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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/onathjan on 2024-11-16 23:18:59+00:00.

A few days ago I posted on here asking about pragmatic plant categories for a simple little app I was making. Your answers pointed me toward some great resources and now the tool is ready.

The tool is called PlantSort.

I built it because I have dozens of lists spread out in multiple places that list the plants that I grow in different contexts. One list might be for calorie crops while another might be for biennials since they take special planning to save seed from. Since a single plant might take up multiple lists (e.g. beetroot is a biennial that might fit as a calorie crop), this made for messy organization.

What PlantSort does is it lets you add plants to your dashboard along with categories that that plant falls into. Then on your dashboard you can click a category and see which plants fit that context. Need a green manure? Click that category and see your options. Curious which perennials you grow? Click that category and see. Think of it like a more visual, more dynamic spreadsheet.

I understand that this is a super-specific tool for a problem that other people might not have, but I built it to scratch my own itch. And since I had a need for it, I figured other people might, so I bought an $11 domain name and put it up on the web.

PlantSort is free and open-source. It collects no user data aside from your email, a password that gets encrypted, and which browser you use. I need an email and password for user authentication and the user agent info is for debugging/troubleshooting. I use no third-party cookies, I don’t log IP addresses, or anything like that.

If you’d like to give it a try head on over to and sign up. If you have any suggestions on how I can make the app better or any questions at all please don’t hesitate to reach out!