Grow a plant with every commit to build your daily coding habit
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Pricing model
Free
Freemium
Pricing
Free for the desktop app. Barside Plus: US$20 a month or US$200 a year. Paid Spaces: creators set their own pricing through Stripe, with Barside taking 8% (5% for Plus subscribers).
Free trial for 7 days with no credit card required. Monthly: €5/month. Forever: €15 one-time payment.
Key features
Notes with rich formatting including headings, checklists, tables, code and links
Integrated drawing and diagramming with Excalidraw editor
Screen recording that saves directly into notes
Video transcription with timestamps
AI-powered search across all notes and content
Built-in password manager with auto-fill
Video meetings for up to 6 people
Cloud backup with up to 90 days of history for Plus subscribers
Team Spaces with chat, polls and shared notes
AI agents that run on schedule with approval workflow
Grow plants with commits on any branch
16 plants to unlock in different growth stages
Earn gems from daily quests
Plant withers after missing a full day without commits
Collect 35 achievements
Pushes counted instantly without waiting for GitHub profile update
Public profile and friends feature
Customizable time zone for day start and end
Sign in with GitHub, Google, or email
Gem quests reward 10 commits (1 gem), 25 commits (3 gems), or 3 repos in a day (1 gem)
What makes it different
Completely free for core features with local-first architecture requiring no account
Replaces 10+ subscription apps in one unified desktop application
AI agents with approval workflow for safe automation
Integrated screen recording and transcription without external tools
Supports multiple operating systems with native desktop integration
Only counts commits after signup, not historical activity
Never reads your code or stores messages, diffs or file names
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