ORA is a comprehensive full-stack web application designed specifically for the live events industry to modernize event discovery, ticketing, and promotion. The platform transforms fragmented event management workflows — where organizers juggle Eventbrite for ticketing, Canva for promo material, Stripe for payouts, spreadsheets for check-ins, and group chats for door staff — into a unified ecosystem with six specialized portals (Consumer, Organizer, Admin, Marketing, Partnership Manager, and Check-In Crew) covering the entire event lifecycle from creation through check-in and organizer payout.

Built mobile-first with a dark-theme aesthetic, ORA delivers category-specific experiences where a Music & DJ event feels like Dice, a Wellness event feels like Mindbody, and a Food & Drink event feels like OpenTable — all from the same platform. The standout feature is an AI-powered video generation pipeline that turns raw event clips into polished promotional videos using three AI models in sequence (Gemini analysis, GPT-4o scripting, Sora video creation), with Stripe-powered payments handling the full money flow from ticket purchase to organizer bank account, and Spotify integration enriching Music & DJ events with artist metadata. The platform manages 24 database tables across 50+ pages serving six distinct user roles.

Category-Themed Event Discovery — Four distinct mobile experiences: Music & DJ (dark theme with Spotify playback and urgency badges), Wellness (calm palette with spots-remaining counters), Food & Drink (tabbed menu previews with venue photography), and Business & Networking (professional, information-dense layout)

Smart Event Collections — Curated browsing by Today, This Week, Next Week, and Most Popular, with personalized recommendations based on purchase behavior

Multi-Tier Tickets — General, VIP, and Early Bird tiers with individual pricing and perks, plus VIP table reservations for Music & DJ events

Promo Codes — Percentage discounts, fixed-amount discounts, or access codes that unlock hidden ticket tiers

Floating CTA Bar — Fixed bottom bar with tier urgency badges, starting price, and Get Tickets button optimized for mobile conversion

Saves & History — Bookmark events, view purchased tickets with scannable QR codes, and track attendance history

Three-Step Onboarding — Create Event, Verify Phone, Create Organization. Draft saves to the browser so organizers see value before signing up

Category-Specific Creation — Music events get Spotify-powered lineup builders, Wellness events get attendance toggles, Food & Drink events get tabbed menu builders

Recurring Events — Daily, weekly, or monthly patterns with automatic child event generation from a parent template

AI Video Pipeline — Upload clips, Gemini 2.5 Flash analyzes content, GPT-4o writes a script, Sora 2 Pro creates a polished promo video with voiceover selection

Crew Management — Shareable invite links for check-in staff, no account required, with configurable permissions and attribution tracking

Revenue Dashboard — Track earnings, platform fees, held balances, and request payouts via Stripe Connect Express

Event Analytics — Ticket sales by tier, revenue tracking, attendee demographics, and check-in rates

Organizer Approvals — Review applications with verification status tracking and reviewer notes

Admin Impersonation — View the organizer portal as any organizer using signed single-use JWT tokens

Configurable Fees — Set platform fee percentages per event and release held balances early

Audit Logging — Every admin action tracked with user ID, target, and details

Organizer Chat — Real-time messaging with read status tracking

PM Portal — Internal dashboard for assigned organizer management and event oversight

Dedicated Portal — Separate authentication with API key-based access

Video Management — Upload, review, and approve promotional videos with status workflows

AI Video Access — View AI-generated videos with script and prompt visibility for quality control

Campaign Tracking — Link events to target ticket counts, video assets, and campaign status

Stripe Payment Intents — Webhook-driven ticket creation with automatic QR code generation and SMS confirmation

Stripe Connect Express — Organizer payouts with Stripe-hosted onboarding for identity verification and bank details

Held Balances — Revenue held until event date passes, with admin override for early release

Cents-Based Precision — All monetary values stored as integers to avoid floating-point errors

Multi-Portal Auth — Three independent auth systems with separate sessions preventing privilege escalation

Persistent Login — 5-year tokens with SHA-256 hashing and revocation support

Session Security — Passport.js with PostgreSQL-backed store and HTTP-only cookies

Phone Verification — SMS verification via Twilio and Vonage during organizer onboarding

React 18 with TypeScript for type-safe components across 50+ pages

Vite for dev server with HMR and optimized production builds

Wouter for lightweight client-side routing across six portals

TanStack Query v5 for server state management with automatic cache invalidation

shadcn/ui with Radix UI primitives for accessible, dark-mode-first components

TailwindCSS for utility-first responsive design with category-specific color schemes

Framer Motion for animations and page transitions

React Hook Form with Zod validation synced to Drizzle ORM schemas

Recharts for analytics charts and data visualization

Embla Carousel for touch-optimized event card carousels

vaul for mobile bottom drawer components

QRCode.react and @zxing/browser for ticket QR generation and scanning

Node.js with Express.js REST API

TypeScript end-to-end with shared types via monorepo architecture

Passport.js for session-based auth with PostgreSQL session store

Stripe for Payment Intents and Connect Express with webhook verification

Twilio and Vonage for SMS delivery

Brevo for transactional email

Spotify Web API for artist search, metadata, and preview URLs

Sharp for image optimization and thumbnail generation

Multer for file uploads

PostgreSQL with Neon serverless hosting and connection pooling

Drizzle ORM for type-safe queries and schema definitions

Zod for runtime validation derived from database column definitions

24 tables with UUID primary keys, JSON columns, and compound indexes

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash for video clip content analysis

OpenAI GPT-4o for promotional script generation

OpenAI Sora 2 Pro for AI video creation with voiceover selection

Replit for cloud development with automatic deployment

esbuild for production backend bundling

Vite dev server proxying to Express for single-port architecture

Single events table with 40+ columns supporting all four categories through shared and category-specific fields with JSON columns, avoiding complex JOINs

Dual organizer identity with individual profiles for verification and organization profiles for branding and payouts

Abstract IStorage interface keeping route handlers thin and business logic testable

Multi-stage processing with status tracking at every stage: clip upload, thumbnail generation, content analysis, script generation, video creation

Full prompt and script preservation for every generated video enabling review and regeneration

Token-based crew access via shareable invite links with no platform accounts needed

Configurable permissions and attribution tracking per scan

Eventbrite — Validated the unified creation-to-payout workflow

Dice — Mobile-first dark aesthetic that shaped Music & DJ event design

Partiful — Flyer-driven event pages over text-heavy listings

Luma — Clean organizer onboarding and dashboard patterns

Mindbody — Wellness booking and spots-remaining UX

OpenTable — Menu previews and venue-forward presentation

Runway ML — Multi-model AI pipeline approach for video generation

Mobile-First Dark Theme — Designed for phones first, recognizing event-goers browse in low-light environments

Category-Specific Theming — Each event type gets a purpose-built visual experience

Full-Screen Flyer Cards — Large flyer images with gradient overlays instead of compact thumbnails

Conversion-Focused Layout — Floating CTA bar with urgency messaging and prominent buttons

Progressive Onboarding — Organizers see value before committing to account creation

Full-stack TypeScript with shared types across client and server via Drizzle ORM as single source of truth

Multi-portal SaaS architecture serving six user roles with independent auth and role-based access

Category-specific UI engineering — four distinct mobile experiences from shared data models

End-to-end payment infrastructure with Stripe Payment Intents, Connect Express, and held-balance management

AI pipeline orchestrating Gemini, GPT-4o, and Sora in a multi-stage video creation workflow

Spotify API integration for real-time artist search and metadata enrichment

Token-based delegation for crew check-in with shareable links and attribution tracking

Mobile-first design with dark theme, full-screen cards, floating CTAs, and bottom-sheet drawers

Native mobile apps with push notifications

Real-time event chat and social features

Predictive analytics for ticket sales forecasting

Multi-language and expanded multi-currency support

POS integration (Square, Toast) for on-site ticket sales

AI-generated social media content and ad optimization

Organizer CRM for attendee relationship management

Live streaming for hybrid events

Dynamic pricing engine with demand-based adjustments

Fraud detection for ticket scalping and payment abuse

ORA — Event discovery, ticketing, and AI-powered marketing for organizers, replacing fragmented workflows with a unified platform.