Join the GIRAF Project
GIRAF is a fall-semester project for students at Aalborg University. Each fall semester, student teams contribute new features, improvements, and research to our applications.
Getting Started
Ready to contribute? Head to our developer wiki:
The wiki contains:
- Development environment setup guides
- Project architecture documentation
- Contribution guidelines
- Git workflow and branching strategy
- Technical documentation for each application
What You’ll Work On
Depending on your semester and study program, you might:
- Develop new features for Weekplanner, VTA or Foodplanner
- Improve user experience based on feedback from partner institutions
- Research user needs through collaboration with Egebakken Specialskole
- Write documentation and improve onboarding for future students
- Fix bugs and improve code quality
Programs Involved
GIRAF involves students from multiple programs:
- Software Engineering (5th semester)
- Information Technology
- Interaction Design
This interdisciplinary collaboration mirrors real-world software development.
GitHub Organization
All code lives at github.com/aau-giraf.
Key repositories:
- weekplanner - Weekplanner app and backend
- visual-tangible-artefacts - VTA app and API
- foodplanner - Foodplanner app
- foodplanner-api - Foodplanner backend
- giraf-core - Shared backend service
- wiki - Documentation
Questions?
Check the wiki first, or contact the project supervisor, Nicolai Brodersen Hansen (nbha@cs.aau.dk).