Sunsetting OpenFarm

Today, on April 21st, 2025, we shut down the OpenFarm servers after being online for a little more than 10 years. The codebase was no longer being maintained and the server infrastructure it was running on was set to no longer receive security updates starting in May. As a matter of precaution, and considering the dwindling usage of the site in recent years, we have decided to shutdown the servers indefinitely and publicly archive the OpenFarm GitHub repository.

The FarmBot web app no longer uses the OpenFarm API for crop search and we have planned for there to be no disruption to user's gardens or machine operation. We have copied all useful information for crops that we have icons for from OpenFarm to the FarmBot web app, and implemented an improved built-in crop search functionality that has been live for a few months.

We are proud of having spun out OpenFarm as a separate project and non-profit entity, and feel we gave it a good shot and kept the lights on for as long as was appropriate. In the end, we are thankful for the effort that was put into OpenFarm over the years by all of the software, design, and data contributors, and are happy that the service was able to provide value to FarmBot users, 3rd party API users, and passersby on the web for over a decade. While OpenFarm never quite got the traction it needed to become a self sustaining and truly comprehensive "Wikipedia for growing plants", we hope new efforts will sprout up in the future and accomplish what we couldn't.