Empowering communities by connecting people who need help with those willing to offer it.
Community Service Finder (CSF) is a platform that bridges the gap between individuals who need help and volunteers willing to support them. Users can either:
- 🆘 Request help (food, tutoring, medical, assistance, cleaning)
- 🤝 Offer help (volunteering, donations, skills, time)
The platform ensures location-based matching, a built-in chat system, and an admin-controlled moderation pipeline for safety and trust.
- Strengthen local community connection
- Provide accessible support to vulnerable users
- Create a verified environment for trusted help exchange
- Encourage volunteering and civic responsibility
- Seeker
- Helper
- Admin
- Personalized feed based on proximity
- Category-based filtering
- One-to-one secure chat
- Seen & timestamp indicators
- Approve / Reject posts
- User monitoring and analytics
- Report handling and flags
- Minimal
- Accessible
- Mobile-responsive
- Neutral soft color palette (light theme)
| Layer | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Frontend | HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS (React optional future stage) |
| Backend | Java, Spring Boot |
| Database | MySQL |
| Authentication | JWT + Spring Security |
| DevOps | Git, GitHub, CI/CD (planned) |
| Deployment Targets | AWS / Vercel / Render / Firebase (TBD implementation stage) |
graph TD;
User -->|HTTP| Frontend;
Frontend -->|REST API| Backend;
Backend --> Database[(MySQL)];
Admin -->|Secure Access| Backend;
Backend --> MessagingService((Chat System));