Lost something
on campus?
We'll match it.

When a report is submitted, the engine scores it against every open opposing report on the same campus with the same category. The score is a weighted combination of: text similarity (40%), image presence signal (30%), location token overlap (20%), and time decay (10%). A score of 40 or above creates a match claim. Campus and category must match exactly — no cross-campus matching.

The questions are generated from 3 private fields you fill in when reporting a lost item: interior colour or lining, unique marks/scratches/stickers/engravings, and what the item contains. These are never shown publicly. The claimer's answers are compared using Jaccard word similarity — 60% or above is a pass. Wrong answers below 60% count as failed attempts. 3 failures trigger account suspension and fraud logging.

Only the item name is publicly visible in the browse feed. Your description, photos, hidden verification attributes, and contact information are never shown to any other user. Images are stored privately on Cloudinary and are only used internally by the scoring engine for the image presence signal.

Every lost and found report stores a campus_id field. The matching engine only queries items where campus_id matches exactly. There is no cross-campus matching. Students on Campus A will never see or be matched with reports from Campus B. This is a query filter, not a separate database — adding new campuses requires no schema changes.

The verification system is specifically designed to prevent this. Since only you know the hidden attributes (interior colour, unique marks, contents), anyone trying to falsely claim your item would fail the 3-question verification. Three failed attempts suspend the account and log the fraud. There is no way to pass verification without knowing the private details you stored when reporting.

Yes. ReclaimX is a Progressive Web App (PWA). You can install it on Android or iOS from the browser — no app store needed. It works offline: reports submitted without a network connection are queued in IndexedDB and automatically synced when you reconnect.

ReclaimX is completely free for students. There are no subscriptions, no premium tiers, no ads. It is an academic final year project. Adding a new campus requires only a new campus_id value — no infrastructure cost or admin setup.

ReclaimX stores your name, email, campus, trust score, and submitted reports. Report data includes the item name, category, location, description, and hidden verification attributes. Photos are stored on Cloudinary. Firebase handles authentication — ReclaimX only stores the Firebase UID, not your password. Sensitive data like Aadhaar numbers, PAN, and card numbers are actively filtered from descriptions.