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.