p(username):
+    return DEFAULT_HTML == slurp(join(username_to_html_path(username), "index.html"))
+
+def bounded_find(path):
+    # find might return 1 but still have worked fine.
+    return find(path, "-maxdepth" "3", _ok_code=[0,1])
+
+def guarded_mtime(path):
+    try:
+        return getmtime(path.rstrip())
+    except Exception, e:
+        return 0
+
+def modify_time(username):
+    files_to_mtimes = partial(map, guarded_mtime)
+    return thread(username,
+                  username_to_html_path,
+                  bounded_find,
+                  files_to_mtimes,
+                  list,
+                  max)
+
+def sort_user_list(usernames):
+    return sorted(usernames, key=modify_time)
+
+def user_generator():
+    ignore_system_users = lambda f: f != "ubuntu" and f != "poetry"
+    return filter(ignore_system_users, listdir("/home"))
+
+def get_user_data():
+    username_to_data = lambda u: {'username': u,
+                                  'default': default_p(u),
+                                  'favicon':'TODO'}
+    live_p = lambda user: not user['default']
+
+    all_users = thread(user_generator(),
+                       sort_user_list,
+                       reversed,
+                       partial(map, username_to_data),
+                       list)
+
+    live_users = list(filter(live_p, all_users))
+
+    active_user_count = int(facter("active_user_count").stdout.strip())
+
+    return {'all_users': all_users,
+            'num_users': len(all_users),
+            'num_live_users': len(live_users),
+            'active_user_count': active_user_count,
+            'live_users': live_users,}
+
+def get_data():
+    user_data = get_user_data()
+    data = {'generated_at': datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}
+    return data.update(user_data)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(json.dumps(get_data()))
diff --git a/tildetown-py/util.py b/tildetown-py/util.py
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+def slurp(file_path):
+    contents = None
+    with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+    return contents
+
+def thread(initial, *fns):
+    value = initial
+    for fn in fns:
+        value = fn(value)
+    return value