Pre-flight checklist + flight log for Part 107 drone operators. Offline-first PWA, free for solo pilots, paid plans add cloud sync, groups, and shared mission feeds for crews and BVC partners.
🌐 Live: https://fly.witus.online
- Pre-flight checklist — 8 sections, 50+ items aligned to 14 CFR Part 107
- Flight log — multi-flight per mission, battery voltage, takeoff/landing, free-text notes
- PDF export — jsPDF, FAA-rubric-ready, no print dialog (works in iOS Safari)
- Offline-first — service worker + IndexedDB outbox; flush on reconnect
- Live weather — NOAA gridpoint forecast, ZIP→lat/lon via free Census geocoder
- Photo attachments — Cloudinary unsigned upload, embedded in PDF
- Aircraft profiles — per-pilot inventory, quick-load on new mission
- Magic-link auth — no passwords, no OAuth (Better Auth + Mailgun)
- Cloud sync — signed-in missions persist to Postgres (Neon)
- Groups (paid) — invite a crew, share missions to a feed, post flight requests for footage
- BVC fields — episode, course slug, partner institution, academic purpose for primary-source flights
- Stripe + CashApp — card subscription/lifetime via Stripe; manual CashApp activation flow
- Admin panel — KPI dashboard, user/tier management, lifetime slot counter, promo CRUD with auto-created Stripe coupons
- Free — solo, localStorage-only, full checklist + PDF + offline. No sign-in required.
- Cloud Monthly — $10.60/mo. Multi-device sync + groups + flight requests.
- Cloud Annual — $103.29/yr. Same as Monthly, save ~$24.
- Lifetime — $103.29 one-time (100 standard slots, then closed unless re-opened by promo). Card via Stripe or
$Centenarianon CashApp.
See pricing.
- Framework: Next.js 15 (App Router) on Vercel
- DB: Neon Postgres + Drizzle ORM
- Auth: Better Auth (magic-link)
- Email: Mailgun via
mg.witus.online - Payments: Stripe (card) + CashApp (manual)
- Media: Cloudinary (unsigned widget)
- PDF: jsPDF
- PWA: Serwist + IndexedDB outbox
- Cron: Vercel Cron (24h CashApp SLA reminder)
git clone https://github.com/dapperAuteur/fly-witus.git
cd fly-witus
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local # fill in real values
vercel env pull # if linked to Vercel project
npm run db:migrate # apply Drizzle migrations
npm run dev # http://localhost:3000Required env: DATABASE_URL, BETTER_AUTH_SECRET, BETTER_AUTH_URL, ADMIN_EMAIL. Stripe / Mailgun / Cloudinary / CashApp env are optional for local dev — features they back surface a friendly fallback when their env is absent.
| Method | Path | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| GET / POST | /api/missions |
List user missions / save new |
| PUT / DELETE | /api/missions/[id] |
Update / delete |
| GET / PATCH | /api/profile |
Read / edit display name, cert, home location |
| GET / POST | /api/aircraft-profiles |
List / create aircraft |
| PATCH / DELETE | /api/aircraft-profiles/[id] |
Edit / remove |
| GET / POST | /api/groups (paid) |
List user's groups / create |
| GET / PATCH / DELETE | /api/groups/[id] (member) |
Dashboard payload / owner edit / delete |
| POST | /api/groups/join (paid) |
Accept invite code |
| POST | /api/groups/[id]/share-mission (member) |
Share own mission to group |
| GET / POST | /api/groups/[id]/requests (member) |
List / create flight requests |
| POST | /api/groups/[id]/requests/[r]/claim (member) |
Claim open request |
| POST | /api/groups/[id]/requests/[r]/complete (claimant) |
Link mission, auto-share, notify requester |
| GET / POST | /api/groups/[id]/requests/[r]/comments (member) |
Thread |
| POST | /api/checkout |
Stripe Checkout session |
| POST | /api/cashapp/request |
Submit CashApp activation request |
| POST | /api/stripe/webhook |
Stripe event handler |
| GET | /api/weather |
NOAA forecast for ZIP/lat-lon |
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
/admin |
KPI dashboard + recent activity |
/admin/users |
Search, paginate, change tier / admin flag |
/admin/cashapp |
Activate / reject CashApp queue + manual reminder trigger |
/admin/lifetime |
Standard 100-slot counter + reconcile against actual lifetime users |
/admin/promos |
CRUD lifetime-reopen + discount promos; Stripe coupon auto-created on save |
/admin/groups |
Read-only group inventory |
Non-admins see 404 on /admin/* (no existence leak).
src/
├── app/
│ ├── (auth)/login/ # magic-link sign-in
│ ├── admin/ # gated admin panel
│ ├── api/
│ │ ├── auth/[...all]/ # Better Auth
│ │ ├── missions/ # mission CRUD
│ │ ├── groups/ # groups + flight requests
│ │ ├── checkout/ # Stripe Checkout
│ │ ├── stripe/webhook/ # Stripe events
│ │ ├── cashapp/request/ # CashApp manual activation
│ │ └── cron/cashapp-reminder/ # daily 24h SLA sweep
│ ├── dashboard/ # user dashboard
│ ├── groups/ # group list/create/dashboard
│ ├── join/[inviteCode]/ # invite landing
│ ├── pricing/ # /pricing
│ ├── cashapp/request/ # CashApp request form
│ └── page.tsx # checklist (anon-friendly)
├── components/site-footer.tsx
├── db/
│ ├── client.ts # pg pool + drizzle
│ ├── schema/ # auth, missions, commerce, groups, aircraft-profiles
│ └── migrations/
└── lib/
├── env.ts # zod-validated env
├── auth.ts # Better Auth + magic-link
├── auth-client.ts
├── api-auth.ts # requireUser / requireAdmin
├── tier.ts # requirePaidUser
├── mailer.ts # Mailgun + RFC-5322 normalization
├── stripe.ts # Stripe client + slot counter helpers
├── promos.ts # Stripe coupon + promotion-code sync
├── pdf.ts # jsPDF mission export
├── noaa.ts # NOAA + Census ZIP fallback
├── offline-outbox.ts # IDB outbox for offline writes
├── checklist-data.ts
├── missions-store.ts # auth-aware read/write
├── missions-api.ts / -queries.ts
├── groups-api.ts / -queries.ts
├── aircraft-profiles-api.ts
├── profile-api.ts
├── outbox-trigger.ts # WitUS Outbox social-draft fan-out
├── outbox-mission-caption.ts
├── inbox.ts # WitUS Inbox push
└── admin-notify.ts
See docs/launch/smoke-checklist.md for the end-to-end pre-launch verification.
MIT — see LICENSE.
- Checklist aligned to 14 CFR Part 107
- Weather: NWS gridpoint forecasts (NOAA) + Census ZCTA geocoder
- Built by BAM — Part 107 pilot, ed-tech founder