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Leafy: A Houseplant You Can Talk To, Powered by an Open-Weight Model

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built Plants don't die from neglect so much as from distraction. You get absorbed in work, hours pass, and the monstera quietly gives up. Leafy is a React Native (Expo) app built around that problem. Ever…

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  1. 2026-10-11 18:48 · DEV Community — AI
    Leafy: A Houseplant You Can Talk To, Powered by an Open-Weight Model

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