Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
MessMate turns meal RSVPs into kitchen quantities
MessMate is an open-source dining operations platform for hostels, campuses, and canteens, connecting meal RSVPs, cook estimates, and food-waste records.
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- Hostel, campus, and canteen dining teams
- Worth noticing
- The site describes server-enforced single-device sessions and a wastage ledger measured in kilograms, alongside the meal RSVP workflow.
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The described workflow links student meal choices to kitchen work: cutoffs freeze the count, an estimator turns it into ingredient weights with a configurable buffer, and staff can record cooked, consumed, and disposed food. The page also details live WebSocket headcounts and server-enforced session rotation, where a new login invalidates the previous token. The project labels itself v0.3 pre-1.0, links to a deploy guide and API reference, and distinguishes its MIT-licensed self-hosted version from a Cloud offering in private beta.
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