the multi-species angle plus feral cat colony mapping in the same tool is what stood out, most shelter software I've seen picks one of those and treats the other as an afterthought. having intake, medical records, and volunteer coordination in one place instead of a shared spreadsheet plus a group chat plus a paper folder feels like the actual replacement it's aiming to be, not just a nicer spreadsheet.
Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Robert, one of the makers of Pawsies.
Pawsies started life as Gatalogo, a small tool I built for managing feral cat colonies. Talking to the shelters and rescue groups around me, the same picture kept coming up: animals tracked in spreadsheets, medical histories in WhatsApp threads, foster lists on paper, and nobody quite sure how many animals were in care right now. The software that exists is mostly US-centric, dog-and-cat only, and priced for large shelters.
So Pawsies became a full rescue management system: intake-to-outcome tracking for any species, medical records and vaccinations, foster and volunteer coordination, colony mapping for TNR programmes, and team roles so volunteers can help without seeing everything. It's in English, Spanish, Catalan, German and French, and there's a free plan so small rescues can actually use it. And as part of the launch, anyone signing up now gets automatically upgraded to a free 'Community' plan with all features unlocked.
I'd love feedback from anyone who runs or volunteers at a rescue, shelter or colony programme: what's missing, what's confusing, what you'd never use. And if you know a rescue still running on Excel, send them my way!
Thanks for taking a look 🐾
@odoson Really like that this came from an actual problem you saw with rescues, rather than just trying to build another generic management tool. Having medical records, foster coordination and even colony mapping in one place feels much better than trying to piece everything together across spreadsheets and WhatsApp.
The free Community plan is a nice touch too, especially for smaller rescues that probably need this most. Congrats on the launch Robert!
@odoson Nice to see a rescue tool built for more than just cats and dogs. The team roles and TNR support make this feel genuinely useful for smaller rescue groups too.