Seed Library
A private seed library in one HTML file on your machine: no account, no cloud, no server to talk to.
This is not a screenshot. It's the real tool, running right here: go on, put something in it.
Forged into a knife, this tool ages with use: the blades you reach for wear soft, entries you tend keep their bloom, and the years travel with the file through every reforge.
Every gardener owns a tin of seed packets in glorious disorder: some viable, some vintage, some both mysteries. The Seed Library sorts the tin: each seed, how many packets, the month to sow from, the year it stays viable until, and notes. Come the first warm weekend, you sow from knowledge instead of archaeology.
What it keeps
- Seedshort text
- Packetsnumber
- Sow fromchoice · Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec
- Viable until (year)number
- Notesnotes
Standing facts
- One HTML file. Opens in any modern browser, on any operating system.
- No account. No login, no sign-up, no e-mail wall.
- No cloud. Nothing leaves your browser: no server, no telemetry, no analytics.
- Yours forever. The file keeps working whether or not Offline.Ltd does.
- Ages with use. Entries you tend keep their bloom; the years travel with the file through every reforge.
In ten years
Whatever you put in (Seed, Packets, Sow from and Viable until (year)) stays inside the file itself. There is no account to lapse, no plan to be sunset, no migration e-mail with a deadline in it. A decade of seed library entries is a decade of your own handwriting, kept in a document you can back up like any other.
If Offline.Ltd closes tomorrow, nothing on your machine notices. That isn't a marketing promise; it's simply what a file is.
Getting your data out
Export to CSV from inside the tool and open it in anything: a spreadsheet, another app, a text editor. Or keep the HTML file: it is plain, readable, and inspectable; you can open it in a text editor and see your own rows sitting there. No export queue, no "we'll e-mail you a link within 48 hours", no format that only one vendor can read.
Copy the file to a USB stick, a NAS, a folder your devices already sync. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, online or off, because a browser is the only thing it ever needed.
Who else sees this
Nobody. Your Seed, Packets, Sow from and Viable until (year) never leave the file on your own disk. There is no account, no telemetry, no analytics, and no code in the file that opens a network connection, pull the cable and watch it carry on working. How privacy works across the Homestead tools →
Questions people ask
How do I organize my seed packets and know what to sow when?
List each seed with its packet count and its sow-from month, then check the library as each month arrives. March opens the list and tells you what is ready; no more discovering the leek seeds in June.
How long do seeds actually stay viable?
It varies by kind — parsnips fade in a year or two, tomatoes can last five or more. Record the viable-until year from the packet, and the library tells you what to sow generously and what to quietly compost.
Can I use it in the greenhouse or shed with no wifi?
Yes — it is one HTML file that runs offline in any browser, no account, no connection. Nothing you record leaves the page, and the file is yours season after season.
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