A smart web platform built during a hackathon to help people quickly recover lost items by intelligently matching lost and found reports and enabling secure user connections.
- 🎯 Problem: Lost items are hard to recover due to lack of a centralized, intelligent system.
- 💡 Solution: A smart lost & found platform with automated matching and secure connections.
- ⏱ Built during: Hackathon
- ✅ Report Lost Items
- ✅ Report Found Items
- ✅ Smart Matching Algorithm
- ✅ View Match Results
- ✅ Secure User Connection
- ✅ Recovery Confirmation
- ✅ My Reports Dashboard
- ✅ Clean & User-Friendly UI
- React.js
- Bootstrap
- Python (Flask)
- SQL
your-project/
├── frontend/
│ ├── public/
│ │ └── index.html
│ ├── src/
│ │ ├── pages/
│ │ │ ├── HomePage.js
│ │ │ ├── LostItemPage.js
│ │ │ ├── FoundItemPage.js
│ │ │ ├── MyReportsPage.js
│ │ │ ├── MatchResultsPage.js
│ │ │ ├── ConnectionPage.js
│ │ │ └── ConfirmationPage.js
│ │ ├── App.js
│ │ └── index.js
│ └── package.json
├── backend/
│ ├── app.py
│ ├── requirements.txt
│ └── uploads/
└── database/
└── schema.sql
cd frontend
npm install
npm start
cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py
- Users submit lost or found item details with images.
- Backend stores and processes item data.
- Smart algorithm matches items using attributes.
- Matching results are shown instantly.
- Users connect securely and confirm recovery.
- Reduces time to recover lost items
- Centralized digital solution
- Smart automation instead of manual search
- Scalable for campuses, cities, events, and public places
- AI image-based matching
- Location-based filtering
- OTP-based secure communication
- Mobile app version
- Admin dashboard
Navya Sai
B.Tech – Computer Science Engineering
Built for hackathon and educational purposes.