Rchart
🩺 rchart
Built by doctors, for doctors
Vision • Features • Tech Stack • Installation • Contributing • Credits
🌟 Vision
rchart is a community-driven Electronic Health Record (EHR) system designed to run anywhere—Windows, MacOS, and Linux. As a project, rchart strives to be: fast, intuitive, secure, and extensible via community developed plugins!
- FOSS: Free and Open Source Software forever
- Physician-Centered: Workflows designed for speed and efficiency with clinicans in mind, not billing codes
- Offline-First: Built-in local database -- not everyone has a constant 5G connection
- Global: Multilanguage support for healthcare workers everywhere
✨ Features
- 🔍 Universal Search: Find patients, notes, or encounters in milliseconds
- 👤 Patient Profiles: Comprehensive view of vitals, history, and active issues
- 📅 Smart Calendar: Appointment scheduling with real-time status tracking
- 🏥 Multi-Workplace Support: Seamlessly switch between clinic, hospital, and private practice
- 📝 Encounter Logging: Streamlined note-taking for every visit
- ⚡ Note Templates: Custom "dot phrases" to speed up repetitive entries
- 🌙 Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes for night shifts and low-light environments
- 🎨 Custom Themes: Clinician-friendly color palettes and customizable layouts
- ✅ Task List: Built-in clinician to-do list integrated with patient charts
- 🔌 Plugin System: Community-developed extensions (Stripe, Telehealth, etc.)
- 🌐 Global Language Support: Fully localizable UI for healthcare workers worldwide
- 📊 Data Visualization: Patient population health tools
- 📹 Telehealth: Secure, encrypted video visits built directly into the chart.
- *[ ] 💳 Billing & Payments: Integrated Stripe module for co-pays and invoicing.
- 🎙️ AI Tooling: Note scribing, clinical decision support
[!TIP] Roadmap: See our full 22-point roadmap in the Wiki (Auth, Billing, Chat, and more).
🛠 Tech Stack
| Component | Technology | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend | SvelteKit | Svelte 5 (Runes) for a fast, reactive UI |
| Shell | Tauri | Secure, tiny binaries using the system's native webview. |
| Database | SQLite | Encrypted-at-rest local storage |
| Logic | Rust | Memory-safe backend for handling sensitive PHI |
🚀 Installation
[!IMPORTANT] rchart is currently in Alpha. It is recommended for testing and development only. Do not use for live patient data just yet!
🔨 Building From Source
Ensure you have Node.js, Yarn, and Rust installed.
# Clone the repository
git clone [https://github.com/symotif/rchart.git](https://github.com/symotif/rchart.git)
# Enter the directory
cd rchart
# Install dependencies
yarn install
# Run in development mode
yarn tauri dev
🤝 Contributing
We can use a lot of help. We need those that can code, help support languages, create art, and manage the project!
Pull requests:
Please utilize forks and pull requests to contribute. The default development branch is 'dev'
👨💻 Credits
- Core Team: Logan Nguyen -- just me so far!
- Contributors: none so far!
README To Do
- add pictures off the app
- create a logo
- more badges
- add link to website for the download button
- add link to docs website
- create demo site and link it
- donation link
- add a FAQ
- have the table of contents work properly
- list the current features
- add a video showing off the features
- link to roadmap on website
- explain AGPL3 and how you can use it
- properly explain how to dowload the app on each platform
- explain how to set up a dev enviroment
- add links to the tech stack technologies mentioned
- link code of conduct file
- create a discord server? slack?
- we need a contributor guide for adding language support
- add a guide for improving the documentation
- add a guide for reporting bug, etc
