BurroChief

What it is

BurroChief is a multi-tenant SaaS application built for burro and donkey rescue organizations. Each rescue operates in its own isolated account; within that account, multiple staff users share access to the full animal roster and event history.

The application is mobile-first — field staff photograph new intakes, log health events, and complete task checklists directly from a phone or tablet. The same interface handles desk work: generating PDF reports, managing veterinary records, and coordinating partner organizations via fax.

Features

• —Animal tracking — full lifecycle from intake through departure or death, with photos, origin notes, health condition on arrival, and intake batch grouping for animals that arrive together.
• —Health records — timestamped event log covering medication, vet visits, procedures, training sessions, and free-form notes, each with optional photo attachments.
• —Partnership tracking — records bonded pairs with full history: when a partnership started, when and why it ended, and which animal is currently bonded to which.
• —Departures and adoptions — logs where each animal went, new owner contact information, and whether the departure was a sale, transfer, or return to wild.
• —Task management — staff task lists with check-in workflow, supporting daily care routines and recurring procedures across the herd.
• —Fax integration — sends veterinary referrals and transfer documents to partner clinics and agencies directly from the application.
• —PDF reports — per-animal reports suitable for veterinary handoff, adoption paperwork, or compliance filings.
• —Two-factor authentication — TOTP-based 2FA for all staff accounts.

Technology

BurroChief runs on a FastAPI + PostgreSQL backend with an async SQLAlchemy data layer. The frontend is React 18 with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS. PDF generation uses WeasyPrint. The application is deployed on Hetzner Cloud behind nginx with Let's Encrypt TLS, provisioned and managed through Ansible.

Multi-tenancy is implemented via row-level isolation — every tenant-scoped table carries a rescue identifier, and all queries are filtered to the authenticated organization.

Development status