GIRAF

GIRAF is a multi-disciplinary student project at Aalborg University (AAU) developing tablet applications to support autistic children in Danish institutional settings. The project is developed in collaboration with Egebakken Specialskole and brings together students from computer science, interaction design, and other disciplines to create tools that improve daily routines for children and their caregivers.

Applications

Application	Description	Tech Stack	Repo Link
Weekplanner	Schedule management for daily routines	Flutter, .NET, PostgreSQL	weekplanner
VTA	Visual communication boards for non-verbal children	Flutter, .NET, MySQL	visual-tangible-artefacts
Foodplanner	Meal planning for institutions	Flutter, .NET, PostgreSQL	foodplanner + foodplanner-api
giraf-core	Shared domain service (users, orgs, auth)	Django, PostgreSQL	giraf-core
giraf-ai	AI services: image generation & TTS	FastAPI, Python	giraf-ai

Architecture

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Mobile Apps (Flutter)                       │
│   Weekplanner          Food Planner            VTA             │
└──────┬──────────────────────┬───────────────────┬──────────────┘
       │                      │                   │
       ▼                      ▼                   ▼
┌──────────────┐   ┌──────────────┐   ┌──────────────────┐
│ Weekplanner  │   │ Food Planner │   │ VTA Backend      │
│ Backend      │   │ Backend      │   │                  │
│ (.NET 10)    │   │              │   │ (.NET + SignalR) │
└──────┬───────┘   └──────┬───────┘   └───────┬──────────┘
       │                  │                   │
       └──────────────────┼───────────────────┘
                          │
              ┌───────────┴───────────┐
              ▼                       ▼
┌──────────────────────┐  ┌───────────────────────┐
│   GIRAF Core API     │  │      giraf-ai         │
│  (Django + Ninja)    │  │     (FastAPI)         │
│                      │  │                       │
│ Users, Orgs, Auth    │  │ Image generation, TTS │
│ Citizens, Pictograms │  │ Stateless, no DB      │
└──────────┬───────────┘  └───────────────────────┘
           │
     ┌─────▼─────┐
     │  Core DB  │
     │ PostgreSQL│
     └───────────┘

Both shared services validate Core-issued JWTs — backends call either with the same token.

Get Involved

• Read our Contributing Guide to learn how to contribute
• Browse good first issues across all GIRAF repositories
• Visit the Project Wiki for documentation and onboarding guides

Resources

• Architecture Overview -- System design, tech stack, and architecture decisions
• Wiki -- Documentation, architecture guides, and onboarding
• Website -- Project website