PawPass

For Princeton eating clubs

The Street, in your pocket.

PawPass replaces the paper list at the door. Members give spots with a link, guests get a signed pass in Apple Wallet, the door scans it, officers watch the count live.

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How it works

Three roles, one list.

Guest

Get on the list without the group chat.

  1. A member sends you an invite link. Open it, sign in with your princeton.edu email and a six-digit code.
  2. Accept the spot. Your pass appears in PawPass and in Apple Wallet, with the party, the club and who invited you.
  3. At the door, show the QR. The scanner checks it offline in under a second; the door sees your photo and name.

Member

Your spots, one tap each.

  1. Each party gives you the spots your club allocates. Give one by sending a link or picking a friend directly.
  2. See who accepted, take a spot back if plans change, or drop unused spots into the club pool.
  3. Friends who ask for a spot show up as requests. Grant or decline; nobody has to text the social chair.

Officer

The list, live, on your phone and laptop.

  1. Upload the roster once, set spots per class year, and publish a party with its entry mode: List, PUID or Members only.
  2. Hand the door a six-digit PIN. Scanners work offline in the basement and sync when they reconnect.
  3. Watch the live count, search the guest list, revoke a pass, export a CSV for the grad board.

Safety & compliance

Built for grad boards, not just for Saturday.

Every earlier list app at Princeton died with its founders or worried the boards. PawPass is designed around the questions a grad board actually asks.

Passes cannot be forged or reused

Every pass is a signed QR code (Ed25519) that verifies offline. One admit per pass unless the party allows re-entry; a second scan is flagged at the door and in the dashboard.

The door still checks a face

Scanners always show the guest’s photo, name, class year and inviter. Screenshots and prox swaps stop working because the person at the door is compared to the pass.

Only Princeton accounts

Sign-in requires a princeton.edu (or alumni.princeton.edu) address verified with a code. One account per person, keyed to the netid.

Your roster stays your data

Only officers of a club see that club’s roster and guest lists. Every export is logged. PawPass never bulk-queries the Princeton directory: one lookup per sign-in, stored only on that person’s own profile.

A paper fallback is one tap away

Phones die and basements lose signal. Doors keep verifying offline, and the dashboard can print tonight’s list at any moment.

Privacy by default

Photos are stripped of location metadata and served through short-lived links. Anyone can delete their account in-app. Report and block are on every profile. Security contact: security@pawpass.app.

Clubs sign a short data agreement: the club owns its roster and guest data, PawPass processes it only to run the door, exports are available on request, and there is a documented hand-off plan so the product outlives any one student.

FAQ

Questions people ask at the door.

Who can use PawPass?

Anyone with a princeton.edu or alumni.princeton.edu email. You sign in with a six-digit code sent to that address; there are no passwords and no third-party logins.

Does PawPass read my prox or TigerCard?

No. PawPass never reads, stores or replaces your University ID. Passes are issued by your club through the app; PUID nights still work the way they always have.

What if the door has no signal?

Scanners verify passes offline using keys and the guest list they downloaded before doors opened. Results sync as soon as the phone reconnects.

Can I forward my pass to a friend?

No. A pass is tied to your account and shows your photo at the door. If you can’t make it, tell the member who gave you the spot and they can give it to someone else.

Does it work with Apple Wallet?

Yes. Every pass can be added to Apple Wallet and surfaces on the Lock Screen when you get near the club. The QR is the same either way.

What data does PawPass keep?

Your name, class year and Princeton email from your own directory record, your profile photo, the passes you hold and door scans for a year. Details are in the privacy policy.

Is PawPass run by the University or the clubs?

Neither. PawPass is an independent student-built product. It is not affiliated with Princeton University or any eating club; each club decides for itself whether to use it.

How does a club get started?

A social chair or president emails support@pawpass.app. Setup is a roster CSV and a fifteen-minute call; the first party is free.