Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to FarmBot

Humanity's First Open-Source CNC Farming Machine

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FarmBot launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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FarmBot Genesis▲17
Humanity's first open-source CNC farming machine
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Farmbot Genesis▲7
FarmBot Genesis is humanity's first open-source CNC farming
2016 · its alternatives →
3
GreenPiThumb – A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot▲537
Using the Raspberry Pi to water plants automatically
2017 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
4
Dexter 2.0▲354
All the tools you need to build a successful bot
2017 · its alternatives →
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Dobb·E – towards home robots with an open-source platform▲394
Hi HN! Proud to share our open-source robot platform, Dobb·E, a home robot system that needs just 5 minutes of human teaching to learn new tasks. We've already taken Dobb·E to 10 different homes in New York, taught it 100+ tasks, and we are just getting started! I would love to hear your thoughts about this. Here are some more details, below (or see a Twitter thread with attached media: https://twitter.com/i/status/1729515379892826211 or https://nitter.net/i/status/1729515379892826211): We engineered Dobb·E to maximize efficiency, safety, and…
2023 · dobb-e.com · its alternatives →
6
Growbot for Microsoft Teams▲132
A fun way to give kudos to your teammates!
2017 · its alternatives →
7
Growbots Labs▲176
Knowledge hub for data-driven sales and marketing pros.
2018 · its alternatives →
8
Growbot for Slack▲201
Celebrate team wins in Slack
2015 · its alternatives →
9
MarsBot▲264
Local recommendations based on where you go. By Foursquare.
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Good News Bot▲126
Need a little good news in your life?
2016 · its alternatives →
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FarmLogs▲118
Data Driven Farming
2014 · its alternatives →
12
Miimo▲175
Robot lawn mower, by Honda.
2017 · its alternatives →
13
MODI▲220
Create anything you want with robotics of things
2016 · its alternatives →
14
There Is A Bot For That▲219
Search engine for bots
2017 · its alternatives →
15
Joyboto▲70
Your personal happiness chatbot
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Apitronics▲75
Nest for Farming
2014 · its alternatives →
17
Startup Growth Chatbot▲95
Find hand picked articles on startup growth via Messenger
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Creation Crate▲135
Get a new electronics project every month
2016 · its alternatives →
19
Bot Libre▲107
Free open artificial intelligence for everyone
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Startup Idea Bot▲99
Ever wondered if your idea is actually worth it?
2017 · its alternatives →
21
Robotbase▲104
World's First AI Personal Robot (pre-launch)
2015 · its alternatives →
22
Quadbot▲127
Build your own Robot
2016 · its alternatives →
23
Sowbot – Open-hardware agricultural robot (ROS2, RTK GPS)▲181
Sowbot is an open-hardware agricultural robot designed to close the "prototype gap" that kills most agri-robotics startups and research projects — the 18+ months spent on drivers, networking, safety watchdogs, and UI before you can even start on the thing you actually care about. The hardware is built around a stackable 10×10cm compute module with two ARM Cortex-A55 SBCs — one for ROS 2 navigation/EKF localisation, one dedicated to vision/YOLO inference — connected via a single ethernet cable. Centimetre-level positioning via dual RTK GNSS, CAN bus for field comms, and real-time…
Feb 2026 · sowbot.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Karmabot▲136
Set goals, track performance and reward excellence on Slack
2016 · its alternatives →

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