@openreception.bsky.social
End-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. 🌐 https://open-reception.org/
No community meetup today!
Next one will be March 4th, 2026. See you then.
Screenshot from OpenReception showing a checkbox that has to be checked to receive emails from the system.
OpenReception is not only encrypted (Privacy-by-Design). We are also making sure patients can decide what happens to their data (Privacy-by-default).
This is why we let them choose to get e-mail confirmations and updates.
They just have to tick a box:
We’re currently getting OpenReception ready for the pilot phase, which is set to start in a few weeks. We’re turning the prototype into a small, working product that practices can use right away.
Part of this is our onboarding assistance for practices:
Today: 8pm CET is our first ever digital community meetup: open-reception.org/community/me...
07.01.2026 08:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Next Wednesday 8pm CET is our first ever digital community meetup. 🗣️
Join us!
More info on our website: open-reception.org/community/me...
Visual hints to meet at 39c3
Hanging out here until 1pm CET, if you want to meet at #39c3
28.12.2025 11:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0SAVE THE DATE: First OpenReception Community Meetup (online).
📆 Wed, 7 January 2026 from 20:00 to 21:00 CET.
More info a few days in advance.
To that end, we’re currently conducting solution interviews with interested practices.
We haven’t completed all the interviews yet, but we’ve already learned a lot! 🤓
We'll share our findings on our website, when we are ready.
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The DemoDay was almost two weeks ago, but we’re keeping the momentum going. We’re part of the @prototypefund.bsky.social SecondStage and will be putting our project on a sustainable footing over the coming months.
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We haven’t completed all the interviews yet, but we’ve already learned a lot! 🤓
We'll share our findings on our website, when we are ready.
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We are starting with solution interviews this week. Invitations for interested doctor's offices are just out the door 🙌
If you want to hop on last-minute, get in touch. All infos on what to expect on our website: open-reception.org/research/sol...
Panel discussion on OpenSource infrastructure
Hendrik represented us at todays @prototypefund.bsky.social DemoDay!
28.11.2025 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We have optimized this calendar for the following cases:
* Someone at the reception desk receives people (patients)
* The actors view their current day
* Someone at the reception desk searches for the next free appointment (booking appointments via the calendar is a planned feature)
And this is what appointments look like in the calendar.
We can see available appointments, booked appointments, and in the future also reservations (which need to be confirmed first).
Come visit us! You can get free tickets here: www.prototypefund.de/events/demo-...
21.11.2025 10:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next Friday we are on the @prototypefund.bsky.social DemoDay in Berlin. 🎉
We will be participating in a panel talk on "Invisible helpers - FOSS infrastructure for everyday life".
In between, we’re also showing off our prototype.
Everything’s already finished. So no stress 😎
It's this easy to book an end-to-end encrypted appointment! 😎
We’ve been working towards this for months.
We’ll show in the next few days how Max’s appointment is retrieved in the calendar. 🧗
And since you know what UX is, we are conducting patient side UX interviews. Let us know, if you want to participate.
14.11.2025 08:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We are showcasing UX flows on our profile already.
Last flows will drop there over the next few weeks.
In the coming few months we will also provide a proper documentation with screenshots on our website.
Das sind TypeScript, Sveltekit und Postgres. Kommt im Docker Container frei Haus bis Bordsteinkante.
Die Schnittstellen sind tatsächlich alle öffentlich, d.h. alle können dagegen entwickeln. Unser Front-End ist außerdem eine Referenzimplementierung
We are featured on @heise.de before we even launched 😊
www.heise.de/hintergrund/...
Now we are doing the final push to get our prototype ready for the @prototypefund.bsky.social demo day on November 28 in Berlin!
We've finished setting site settings, so clients will know where they are booking their appointment at.
OpenReception is primarily aimed at medical practices, and naturally there are many different types of appointments. That's why we rely on channels that can be individually customized.
From these channels and the available actors, the available appointments are then generated automatically.
We are showing our OpenReception Prototype at the @prototypefund.bsky.social DemoDay 🥳
Visit us! We are looking forward to meeting you!
More on our website: open-reception.org/press/2025-1...
By the way, we're thrilled that we'll also be participating in the SecondStage of @prototypefund.bsky.social year 01. 🥳
15.10.2025 11:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The next Christmas holidays are definitely coming! 🎄
That's why OpenReception will manage free appointments for you. Simply enter your absence and appointments with your actors (agents) will no longer be offered during that period.
In less than two months we are showing our prototype at the @prototypefund.bsky.social DemoDay. More soon!
08.10.2025 09:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When we talk about appointments, people are always involved. In OpenReception, we call them agents. That's why we've built small profiles of actors, so you can choose who you want to have your appointment with.
As you can see in the video, we try to build accessible interfaces.
We can now manage tenants with OpenReception 🥳. This way, many organizations can collect encrypted appointments on one server.
26.09.2025 09:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Recently we showed how admins can secure an OpenReception instance. That was with a passphrase. But that's only a failsafe.
Everyone else who wants to access the dashboard and view private personal data must use a passkey.
UX isn't perfect yet, but we still have a few months for that. 😎
