# danielbrendel/hortusfox-web

Self-hosted collaborative plant management and tracking system for plant enthusiasts

Repository: https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hortusfox-web
Homepage: https://www.hortusfox.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gardening, plant-care, plant-growth, plant-parent, plants, plants-grow, home-plants, plant-manager, plant-monitoring, plant-collection, plant-journal, horticulture, hortusfox, plant-tracking, selfhosted, houseplants, selfhosting
Last push: 2026-07-31T13:20:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 95, longevity 76
- inputs: {"age_days": 1074, "days_push": 33, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 14.5, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1647, forks 100 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.354168+00:00)

## What it is
HortusFox is a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted collaborative plant management and tracking system built in PHP with MariaDB. It lets plant enthusiasts manage plants by location, track care tasks, keep journals, manage inventory, and collaborate via group chat, with features like reminders, weather, plant identification, and a REST API.

## Use cases
- track and journal my houseplants
- self-hosted plant care app with reminders
- manage plant collection across home locations
- collaborate with family on plant care tasks
- keep an inventory of gardening supplies
- identify plants and log their growth
- private alternative to plant tracking apps

## When to choose
- you want full control and privacy over your plant data via self-hosting
- you need collaborative multi-user plant management with chat and tasks
- you want a free open-source plant journal with photos, history, and calendar
- you prefer a self-hosted app with a REST API for integrations

## When to avoid
- you want a hosted mobile app without running your own server
- you need eCommerce or commercial nursery management features
- you cannot run PHP 8.3 and MariaDB or use Docker
- you only need a simple single-plant reminder without server setup

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, web-framework, search-engine, scheduling, analytics, chat-interface, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, php, cross-platform
- tags: plant-management, gardening, plant-care, plant-journal, houseplants, horticulture, collaborative, rest-api, plant-identification, mit-license, automation, web-server, docker, mobile

## Member repositories
- danielbrendel/hortusfox-web (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.354168+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:18.236262+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.354168+00:00, sha 88b674b43706)
  - homepage: https://www.hortusfox.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:34.202754+00:00, sha eced5411d6c5)
  - site_page: https://www.hortusfox.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:34.211690+00:00, sha 6d6b80c7f3a5)
  - site_page: https://www.hortusfox.com/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:34.213337+00:00, sha 60b8e6fa1e71)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.