How OpenFarmPlanner came to be
A while ago, our farmer at GeLaWi Zwiebelzopf asked me to take a look at a piece of software for crop planning. Neither that one nor any of the many others I tried afterward won me over. I often had to read the manual first just to understand how something worked, and entering and changing data was tedious.
As an electrical engineer and computer science student, I started building my own in December 2025 because of that. OpenFarmPlanner is built around tables you can edit like a spreadsheet, and an interface you can understand without a manual.
Open and collaborative
OpenFarmPlanner is open source for several reasons. The source code stays around for good and can be carried forward even without me. How the data is handled is open for anyone to check. Feature requests and bugs can be discussed openly, and anyone who wants to can contribute improvements themselves. And finally, it simply fits the idea behind community-supported agriculture: carrying something together and sharing it with each other.
Free to use, funded by donations
OpenFarmPlanner is free to use. Development and hosting are meant to be funded by voluntary donations. A way to donate is coming soon.
Get involved
The easiest way to contribute is by sharing your crop data in the crop library. Every shared crop saves other farms the research and makes the library better. Feedback, ideas, or help with development are always welcome: [email protected]
Martin Stipsitz, Villach
