🩺 rchart

A modern, free, extensible EHR for the world
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'

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👨‍💻 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