Hostello

A hostel management web app built with Django.

Features

• User signup/login/logout
• Mandatory profile completion before dashboard access
• Dashboard with student details
• IN/OUT movement request creation
• Movement request history page
• Admin panel support for reviewing requests

Quick start

1. Install dependencies:

   python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Apply migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

3. Run server:

   python manage.py runserver

4. Open http://127.0.0.1:8000

Database configuration

• By default, the project uses SQLite (db.sqlite3) for easy local setup.
• To use PostgreSQL, set:
  • HOSTELLO_DB_ENGINE=postgres
  • POSTGRES_DB
  • POSTGRES_USER
  • POSTGRES_PASSWORD
  • POSTGRES_HOST
  • POSTGRES_PORT