OpenCharity

Spec sheet

Purpose

OpenCharity is an open-source platform for managing charity cases, families, visits, assistance, documents, donations, and public fundraising pages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Intended users

The maker lists NGOs, mosques, charity foundations, community support organizations, humanitarian teams, and local aid groups as suitable users.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

License

The maker states that OpenCharity is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Access controls

The platform includes role-based access control, with example roles such as case manager, social researcher, donation manager, finance user, and viewer.Read 5 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Assistance delivery

Teams can schedule one-time or recurring assistance and track its delivery, including proof of delivery.Read 5 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Assistance records

Assistance schedules can be one-time or recurring, and delivery records can include status, date, and proof file.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Case management

Cases can track type, priority, status, assigned user, visits, assistance schedules, documents, donation targets, and internal notes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Currencies

The maker says the platform supports EGP, USD, and SAR.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Deployment requirements

The installation requirements include PHP 8.3+, Composer, Node.js 20+, MySQL 8+, NPM, and a Laravel-compatible environment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Donations

Donation allocation tracking links donations to targets and then to a family, case, or assistance schedule.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Family records

Family profiles can include contact details, address, map location, housing status, income, notes, members, cases, documents, and assistance records.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Languages

OpenCharity supports Arabic and English across the admin panel and public website.Read 5 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Languages and access

The platform supports Arabic and English and includes role-based access control for user access.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Payment options

The maker lists Paymob, Stripe, Fawry, manual payments, and other payment methods, and describes an included Paymob integration.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Public fundraising

Active donation targets can have public donation pages showing a target amount, collected amount, remaining amount, progress bar, and donation button.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Security guidance

For production deployments, the maker recommends HTTPS, secure file storage, restricted admin access, strong passwords, backups, protected environment files, and disabling debug mode.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Visits and scheduling

The system records visits and follow-ups and supports scheduled visits through a calendar interface.Read 11 Oct 2026 · msaied.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Nonprofit Case Management Software#31 of 326.7