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image Organized: app for everyone in the congregation

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A free app for Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations, helping with assignments and responsibilities, making things easier, and freeing up time for other important things! Create schedules, view your upcoming assignments, submit service reports, generate congregation reports, and much more. Try Organized and experience the difference yourself! In a nutshell, the Organized app is:

🔵 Cross-platform: All modern desktop and mobile operating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iPadOS, iOS, Android, and even SailfishOS and HarmonyOS

🔵 Secure: End-to-end encrypted, with 2FA and multiple security features for all users

🔵 Well designed: User-friendly with modern user interface

🔵 Open source: Enhanced transparency, security and collaboration

🔵 Easy to use: Consistent user experience, easy onboarding, fast performance

Best Organized features

📃 Schedules: Midweek and weekend meetings – automatic data fetch from jw.org with assignment autofill.

️📊 Reports: Field service reports for publishers; Attendance and congregation service reports for secretary – instant generation with accurate calculations.

📅 Upcoming assignments: Publishers and appointed brother see their next assignments – student assignments, public talks, midweek meeting parts, etc.

Autofill: Automatically create assignments for any meeting in a matter of seconds. Organized takes into account a person's previous assignments, past partners and creates balanced meeting assignments.

🖨️ Print templates: Export and print schedules (e.g. S-140) that are visually pleasing and easy to read. Export Assignment Form (S-89) right away.

🎨 Modern user-focused design: Well thought-out user experience, featuring dark and light modes, as well as four color themes.

🛜 Offline-use convenience: You can use the app even offline; data will be synced with your devices and congregation once the connection is restored.

Learn even more about Organized features, benefits and use-cases on our About Organized website.

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Who Organized is made for?

The app is available to all congregation members — elders, ministerial servants, pioneers, publishers, and even midweek meeting students — ensuring everyone can benefit from its features. However, be sure to first get approval from your body of elders, as local circumstances and directions may vary.

Device compatibility

Organized is designed as a Progressive Web Application (PWA), offering a seamless cross-platform experience. This makes it ideal for all users, and especially for users with less powerful devices or those using less common operating systems. A major benefit is that there is no operation system-lock, meaning you aren’t restricted to specific platforms or devices. This means it can run directly from your browser without needing to install anything, but you still have the option to add it to your device for easier access and offline use. PWAs combine the best of both web and native apps, making them fast, reliable, and convenient across multiple devices and platforms. As long as you have a modern web browser, you can run Organized smoothly on a smartphone, tablet, or computer with almost any OS.

To enhance your experience, you can also install Organized on your device. This adds an icon to your home screen, provides offline functionality, and offers a more app-like experience, similar to native apps. Simply open the app in your device’s browser and follow the prompt to add it to your home screen (or click More/Share button → Install).

This project is tested with BrowserStack

Is Organized a web-based app?

The Organized app is not a typical online or cloud-based app. While it can be accessed via a web browser, it can also be downloaded and used locally on your device. The app is designed to store all data directly on your device, ensuring that your information remains in your hands and you can access the app offline.

An online server connection is only required for login purposes and to organize data sharing between congregation members. This connection is securely encrypted, guaranteeing the protection of your data. In essence, the Organized app combines the convenience of web access with the security and local storage of a downloaded application.

• To dive deeper into how the app works, discover its features, or view other frequently asked questions, go to our User guide website.

Real-world benefits of using the app

😌 Less stress – Publishers always know when they have assignments, and where to find all schedules and events. Appointed brothers have so much help with their duties, that they complete their tasks more easily, therefore with more joy.

Hundreds of saved hours – Significantly reduce time commitment for appointed brothers through automated features for reports, schedules, and more! Don’t spend much time on routine work that the program can do.

🌳 Digitalization – Less paper and ink waste for publishers and appointed brothers. Quicker updates of information for the whole congregation, more precise calculations, and less dependence on specific appointed brothers and their presence today.

📱️ Convenience – Enjoy full functionality seamlessly on any device – whether it's mobile or desktop. Organized allows publishers and appointed brothers to use the app on any device, anywhere. You can access the app either from a web browser or install it for the best experience.

organized-schedules Example of printed schedules, automatically generated in Organized within seconds

The app is open-source and secure

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All app data is stored just on your device initially. The data will be synced via a secure cloud connection if you want to share your schedules with your congregation or use Organized on multiple devices. The app doesn't store any confidential information, so it's never sent to the Internet. The data required for synchronization is end-to-end encrypted, ensuring that neither the Organized app team nor anyone on the Internet can access it. In addition, all the data has multiple layers of data encryption on your device (so it's always encrypted before it gets synced) and various security measures like two-factor authentication, congregation data encryption, one-time invitation codes, app PIN, and more!

In accordance with GDPR, we collect only the most basic user data needed for authentication (such as name, email, device ID, and IP address) and process it with the utmost care. We obtain your consent for data collection, ensure its usage is transparent, and limit it to what is necessary. Users have the right to access, correct, and delete any of their data as required by GDPR.

Want to contribute?

We really appreciate your volunteer spirit! You can contribute to the app in a few ways:

  1. ⭐️ by starring the repository. This makes it easier for other enthusiasts to find the app.;
  2. 💬 by simply telling others about the Organized app;
  3. 💰 by supporting the app development and maintenance with a donation;
  4. 🌐 by translating the app to your language;
  5. 👨‍💻 by collaborating on creating the Organized ecosystem: Frontend React Development, UI/UX design, Graphic design, Motion design, and User guide writing.

To learn more about code contribution, please read our Contribution guide. It also features a link to our step-by-step instructions on setting up the local environment.

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Available in many languages

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Currently, the app is fully or partially available in almost 30 languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Malagasy, Turkish, Tagalog and even more to come. If you'd like to contribute by translating Organized into the language of your heart, you're very welcome to do so!

The translation for the Organized app is handled at our Crowdin project page and is easy. The whole app can be translated just in a few days. To learn more about how to help with localization, please read the translation guide. If your language hasn't been added to Crowdin yet, please create a new issue to include your language.

New features in development

We're working hard to help you manage your congregation tasks easily ❤️. Our goal is to create an app that covers all aspects of congregation life and ministry. While many features are already available, there are still plenty more we plan to add:

• Territories management
• Public witnessing
• Meeting duties scheduling
• Field service meeting scheduling and viewing
• Hall cleaning scheduling
• Congregation activities
• More printed schedules and forms (like S-12, S-13, S-99, and more)
• Advanced collaboration features for circuit overseers
• Wrapper apps for popular operating systems that will help users easily find and download the app as a native application from the app stores.

We're excited to add these new features and more! Development takes time, but if you're a web development enthusiast and want to help out, we'd love to have you on board. Together, we can make the app better for our worldwide brotherhood!

Useful links

To learn more about Organized and how to use it, check out the following useful links:

Link Description
Organized app Open and use the Organized app.
Organized test mode Preview environment of the app with pre-filled data, where you can test its features without registration.
About Organized Learn more about the goals, features, and benefits of the Organized app. Feel free to share this link with others.
Video tutorials Watch on our YouTube channel video tutorials and guides on using and contributing.
User guide Read our text documentation to learn how to get started with the app and discover its various features.
Our blog Blog with insightful articles filled with tips, tricks, and the latest app update news.
Translation project Collaborate on translating the Organized app – it's easy and convenient.
Contribution guide See how you can contribute to the Organized project.
Telegram channel Get all the latest announcements, release notes, and other useful info instantly in your Telegram messenger.