Log your plants, watering schedules, growth notes, harvest yields. For serious gardeners who outgrew the notes app. Surprisingly large audience, completely underserved by software.
Every operation in Paddock II is available through a JSON REST API. No SDK required — use curl, fetch, or any HTTP client.
GET /api/plants — list all plants with optional search and filter query parametersPOST /api/plants — create a new plant recordGET /api/plants/{id} — retrieve a single plant by IDPUT /api/plants/{id} — update an existing plantDELETE /api/plants/{id} — remove a plantGET /api/stats — aggregated statistics with status breakdownGET /api/health — health check endpoint for monitoringPrivacy-conscious teams often build internal plants workflows in Notion or Google Sheets because the alternative is a $200/month SaaS contract. Paddock II gives you a purpose-built tool at a fraction of the cost, running on infrastructure you already control.
Install Paddock II with the one-line shell script or download the binary directly from GitHub. Run it, open /ui, and start creating plants. The SQLite database lives in a single file under the data directory. To migrate to a new server, copy the binary and the data directory. That is the entire migration procedure.
A freelance consultant keeps Paddock II running on a home server. Client plants stay on local disk, which simplifies the privacy section of every contract. The search endpoint powers a custom dashboard built with a static site generator. Total infrastructure cost: the electricity to run a Raspberry Pi.
GET /api/plants — List all plants. Supports ?q=keyword for search and ?status=value for filteringPOST /api/plants — Create a new plant. Send JSON with at least nameGET /api/plants/{id} — Fetch one plant by IDPUT /api/plants/{id} — Update fields on an existing plantDELETE /api/plants/{id} — Remove a plantGET /api/stats — Returns total count and breakdown by statusGET /api/health — Returns {"status":"ok"} for uptime monitoringSelf-hosted plant and garden tracker. Self-hosted on your infrastructure. Your data never leaves your server.
curl -fsSL https://stockyard.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --tool paddock2
PORT=10210 ./paddock2
http://localhost:10210
Single binary. Embedded SQLite. No Docker. No database. No dependencies.
Your license key arrives by email within 5 minutes of checkout. Set it as an environment variable and restart the binary.
export PADDOCK2_LICENSE_KEY=stockyard_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ./paddock2
No cloud connectivity required. The binary validates the key offline with Ed25519 signatures.