NearBy is a student-centric web platform built to simplify the process of finding rental rooms, PGs, hostels, and essential local services in a new city.
The platform eliminates broker dependency and connects students, property owners, and local service providers directly in a trusted, user-friendly environment.
When students move to a new city for education, they often face challenges such as:
-Difficulty finding safe and affordable accommodation -High brokerage charges -Unreliable listings and lack of trust -No single platform for daily local services (food, milk, gas, etc.) -Feeling lost without local guidance
NearBy solves these problems by providing:
- Verified accommodation listings near campuses
- Direct communication with owners and service providers
- Local guidance for food, transport, and daily needs
- AI-powered chatbot support
- A modern, clean, and mobile-friendly interface
The platform is designed by students, for students, keeping real-life needs in mind.
🔗 Website:
👉 https://sumitrathor.rf.gd/nearby/
🔗 GitHub Repository:
👉 https://github.com/sumitrathor1/nearby
- PG, Flat, Room, Hostel listings
- Advanced filters:
- Location
- Rent range
- Accommodation type
- Allowed for (Male / Female / Family)
- Facilities (Wi-Fi, Food, Parking, Water, Electricity, CCTV, Power Backup)
Users on NearBy can be:
- Students
- Home / Room Owners
- Local Service Providers:
- Tiffin / Mess services
- Milk (Doodh) providers
- Gas suppliers
- Vegetable (Sabji) vendors
- Other daily-need services
Each role can create and manage their own listings.
- Available on:
- Home Page
- Search Page
- Junior & Senior Dashboards
- Login-based access control
- Features:
- Room and service guidance
- Local help suggestions
- Student-friendly Q&A
- Chat history stored securely
- Works seamlessly on local and live servers
- Nearby food options
- Transport information
- Hospitals, shops, and essential services
- Helps new students settle quickly and confidently
- Secure login system
- Role-based access
- Guest users can view chatbot but must login to use it
- Clean session and backend handling
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Bootstrap 5.3
- JavaScript (ES6)
- Glassmorphism UI (Light Green Theme)
- PHP
- AJAX
- MySQL (MySQLi – procedural)
- Google APIs
- Gemini AI (Chatbot)
- Map API
- FireBase
- Admin verification for listings
- Rating & review system
- Second-hand products marketplace
- Push notifications
- Mobile app version
- Advanced AI recommendations
✅ No brokerage fees
✅ Student-friendly platform
✅ Trusted & direct connections
✅ AI-powered assistance
✅ Local services in one place
✅ Fully responsive design
✅ Easy to scale and extend
This project is currently under development and learning phase.
Licensing and commercial usage terms will be defined in future releases.
Thanks to:
- Open-source community
- Student testers and feedback
- Mentors and peers who contributed ideas and reviews
NearBy – Helping students find a place and feel at home.