How does real-time tracking work?

The driver app updates location every 5 seconds via the API. The customer order page shows the driver's position on a map and a recalculated ETA. Both update in real time using Socket.IO.

How does surge pricing work?

Surge pricing rules fire when order volume exceeds a threshold relative to available drivers in a zone. The delivery fee multiplier is applied automatically and displayed to the customer at checkout.

How are drivers onboarded?

Drivers register via the app, upload their license and vehicle documents, and pass a background check integration (specify provider in your prompt). Approved drivers receive the driver app access immediately.

Travel & Hospitality

Build a Food Delivery Platform with AI - in Hours

ProjectCode generates a complete, production-ready Food Delivery Platform from a single natural language prompt. In hours instead of months, you get a React frontend, NestJS REST API, PostgreSQL database, and authentication - fully integrated, live-previewed, and deployed to a URL you own.

Estimated build time: 2–4 hours

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The Challenge

Why building a Food Delivery from scratch is hard

Building a Food Delivery Platform from scratch requires months of development time and significant engineering resources. Teams struggle to coordinate frontend, backend, database, and authentication while managing food delivery-specific business logic, integrations, and role-based access rules.

What's Included

Everything your Food Delivery needs

ProjectCode generates a production-ready Food Delivery with all the modules your team needs from day one.

Multi-restaurant storefront with real-time menu and availability

Customer ordering with cart and address-based delivery zone

Real-time order status tracking with driver location

Driver app with route optimization and earnings tracking

Restaurant dashboard with order management and prep time updates

Surge pricing and delivery fee rules

Rating and review system for restaurants and drivers

Analytics: order volume, average delivery time, top items

Architecture

How it's built

The generated Food Delivery follows production-grade architecture patterns.

React 18 + TypeScript frontend with role-based dashboards tailored for food delivery workflows

NestJS REST API with dedicated food delivery modules, DTOs, validators, and service layer

PostgreSQL relational schema with normalized tables for all food delivery entities

JWT + Google OAuth authentication with granular permission gates per role

Real-time Socket.IO events for live food delivery status updates and notifications

Managed hosting with one-click deploy, custom domain, and auto-SSL

Database

PostgreSQL schema designed for Food Delivery

ProjectCode generates a normalized, indexed PostgreSQL schema with the right tables and relationships for your use case. You own the schema and can evolve it freely.

restaurants (id, name, cuisine_type, address, lat, lng, delivery_radius_km, min_order, open_hours jsonb, status)
orders (id, customer_id, restaurant_id, driver_id, items jsonb, subtotal, delivery_fee, tip, total, status, estimated_delivery, placed_at, delivered_at)
drivers (id, user_id, vehicle_type, lat, lng, status, rating, total_deliveries, earnings_today)
reviews (id, order_id, reviewer_id, target_type, target_id, rating, comment, created_at)

schema.sql (preview)

-- Generated by ProjectCode
-- Food Delivery Platform schema

CREATE TABLE restaurants__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE orders__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE drivers__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE reviews__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

Tech Stack

Production-ready from day one

Every generated app uses a battle-tested stack you can deploy anywhere and own completely.

Frontend

React 18 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS

Backend

NestJS 10 + Node.js + TypeScript

Database

PostgreSQL (managed or Supabase)

Auth

Email OTP · Google OAuth · GitHub OAuth

Deployment

Managed hosting · Custom domain · Auto-SSL

AI Models

Claude Sonnet · Claude Opus · Kimi

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Example prompt to get started

Copy this prompt into ProjectCode and get a working app in minutes.

ProjectCode prompt

Build a food delivery platform for a city with 200 restaurants and 500 delivery drivers. Include a consumer app for browsing restaurants by cuisine and delivery time, order placement with real-time tracking on a map, a restaurant dashboard for managing orders and updating prep time, a driver mobile app with next pickup route, order assignment algorithm (nearest available driver), surge pricing during peak hours, post-delivery ratings for restaurant and driver, and a city-level operations dashboard with live order volume and average delivery time.

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Deployment

Deploy your Food Delivery anywhere

Managed hosting

One-click deploy to a live URL managed by ProjectCode.

Custom domain

Connect your own domain with auto-provisioned SSL via Cloudflare.

GitHub export

Push to your GitHub repo and self-host or deploy via Vercel, Railway, or AWS.

Docker ready

Export a Dockerfile and docker-compose for any containerized environment.

Pricing

Start free, scale as you grow

No per-seat fees. No vendor lock-in. Token-based pricing that scales with your usage.

Free

Start building your first app. Live preview, managed hosting, and full code export included.

Token Packs

From $5

Purchase token packs that roll over every month. Build more, pay only for what you use.

Enterprise

Custom

Custom models, SLA, SSO, and private cloud deployment for large teams.

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FAQ

Common questions about building a Food Delivery

When an order is placed, the system identifies available drivers within the restaurant's area and assigns the nearest one based on their current location. Drivers are notified via the app and must accept within a timeout.

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