What does BotaniSense do?

Helping users identify plants in bulk and plan sun/shade for gardening using on-device AI. It is catalogued under Lifestyle & Personal on PulseGate.

Who should use BotaniSense?

BotaniSense is a consumer product built for gardeners and plant enthusiasts.

Yes — BotaniSense is free to use.

What platforms does BotaniSense run on?

BotaniSense runs on the web, iOS, Android, and macOS.

Is BotaniSense still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 26 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to BotaniSense?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include BotaniSense, Botan App, and Plant Scaner.

Who makes BotaniSense?

BotaniSense is developed by Xing Chen, based in the United States.

How long has BotaniSense been around?

BotaniSense first shipped in 2011.

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BotaniSense

Name: BotaniSense
Author: Xing Chen

botanisense.appLifestyle & Personal🇺🇸

BotaniSense is a free, ad-free app for plant enthusiasts to auto-gather plant photos, identify multiple plants at once using on-device AI, and plan sun and shade for their gardens. It supports bulk identification, photo search, and care tracking.

FreeBSD-2-ClauseWebiOSAndroidmacOSCloud-managed

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3.4kstars

437forks

6features

2011since

Overview

6 features

In the Lifestyle & Personal space, BotaniSense takes a focused approach. Helping users identify plants in bulk and plan sun/shade for gardening using on-device AI. BotaniSense is a consumer product aimed at gardeners and plant enthusiasts. It is available for free. It ships for the web, iOS, Android, and macOS.

Xing Chen builds and maintains BotaniSense, and it first shipped in 2011. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 3.4k stars and 26 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include bulk plant ID, On-device AI, and sun/shade planning. The interface is available in 23 languages, including Arabic, Bulgarian, and Czech.

Bulk plant ID
On-device AI
Sun/shade planning
Photo search
Care diary
Offline mode

Built with & integrations

Framework

Astro

Hosting

Cloudflare

Runs on

BrowseriOSAndroidmacOSCloud-managed

Detected from

Astro: /_astro/ in the HTML
Cloudflare: cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header

Trust & compliance

License

BSD-2-Clause

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of ServiceFree tierGitHub · ★ 3.4kActive maintenanceMulti-languageStore-verified publisher

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 11:47 UTC
Listing verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about BotaniSense

What does BotaniSense do?: Helping users identify plants in bulk and plan sun/shade for gardening using on-device AI. It is catalogued under Lifestyle & Personal on PulseGate.
Who should use BotaniSense?: BotaniSense is a consumer product built for gardeners and plant enthusiasts.
Is BotaniSense free?: Yes — BotaniSense is free to use.
What platforms does BotaniSense run on?: BotaniSense runs on the web, iOS, Android, and macOS.
Is BotaniSense still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 26 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to BotaniSense?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include BotaniSense, Botan App, and Plant Scaner.BotaniSense Botan App Plant Scaner
Who makes BotaniSense?: BotaniSense is developed by Xing Chen, based in the United States.
How long has BotaniSense been around?: BotaniSense first shipped in 2011.

At a glance

Platforms: Mobile · Desktop · Web
Open source: Yes · ★ 3.4k
License: BSD-2-Clause
Built for: gardeners and plant enthusiasts
Model: B2C
Solves: Helping users identify plants in bulk and plan sun/shade for gardening using on-device AI.

Registered as

GitHub: mourner/suncalc
App Store: 6758401071
Google Play: com.botaniq

Developer

🇺🇸Xing Chen

Team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 3,393
Forks: 437
Open issues: 12
Last commit: 18 Jun 2026
Commits 90d: 26
Contributors: 9
Authorship: Team
Default branch: master
Latest release: v2.0.0 · 18 Jun 2026

Index record

Identity confidence: Medium · 84.4
Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: botanisense-grow-with-ai-botanisense-app
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Canonical URL: https://botanisense.app/

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