A friendly, colorful web app to track professors, labs, and outreach while applying for Master’s/PhD — especially popular with students applying from Iran to Canada/US/Europe in Neuroscience, ML, and CS.
🌐 Use it now: http://applylist.ir/ 🧑💻 Open‑source: MIT‑licensed — clone, fork, remix.
Organize. Email. Follow up. Win.
🎓 🧠 🤖 🔬 📧 ⏰ ✅
Applying is chaotic — names, universities, research areas, emails, reminders… 😵💫 ApplyList gives you a calm, private space to manage it all.
- 📇 Contact cards — Name, University, Research Focus, Email, Source link
- ✉️ Email status — one click; saves the date & time
- 🔁 Reminder status — track follow‑ups without spreadsheets
- 🔒 Per‑user dashboard — your list is private to you
- 🌈 Modern UI — Tailwind CSS, soft gradients, mobile friendly
- ⚡ Fast — FastAPI + SQLite, minimal friction
Built to help Iranian students and other international applicants stay organized for grad school, RA/Internship, and scholarship outreach.
These are example shots; your data stays private. Replace with your own if you self‑host (see below).
How to add real screenshots: open http://applylist.ir/ → take 3 captures (Login, Dashboard, Edit) → save under docs/ with the names above. The README will render them automatically on GitHub.
- Visit http://applylist.ir/
- Create an account (free) ✅
- Add professors/labs (e.g., McGill IPN, Queen’s CNS)
- Click Email Sent after you send an email — timestamp is saved
- Click Reminder Sent when you follow up
- Filter/search in your browser; export by printing the page to PDF if needed
Great fit if you’re:
- Applying from Iran to Canada/US/Europe 🎯
- Interested in Neuroscience / ML / CS / Imaging 🧠🤖
- Tracking potential advisors at McGill, Queen’s, UofT, UBC, EPFL, ETH, MIT, Stanford
- Sending cold emails, keeping notes, and planning reminders
Seeds included: a small starter list featuring supervisors from McGill IPN and Queen’s CNS to get you moving fast.
- Add / Edit / Delete contacts
- Email + Reminder toggles (with sent date for emails)
- Source URL field (where you found the lab/professor)
- Clean, colorful design; mobile‑ready
- Private per‑user panels
If you prefer your own server:
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn app.main:app --reloadOpen http://localhost:8000. For production, run under systemd + Nginx. The app uses SQLite by default.
- Translate the UI/README (Farsi welcome!)
- Improve UX or add small features
- University‑specific templates (e.g., email drafts for McGill, UBC, EPFL)
- Open issues with ideas or bugs
If it helps your applications, please ⭐ the repo — it helps other students discover it.
- Your list is private to your account on applylist.ir
- The code is MIT‑licensed — free to use, modify, and deploy
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Description: ApplyList is an open‑source, student‑friendly web app to track professors, labs, and outreach for graduate school and research applications. Built with FastAPI, Tailwind, and SQLite. Use it free at http://applylist.ir/.
Built by students, for students. Best of luck with your applications — you’ve got this! 🎉