GatherU

Downloads

The phone app

For iPhone, iPad and Android. Store links appear here when the app is published.

The organization server

For a school, church or club: one program on one PC that staff run from a browser, and that phones connect to. Windows, Mac or Linux.

The newest version appears here.

The home server

For a family: a small program on the computer at home that the family's phones join and keep in step with. Windows, Mac or Linux.

The newest version appears here.

Installing

  1. Install Node.js (the LTS version) if this computer does not have it.
  2. Unzip the download into a folder of its own, such as Documents\GatherU.
  3. Windows: double-click Start.cmd. The server starts in the tray, as a GatherU icon by the clock (it may be under the ^ arrow). Click the icon to open GatherU; right-click it to restart or stop the server, have it start with Windows, see its log, or quit.
  4. Mac or Linux: open a terminal in that folder, run ./start.sh, and choose the server. To have it start whenever you sign in, choose Start with this computer in the same menu.

Updating happens by itself. Once a day the server looks here for a new version, checks it is signed by GatherU, and switches over at a quiet hour (3 a.m. unless you change it). Your data is kept outside the program's folder, and a backup is made before a new version first starts.

Servers work on a home network as they are. An organization reachable over the internet should sit behind https; the getting-started notes for organizations explain how.

Developers: the whole project, both servers and the phone app, appears here.