Windowsill growers · Urban growers
Never kill another basil
- Smart watering reminders so nothing dries out
- One unified dashboard replaces your 3 separate grow apps
- AI plant diagnosis — just snap a photo
- Proven recipes from the community
Universal Growing OS
Automate your growing, from windowsill to grow room.
Hardware-agnostic, recipe-driven, and local-first. One platform for any plant, any growing method, at any scale.
Built for how you grow
However you grow, Verdalio fits.
New homeowners · Seasoned gardeners · Allotment holders
Your garden runs itself
- Automated irrigation based on real soil moisture
- Weather-aware scheduling
- A seasonal growing calendar tuned to your crops
- Set up once — runs reliably all season
Urban growers · Serious cultivators
Lab-grade automation, hobby-grade price
- Automated pH and EC dosing
- ML-calibrated cheap sensors that read accurately
- Multi-zone management from one place
- A recipe marketplace of proven grow parameters
Technical hobbyists
Open source. Local-first. No cloud required.
- Zigbee 3.0 native — pair devices in seconds
- Runs entirely on your own Raspberry Pi
- Full API access, extensible via the Magdi AI assistant
- Replace Home Assistant with a purpose-built growing platform
How it works
Up and growing in three steps
1
Set up your hub
Flash a Raspberry Pi and plug in a Zigbee dongle. About 10 minutes.
2
Add your sensors
Auto-discovery pairs Zigbee devices in seconds. Cheap sensors welcome — ML calibration makes them accurate.
3
Pick a recipe and grow
Browse community recipes or build your own. Automation handles the rest.
Why Verdalio
The features that make it work
Recipes
Portable growing instructions. Like Docker for plants — run the same recipe on completely different hardware.
ML Sensor Calibration
Cheap sensors, accurate readings. Our software makes $10 probes perform like $100 ones.
Magdi AI Assistant
Ask questions, diagnose problems, and build custom automations. Powered by Claude.
Local-First
Your plants don’t die when the internet goes down. Core automation runs entirely on your RPi.
Recipe Marketplace
Share what works. Download proven grow parameters from experienced growers.
Built by a grower, for growers
Three real setups running Verdalio
Outdoor Soil
27.87 m² garden with automated irrigation for napa cabbage and carrots.
See how it’s automated →Indoor Herbs
A shelf of basil, mint and Vietnamese basil — ESP32-C6 sensors with LED automation.
See how it’s automated →Vertical Hydro
33 growing sites with automated pH and EC dosing and compliance-band analytics.
See how it’s automated →FAQ
Questions, answered
No. Core automation is fully local — it runs on your Raspberry Pi and keeps your plants alive even when the internet is down. Cloud features like remote access and away-from-home push notifications are optional add-ons.