Check-in for real-world gatherings
A check-in desk that never makes anyone wait.
Papercranes takes your registration spreadsheet, emails every guest a personal QR pass, and turns the door into a calm, lane-based conveyor belt — even when two hundred alumni show up at once.
Volunteers sign in at /v/<event> with a 4-digit PIN — no accounts, no passwords.
Anusmaran · Alumni Gathering
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How it works
From spreadsheet to front desk in under an hour.
Drop in the registration Excel. Primary guests and their +1s are imported and deduped on ticket number.
Every attendee and guest gets an email with a unique QR pass and their assigned lane.
Admins sign in with email; volunteers sign in with a PIN on their phone. Scan or search — badge given in a tap.
Features
Built for the ten minutes before a gala.
Import on ticket number; re-imports update existing rows without duplicates.
Per-attendee and per-guest QR passes, sent via SendGrid in a hand-crafted email.
Auto-balance attendees across alphabet lanes so no single volunteer gets buried.
No accounts, no SMS. Volunteers type a 4-digit PIN and check in for 24 hours.
Arrivals, badges given, and lane throughput update in real time over SSE.
Register cash/online walk-ins on the spot. Download attendees, activity, coupons as CSV.
Who it's for
Alumni associations, chapter leads, and anyone running an evening with a registration list.
Papercranes started as the check-in system for Anusmaran, the Hyderabad chapter’s alumni gathering — where a single volunteer at the door would otherwise stand between two hundred people and their evening.
It’s designed around the flow of a real event: primary guests and their +1s, lane-by-lane triage, walk-ins on the night, and a senior organiser who just wants to see that things are moving.
Running an event soon?
Sign in as an admin to set up your event, or ask your organiser for today’s volunteer PIN.