# HortusFox

HortusFox is a collaborative plant management system for cataloguing plants, locations, photos, watering and care tasks, inventory, history, and household activity.

Use it to keep a shared record of indoor and outdoor plants, spot care work that is due, and build up a photo-backed history of how each plant is doing over time.

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## How do I access HortusFox?

HortusFox is available:

- From your dashboard: [https://your-username.elfhosted.com](<https://your-username.elfhosted.com>)
- Directly: [https://your-username-hortusfox.elfhosted.com](<https://your-username-hortusfox.elfhosted.com>)

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Signed-in users see their own URLs**
>
> The addresses above show the general pattern. [Sign in](<https://docs-internal.elfhosted.com/app/hortusfox/>) and these become your personal, clickable links.

## How do I use it?

ElfHosted protects HortusFox with the regular SSO flow and enables HortusFox proxy authentication. After opening the app, your ElfHosted user can be created automatically by HortusFox.

From the admin area, create locations such as rooms, shelves, gardens, or balconies, then add plants with care notes and photos. Optional external features, including weather forecasts and plant identification, require API keys from the providers listed in the upstream documentation.

## How do I get support for HortusFox?

1. For general use of HortusFox, refer to the [official site](<https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web>) or to one of the links in the resources section below.
2. For specific support re your ElfHosted configuration / account, see the [ElfHosted support options](</get-help/>)!

## Sponsor HortusFox ❤️

You can contribute directly to the development of HortusFox using the following:

- [GitHub Sponsors](<https://github.com/sponsors/danielbrendel>)
- [Ko-fi](<https://ko-fi.com/danielbrendel>)

## HortusFox resources

- [HortusFox (*official site*)](<https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web>)
- [HortusFox Website](<https://www.hortusfox.com/>)
- [HortusFox Documentation](<https://hortusfox.github.io/>)
- [HortusFox GitHub](<https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web>)