Software built for how a sangh actually works, rather than a generic nonprofit tool with Jain words on it.

Why this exists

Most software for community organisations is built around individuals: one person, one record, one donation history. A sangh does not work that way. A family registers together, gives together and attends together, and the tools available force that shape into one that does not fit. namohub is built around the household instead, because that is the unit a sangh already thinks in.

Built around Jain practice, not adapted to it

Giving is organised by kshetra, with the boundary between dev dravya and everything else enforced rather than left to whoever writes the cheque description. Which fields exist at all is derived from a centre's own tradition, so a Sthanakavasi or Terapanth sangh is never shown heads it does not collect against. Festival dates are computed from the panchang, and a centre serving several traditions keeps several calendars at once — Paryushan and Das Lakshan both, rather than one labelled as the other.

Where it is used

namohub is in use by Jain centres in North America for member records, events, donations, pathshala and communications. It is actively developed, and centres running it have direct access to the people building it.

Talk to us

If you are weighing this up for your own sangh, the most useful next step is a conversation rather than a trial: how a centre is set up decides most of what the software needs to do. Use the "Talk to us" link above.