Making food growing approachable, affordable, and accessible because everyone deserves to know how to feed themselves and their community.
An AI growing advisor, a knowledge base that grows with you, cooperative soil analysis, smart sensors you build yourself, and automation that keeps your plants alive. All open source. All free.
We think the best way to fight food insecurity is to give people the tools and knowledge to grow their own food, and to make it so easy that anyone can actually do it.
Most people have no idea how their food grows. Kallyx changes that, not through lectures, but by making growing genuinely fun and rewarding. Start with a single pot of basil. We'll be there every step.
Growing knowledge is scattered across blogs, forums, and paywalled apps. Kallyx brings it all into one open, intelligent system that anyone can access, no matter where they are or what device they're on.
The experienced gardener next door has decades of knowledge. The community garden down the street has spare seeds. Kallyx connects those people. Mentors to beginners, neighbors to neighbors, growers to growers.
Not another ag-tech platform for industrial farms. Kallyx is built for real people growing real food in backyards, on balconies, in community gardens, and on small plots. Self-hostable, runs on a Raspberry Pi, and your data is yours.
From your first herb pot to a full food forest. Kallyx has you covered.
A conversational AI grounded in your actual sensor data, weather conditions, and crop profiles. Ask "Why are my tomato leaves curling?" and get a real answer with sources, confidence levels, and links to the knowledge base.
BUILTPlant profiles, growing guides, companion planting charts, pest identification, and seasonal calendars. Community-curated and AI-enriched, with glossary tooltips that explain the science in plain language.
LIVEWeather-aware crop scoring, fertilizer optimization based on your soil data, and trend forecasting that predicts problems before they happen. Like having an agronomist who knows your garden's history.
BUILTStep-by-step guided workflows from seed to harvest. Each step tells you exactly what to do, when, and why. Track your progress with checkboxes, photos, and reminders.
LIVEBuild a $25 DIY soil sensor that feeds real data into your dashboard. Moisture, temperature, pH, EC. Real-time alerts when something needs attention. You don't need hardware to use Kallyx though.
BUILTAutomate watering based on soil moisture with rain delay. Schedule LED grow lights per crop and growth stage. Closed-loop fertigation with safety limits. Runs on edge hardware, even without internet.
BUILTTrack soil samples from collection through lab analysis. View multi-element results (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn) with reference ranges. Compare year-over-year soil health per field and zone.
BUILTGet notified by email, SMS, WhatsApp, or push notification. "Your soil moisture dropped below 30%." Works in developing-world conditions where web access is unreliable.
BUILTOffline-first with automatic sync and conflict resolution. Available in 12 languages with community translation support. Low-bandwidth optimized for areas with limited connectivity.
BUILTDownloadable STL files for sensor housings, mounting brackets, and irrigation fittings. Print settings, bill of materials, and assembly guides included. No soldering required for the basic build.
BUILTLive sensor readings, historical charts with custom time ranges, zone-based site maps, and CSV/JSON data export. Server-sent events keep everything updating in real time.
LIVERun your own Kallyx instance on a Raspberry Pi, a VPS, or anywhere Docker runs. Multi-tenant with role-based access. Your data stays yours. Open source, Apache 2.0. Always free.
LIVEFrom zero to growing in minutes. No hardware required. No experience needed.
Tomatoes? Herbs? A full vegetable garden? Tell Kallyx what you're interested in and where you are. We'll figure out the rest.
The AI advisor creates a growing plan for your zone, season, and experience level. What to plant, when to plant it, and how, with sources you can actually trust.
Track your progress, ask questions as they come up, and get alerts for key events. The knowledge base and AI advisor are always there when you need them.
Add smart sensors for data-driven insights. Automate irrigation and lighting. Get your soil tested through a cooperative. The rabbit hole goes as deep as you want.
Cooperative soil analysis with full chain-of-custody tracking. See exactly what's in your soil and how it changes over time.
Track 14+ soil elements against agronomic reference ranges. Know exactly what your soil needs.
Compare soil test results across seasons and years. See if your amendments are working.
Soil organic matter trend (example)
We're building open-source MP-AES spectrometer control software with full calibration framework, QA/QC validation, and safety interlocks. The goal: cooperative-level lab equipment that communities can build and operate themselves.
A complete reference design with ESP32, capacitive soil moisture, and temperature sensors. No soldering required for the basic build. Full bill of materials, 3D-printable weatherproof case, and ESPHome firmware.
What's in the box: ESP32-WROOM-32 DevKit, Adafruit STEMMA capacitive soil sensor, DS18B20 waterproof temperature probe, JST-PH cables, USB-C power, cable glands, and a 3D-printable IP54-rated enclosure. Solar upgrade adds a 6W panel, TP4056 charge controller, and 18650 battery for months of autonomous operation.
Kallyx is built in the open. Here's exactly where every piece of the platform stands.
Feasibility analysis across hardware, software, and ag science
Auth, multi-tenant orgs, REST API, billing
MQTT/NATS ingestion, TimescaleDB, device registry
Real-time sensors, charts, alerts, site maps, export
Knowledge base, grow guides, glossary, science tooltips
Weather-aware crop and fertilizer recommendations, trends
Conversational AI grounded in sensor data and knowledge
Irrigation, lighting, fertigation with edge-first safety
Sample tracking, multi-element results, soil history
Open-source MP-AES software, calibration, QA/QC
Offline sync, i18n (12 languages), SMS/WhatsApp alerts
Everything in Kallyx is accessible through a versioned REST API. 80+ endpoints across 17 modules.
Full OpenAPI docs at /v1/docs ·
Stack: FastAPI · TimescaleDB · NATS · Valkey · Anthropic · ESPHome
Kallyx is open source and free forever. Help us build the tools that make growing food accessible to everyone on earth.