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Foodsoft on Ubuntu 24.04

Azure Applications

Foodsoft, the open source platform for running a nonprofit food cooperative: group ordering, supplier catalogues, member accounts and finances in one place.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Foodsoft is an open source web application for running a nonprofit food cooperative or buying group. Members browse supplier catalogues and place orders together as a group, and the coop then settles who ordered what and what each member owes. It keeps supplier and article lists, opens and closes ordering rounds, tallies each order group's totals, tracks member and working group balances and financial transactions, and organises the shared tasks that keep a coop running. Several members share one instance, each with their own login, while administrators manage suppliers, articles, users and working groups from the web interface.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Foodsoft as the official upstream Docker stack, so the version never drifts under you: the Rails web app, its background worker, the database and the queue all run behind a single reverse proxy on one port, and the database and queue are never exposed to the network. Nothing ships with a known login. The upstream default admin password is rotated away before the web app is ever reachable, and a unique admin password, application signing key and database password are generated on the first boot of each instance and written to a file only root can read, so no two instances share a secret. Every deployment is fully patched at build time with unattended security updates left enabled, and comes with a paired deploy guide and 24/7 cloudimg support.

Common uses

  • Run group ordering for a food coop or buying club
  • Keep supplier catalogues, member accounts and coop finances in one place
  • Coordinate the shared tasks and working groups that run a cooperative

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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