gl-helden — support portal for caregivers

What is gl-helden?

gl-helden is not a classic kindergarten management system. It is a caregiver portal — a tool that supports caregivers in their daily work: kindergartens, after-school care, schools. Management functions (groups, children overview, simple communication) are built in, without the system becoming heavyweight operator software.

What’s there today?

• Live at gl-helden.de with open sign-up.
• Login-based caregiver portal, Django + Bootstrap 5.
• PWA — installable on smartphone home screen.
• Free — this is not about making money, it’s about giving smaller organizations a slim alternative to expensive kita software.

What’s next?

• Flutter app (iOS + Android, native) — actively in development. Goal: caregivers don’t need a mobile browser session on a field trip or in the group room.
• Release: planned for Q2/2026 after a closed testing phase.

What it intentionally will not become

• Not an invoicing platform for operators.
• Not a payroll system.
• No ads, no premium features.

Why show this here?

Because gl-helden is really deployed, really live, really in active development — including mobile app. Not a mockup. It shows that I build end-to-end (Django backend, PWA, Flutter app, Hetzner deployment) and that I take projects through to release, not just prototype.