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Dev tools · October 29, 2025

HortusFox – FOSS system for houseplants with enterprise-scale features

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…

HortusFox – FOSS system for houseplants with enterprise-scale features launched on October 29, 2025 with 7 votes, #2,779 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

What it does

Self-hosted collaborative plant management and tracking system for plant enthusiasts - danielbrendel/hortusfox-web

In the maker’s words, at launch

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…

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