Clowder

Clowder — white-label community and event management platform. The Core iOS app is cloned and customized for 50+ organizations, providing event management, community forums, real-time chat, news feeds, resource libraries, and QR-based networking.

My role:

• Create clones of the Core product and customize them per client (enable/disable modules, custom fields, branding)
• Support 50+ existing apps and update them to the latest Core version
• Propose and implement changes to the Core product
• Resolve merge conflicts and maintain GitFlow discipline across a large multi-repo setup

Technical info:

• Written in Swift, UIKit-based architecture
• MVVM + Interactor — Interactors handle business logic, DataProviders fetch and cache, ViewControllers as the view layer
• 16 internal frameworks — CLFoundation, CLBackend, CLServices, CLUIKit, CLAnalytics, CLAdvertisement, CLQRCodeSharing, CLPayments, and more
• Alamofire 5 + proprietary PXRESTRequest for REST API abstraction; PromiseKit for async operations
• Proprietary PXChat + Chatto for real-time messaging
• Kingfisher for image caching, Eureka for form building
• Push notifications via proprietary PXPush and AppCenter for crash reporting
• Amplitude for analytics, KeychainAccess for secure credential storage
• QR code generation and scanning for digital membership cards
• Calendar integration, location-based "near me" discovery, rich HTML rendering via DTCoreText
• SwiftGen for type-safe resources, Sourcery for code generation, SwiftLint + SwiftFormat for code quality
• Deployment target: iOS 13.0+, iPhone and iPad supported

CI/CD & Workflow:

• GitLab CI — SwiftLint gate, IPA build, AppCenter for QA, TestFlight for staging, App Store for production
• Fastlane for build automation, versioning, and TestFlight distribution; YouTrack integration for automatic issue status updates
• GitFlow branching — develop, feature, release, hotfix, and deploy branches