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We're building Platforma App in public.

A coordination platform for humanitarian aid β€” built by volunteers in Ukraine, funded by people who believe the sector deserves better tools.

Here is what your support has made possible.

Development paused December 2025 – February 2026 during Kyiv power outages. We resumed in March and accelerated.

403
code updates shipped
17
modules built
7
months of active development
~$200
per month, all infrastructure
4
user roles served

Last updated: May 2026

Current monthly infrastructure cost

~€184/month

Production-grade SaaS Β· 17 modules Β· AI integration Β· 17 languages

€112

Claude AI

€18

Vercel

€13

Google WS

€9

UploadThing

€32

Neon DB

€0

Resend

€0 founder salary β€” across 21 months of build

Budget & Community Support β€” Full Timeline

Sep 2024 β†’ May 2026 Β· Monthly costs vs community contributions Β· EUR

Jul 2025 cost spike includes one-off contractor payment (Serhii, $497) β€” the only external developer spend across the entire build. Vercel Jul–Nov 2025 reflects a double-billing error, now resolved.

Build Activity Over Time

Pull requests merged per month Β· Jul 2025 – May 2026

GitHub Activity

Contribution graph β€” Alex-Platforma-App

318 contributions in the last year β€” Platforma App GitHub activity

Each green square is a code update pushed to Platforma App. Click to verify on GitHub.

Engineering Complexity β€” Cumulative

Each PR weighted by scope: major module = 3 Β· significant feature = 2 Β· bug fix = 1 Β· trivial = 0.5 Β· exceptional systemic fix = 4–5. Slope = signal.

Product & Spec Work β€” Monthly Output

Specification documents weighted by scope: module bible = 3 Β· feature spec = 2 Β· decision record = 1.

Spec documents weighted 1–3. Module bibles = 3. Feature specs = 2.

What We Built

17 modules built end-to-end β€” from navigation to AI-powered inventory.

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Getting Around
Every user sees only what they need β€” the right menus, the right actions, for their role.
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Accounts & Organisations
Individuals and organisations sign up, manage their profiles, and connect with each other.
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Our Website
The public face of Platforma App β€” where the story starts for every new visitor.
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Find & Connect
A live map and discovery feed where humanitarian organisations find each other, share transport, and build partnerships.
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Inventory & Catalogue
Suppliers list what they have. Nonprofits browse and order. Everything tracked in one place.
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Requests
A frontline worker can request exactly what their team needs from a verified supplier β€” without phone calls or spreadsheets.
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Deliveries
Every shipment tracked from approval to arrival β€” suppliers, nonprofits, and recipients all see the same status.
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Impact Reports
Organisations document what was delivered, to whom, and where β€” building a verifiable record of real-world impact.
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Fundraising
Campaign pages, donation tracking, and financial reporting β€” so supporters see exactly where their money goes.
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Wishlists
Recipients share what they need. Nonprofits browse and fulfil. No phone calls. No missed needs.
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Give Items
Donors who have physical goods β€” not money β€” can list them and route them directly to the organisations that need them most.
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Verified Organisations
Every organisation on the platform is either legally verified or community-vouched β€” so trust is visible, not assumed.
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Notifications
Every action on the platform triggers the right alert to the right person β€” nothing falls through the cracks.
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Documents
Organisations store, organise, and share their operational documents in one secure place.
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Analytics
A live view of supply, demand, and activity across the platform β€” so the people running it can see what is working.
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Add by Photo
Point a phone camera at any item and AI fills in the details β€” making inventory management fast enough for field conditions.
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17 Languages
The platform speaks Ukrainian, French, English, German, and 13 more β€” so language is never a barrier to getting help.

Platforma App is built by Alexis Eliot, founder of Doshka Foundation β€” a humanitarian aid NGO operating in Ukraine since 2022. The platform was built by volunteers, through Kyiv winters and power outages, on a crowdfunding budget. This is what belief in the work looks like.

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