Lite Mode

Lite Mode provides a browser-local way to evaluate CrowdCAD workflows with lower deployment overhead. It is designed to reduce centralized storage requirements in early-stage use and should be assessed against local operational and legal needs.

Overview

Lite Mode is intended for teams that want to understand CrowdCAD's event dispatch flow without beginning with a full managed infrastructure deployment. It can be a practical starting point for evaluation and low-infrastructure contexts.

How Lite Mode works at a high level

In Lite Mode, workflow data is handled in the local browser context for the active environment. This design can reduce reliance on centralized storage during early evaluation and limited-scope operations.

Exact operational fit depends on your team's requirements for persistence, collaboration model, retention expectations and governance controls.

What Lite Mode is good for

  • • Initial workflow evaluation by operational leaders and dispatchers.
  • • Teams with limited technical capacity that need a lower-overhead starting point.
  • • Early pilot operations where infrastructure commitments are still being assessed.
  • • Training and familiarization before deciding on broader deployment architecture.

Important limitations and evaluation points

  • • Lite Mode is not a universal compliance solution.
  • • Legal, privacy and retention requirements vary by jurisdiction and organization type.
  • • Some organizations will require stronger centralized administration and governance controls.
  • • Operational documentation expectations may require deployment decisions beyond Lite Mode.

When to consider self-hosting instead

Self-hosting may be the better fit when your organization needs centralized multi-user administration, stronger environment-level governance controls, integration flexibility or infrastructure ownership aligned with internal policy.

Questions to evaluate internally

  • • What information will be entered during event operations?
  • • What retention obligations apply to your incident and patient documentation?
  • • Who is accountable for deployment, access review and policy alignment?
  • • What operational controls are required for your organization's risk posture?

Disclaimer note

Lite Mode may simplify deployment for some organizations, but each organization is responsible for determining whether it is appropriate for its legal, privacy and operational requirements. This documentation is not legal or compliance advice.

Source documentation

This page is curated for the public docs experience and linked to source documentation from the public CrowdCAD repository.

View source document (updated 2026-11-12)

- Open /lite to use CrowdCAD Lite with no account or server. - Lite mode stores data in this browser on this device only. Clearing browser data deletes it, and other devices cannot see it. - Lite event setup covers event configuration, an optional map, locations, staff assignments, equipment and the post schedule, then opens the same dispatch board as the full app. - The Lite Map step marks where the event is on the...