HitchRider is a Telegram Web App for connecting hitchhikers and drivers together. You can use it by going to @hitchrider_bot and hitting /start.
This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app hosted on Vercel.
These are the features that are already implemented as part of the MVP:
- Announcing rides (as a driver) with endpoints, time, free seats, car information, and possibly price.
- Requesting rides (as a hitchhiker)
- Listing all announced rides/requests
- Page with ride/request details
- Connecting a TON wallet for receiving payment
- Paying for a ride using TON
The features we plan to add in the future (in no particular order) are:
- Filtering the requests/rides list by location and/or time
- Migrate from Next.js to React with Vite (we don't need SSR, and it's overcomplicating things)
- i18n
- Recurring trips
- A map interface for selecting the location
- Support for contacting users without a username (chat through the bot perhaps)
- Storing cars in profile for quick access
- Sharing car info only after driver approves the request
- Rating for drivers and passengers
- Automatically suggesting a match between rides and requests
- Saved locations (home, work, ...)
Here is a YouTube video demonstrating the functionalities:
First, run the development server:
pnpm devSince most of the functionality depends on the web app running inside the Telegram client, you will need to either use the test environment to access the app without using HTTPS, or use a proxy that provides HTTPS links that redirect to your localhost. To create such a proxy, follow these steps:
- In another terminal, run:
npx localtunnel --host https://loca.lt --port 3000 --subdomain hitch-rider - Send the command
/devto the bot to update the links to your local one.
Note that this method is not recommended for use in production or when there is more than one developer working on the project. A proper dev setup with a separate test bot is needed.