Gather-Up is an all-in-one Event Management & Automation SaaS platform that streamlines the full lifecycle of an event — from planning and vendor coordination to ticketing, on-site security, parking, and AI-powered insights.

Gather-Up connects four types of users on a single, integrated platform:

The marketing landing page and primary web portal for the platform.

• Organizer sign-up / login, vendor portal, and event management dashboard
• AI marketing automation: auto-generate ads, targeted campaigns, performance tracking
• Live dashboard with real-time attendee and event monitoring
• Stack: Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, MongoDB, JWT

The core backend service powering the platform's web and mobile applications.

• Secure REST APIs for authentication, data management, and business logic
• Clean architecture with JWT-based auth
• Stack: Java, Spring Boot, JWT

A React Native mobile application built for security personnel working at events.

• QR code ticket scanning with instant validation
• Real-time parking availability checks
• Alerts dashboard for crowd surges, unauthorized entries, and emergencies
• In-field incident reporting with severity, category, and location tagging
• Stack: React Native, Expo, Redux/Zustand, Axios

The dedicated backend service for the Security Mobile App.

• Stack: Java

The customer-facing web app where attendees browse events and purchase tickets.

• QR code ticket generation, event listings, checkout flow
• AI-assisted content with Gemini API integration
• Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Gemini API

A smart parking management system for event venues with automatic license plate recognition.

• Local OCR (Tesseract.js) — no external API costs
• Multi-camera support (IP cameras, DroidCam, USB cameras)
• Real-time slot tracking, fee calculation, and vehicle history
• Socket.IO for live updates across dashboards
• Stack: Node.js, Express, React, MongoDB, Tesseract.js, Socket.IO

A microservices-based AI event planning assistant.

• Natural language event planning via RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
• Intelligent vendor matching using vector similarity search
• Google Places API integration for venue discovery
• AI image generation for event marketing assets (ComfyUI + Z-Image Turbo + Ollama)
• Stack: Python, FastAPI, PyTorch, Sentence Transformers, MongoDB, Ollama, Cloudinary

The administrative console for managing the platform.

• Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, shadcn/ui, Zustand

                        ┌─────────────────────────┐
                        │   Organizer / Vendor     │
                        │     Landing Page         │
                        │  (Next.js + MongoDB)     │
                        └────────────┬────────────┘
                                     │
               ┌─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┐
               │                     │                      │
   ┌───────────▼──────┐  ┌───────────▼──────┐  ┌──────────▼──────────┐
   │  Main Backend    │  │    AI Service     │  │  Ticket Management  │
   │ (Spring Boot)    │  │ (FastAPI / Python)│  │  System (Next.js)   │
   └───────────┬──────┘  └───────────────────┘  └─────────────────────┘
               │
   ┌───────────┼────────────────────┐
   │           │                    │
┌──▼──────┐  ┌─▼────────────┐  ┌──▼───────────────┐
│ Mobile  │  │   Parking    │  │  Security Backend │
│  App    │  │ Management   │  │     (Java)        │
│(React   │  │ (Node.js +   │  └───────────────────┘
│Native)  │  │  Socket.IO)  │
└─────────┘  └──────────────┘

Each repository follows a standard fork-and-PR workflow:

1. Fork the relevant repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
3. Commit your changes and push
4. Open a Pull Request for review

See the individual repository READMEs for setup instructions and environment variable requirements.

Built with ❤️ for event organizers, vendors, and attendees worldwide.