FosterFlow

Open-source rescue management platform — self-host free or use FosterFlow Cloud.

Modern, fast, mobile-first website and management system built for animal rescues. Everything a foster-based rescue needs, nothing it doesn't.

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What It Does

• Pet Management — Profiles, photos, medical records, foster assignments, status tracking
• Applications — Adoption, foster, volunteer, surrender forms with configurable questions
• Foster Portal — Dedicated dashboard for fosters to submit updates, photos, supply requests
• Donations & Expenses — Stripe payments, multi-source tracking, financial reports
• Events — Listings with optional Facebook auto-posting
• Content CMS — Editable page sections, newsletter, happy tails / success stories
• Analytics — Human traffic, bot detection, honeypot, AI job tracking
• Role-Based Access — 9 roles from sysadmin to foster with granular permissions
• Bot Protection — Dynamic robots.txt, honeypot tarpit, managed blocklist/whitelist
• AI Features — Pet name generator (Ollama), expandable job queue

Tech Stack

• SvelteKit 2 + Svelte 5 (runes)
• Tailwind CSS 4
• Drizzle ORM + MariaDB/MySQL
• Node.js adapter for production
• Stripe for payments
• Nodemailer for email
• Ollama for local AI (optional)

SaaS Architecture

FosterFlow supports multi-tenant deployment:

• Self-hosted — One rescue, one server, free forever
• FosterFlow Cloud — Automated onboarding, subdomain provisioning, managed hosting

See docs/SAAS.md for the multi-tenant architecture. See docs/ONBOARDING.md for automated provisioning.

Quick Start (Docker)

The fastest way to get running:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/fosterflow
cd fosterflow
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set SESSION_SECRET and SITE_DOMAIN at minimum
docker compose up

On first run, migrate and seed the database:

docker compose exec app npx drizzle-kit push
docker compose exec app npx tsx scripts/seed.ts

Then open http://localhost:3000 and log in with admin@example.com / changeme.

Quick Start (Manual)

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/fosterflow
cd fosterflow
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your database URL, SMTP settings, etc.
npm install
npx drizzle-kit push
npx tsx scripts/seed.ts
npm run dev

Self-Hosted vs FosterFlow Cloud

	Self-Hosted	FosterFlow Cloud
Cost	Free	$19/mo
Hosting	You manage	Fully managed
SSL	You configure	Automatic
Backups	You configure	Daily, included
Updates	Manual	Automatic
Subdomain	Your domain	yourrescue.fosterflow.app
Setup assist	Community support	$50 one-time migration

License

MIT — use it, fork it, save some dogs.

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Built with love by JRei — started as Almost Home Canine Rescue's website, now open for every rescue.