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HortusFox

HortusFox is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Utilities category, licensed MIT and written mainly in PHP. It ships a Docker image. It has 1,691 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
1,691
Forks
103
Open issues
30
Commits, last 12 months
199
Last commit
Oct 25, 2026
Latest release
v6.4Oct 22, 2026
Created
Sep 24, 2023
License
MITOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 199 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 25, 2026
Commits, last 12 months199
Latest releasev6.4 (Oct 22, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time48
Open issues30
Open pull requests0
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedSep 24, 2023

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About HortusFox

Collaborative plant management and tracking system for plant enthusiasts.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web.

Topics

  • gardening
  • plant-care
  • plant-growth
  • plant-parent
  • plants
  • plants-grow
  • home-plants
  • plant-manager
  • plant-monitoring
  • plant-collection

Repository preview

HortusFox repository previewdanielbrendel/hortusfox-webOpen repository

FAQ

HortusFox FAQ

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Is HortusFox free and open source?

Yes. HortusFox is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run HortusFox with Docker?

Yes. HortusFox provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to HortusFox?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to HortusFox include Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot.

Is HortusFox actively maintained?

The most recent commit to HortusFox was on Oct 25, 2026 with 199 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v6.4, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 30 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.