Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to HortusFox 4.0
A management and tracking app for indoor and outdoor plants
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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HortusFox▲12Selfhosted and collaborative home plants management system
2024 · hortusfox.com · its alternatives →
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HortusFox is a free and open-source management, tracking and journaling system for indoor and outdoor plants. It's 100% FOSS software under the MIT license, but still has grown to a scale that can be considered enterprise-scale. That was possible because of the great community that evolved around this leafy project, that kept me motivated as well as supported me in a very kind and lovely way. After a few months of no new version release, a few days ago I've published v5.3 of HortusFox, which provides some cool changes to help empower your plant parenting. You can see a very detailed…
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Self-hosted collaborative plant parenting system
2023 · hortusfox.github.io · its alternatives →
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Free plant identifier app
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Plant Parenthood▲257A digital companion and community for plant parents 🌱
2020 · plantparenthood.cc · its alternatives →
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Garden+▲101A gardening journal that you can take with you anywhere
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A little while back I posted a little experiment we ran linking plants to the web in the garden. Well we got a lot of positive feedback on that idea, and decided to launch https://www.knownplants.com. It's a web application paired with fairly inexpensive semi-smart NFC enabled labels that help gardeners keep up with their plants. What do you think?
2024 · knownplants.com · its alternatives →
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Leaftide▲5I'm a hobby gardener in the UK, and I got tired of garden planners telling me to plant tomatoes in March (when it's still freezing). Every app I found used generic USDA zones or assumed you lived in California. So I built Leaftide - a garden planner that actually knows your local climate. *What makes it different:* - *Real frost dates* - Uses NOAA climate data for your exact location, not coarse hardiness zones - *Growing Degree Days* - Calculates when plants will actually mature based on accumulated heat - *Permanent plant tracking* - Track fruit trees, berry bushes, perennials across…
Dec 2025 · leaftide.com · its alternatives →
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TinaCMS is the successor to Forestry.io, now maintained by SSW. Migrate your Forestry site to Tina with our step-by-step guide and enjoy enhanced visual editing features.
2016 · forestry.io · its alternatives →
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Plant Agenda▲70An easy way to track how you take care of your plants
2023 · elenamolinariii.notion.site · its alternatives →
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Want to manage the plants from your garden/orchard/balcony?
2019 · its alternatives →
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All-in-one system to organize your plant collection
2024 · greenthumbguide.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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PlantHome▲11Keep your plants healthy with the ultimate care app.
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Identify plants, track care, set reminders in one app
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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