• 🔁 Resource Sharing – Offer unused items to the community
• 📥 Request System – Request needed resources with availability and priority
• 🧠 Smart Matching – Uses a Maximum Flow algorithm for optimal distribution
• 🕒 Time-Based Scheduling – Respect time windows for both sharing and requesting
• ⚡ Priority Awareness – Requests are weighted based on urgency
• 📊 User Dashboard – Monitor your shared and requested resources

ResourceShare leverages graph theory to allocate resources optimally:

[Source] → [Resources] → [Requests] → [Sink]

• Nodes represent users and items
• Edges reflect availability, compatibility, and priority
• We run a Maximum Flow algorithm (via NetworkX) to find the best allocation
• Result: Efficient, fair distribution that maximizes community benefit

• Python 3.8+
• pip
• git

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/resource-share.git
cd resource-share

# Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file:

SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///resource_share.db

flask shell
>>> from app import db
>>> with app.app_context():
>>>     db.create_all()
>>> exit()

flask run

Go to http://127.0.0.1:5000

1. Fork this repo
2. Log in to Render
3. Create a new Web Service:
   • Runtime: Python 3
   • Build Command: pip install -r requirements.txt
   • Start Command: gunicorn app:app
4. Add environment variable SECRET_KEY
5. Optionally add a PostgreSQL database on Render

resource-share/
├── app.py              # Main Flask app
├── models.py           # Database models
├── algorithms.py       # Max Flow logic
├── config.py           # Config settings
├── templates/          # HTML templates
├── static/             # CSS and JS
├── requirements.txt    # Python packages
├── Procfile            # For deployment
└── README.md           # You're reading it!

Contributions are welcome!

# Fork → Clone → Create Branch → Code → Commit → Push → PR
git checkout -b feature-name
git commit -m "Add: new feature"
git push origin feature-name

Please include tests and update docs where needed 🙏

• 📆 Calendar View for scheduling
• 🔔 Notification System (Email/SMS)
• 🏷️ Resource Categories
• 🌍 Geo-based Matching
• ⭐ Reputation System
• 📱 React Native Mobile App

• Thanks to NetworkX for powering the optimization
• Inspired by community resilience and circular sharing systems

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