How I Built TripSathi — A Tinder for Travelers — and Won 3rd at Hacknuthon 5.0 published: false

What I Built with Google Gemini "Sathi" means friend in Hindi — your travel friend finder. At Hacknuthon 5.0, held at Nirma University, our team set out to solve a problem every solo traveler knows: you're visiting an incredible place, but you have no one to share it with. Dating apps mastered connecting people nearby. Why hasn't anyone done that for travelers? That's how TripSathi was born — a Flutter app that works like Tinder, but for finding travel companions. Here's what the app could do: Discover nearby travelers in real time — see active travelers on a live map, making spontaneous meetups possible Swipe-style matching — connect with people who share similar travel interests and destinations Create or join travel groups — form groups for upcoming trips and let strangers join in Share travel photo posts — a social feed of trip photos where others could opt to tag along next time Real-time chat — message matches or communicate within group chats to plan meetups Gemini powered four