Hive Pal - Modern Beekeeping Management Software
Manage your beehives efficiently with Hive Pal. Track inspections, monitor hive health, manage harvests, and optimize your beekeeping operations with our comprehensive digital platform.
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Hive Pal is a free, open-source, mobile-first beekeeping management software that helps beekeepers track apiaries, hives, inspections, queens, harvests, and colony health.
🚀 Overview
Hive Pal streamlines beekeeping by providing a digital platform to manage apiaries, record inspections, and monitor colony health, replacing scattered notes and spreadsheets.
It solves key problems like forgetting inspection schedules, tracking queen performance across seasons, and analyzing production trends manually, which can lead to healthier hives and better yields.
Built for beekeepers of all levels—hobbyists with backyard hives to commercial apiarists—who need a mobile-friendly tool for fieldwork on phones or tablets.
The project was created by beekeeper martinhrvn for their own apiary after investing significant effort in a custom solution, then open-sourced under MIT to share with the community.
✨ Key Features
- Apiary Management (organize locations, weather data, notes – essential for multi-site operations)
- Hive Inspections (custom checklists, photos, health assessments, schedules)
- Queen Tracking (lineage, performance, replacements – critical for breeding)
- Harvest Management (yields, processing, seasonal tracking)
- Optional/upcoming: Weather integration, treatments, performance insights, mobile optimizations
🛠 Tech Stack
- Frontend: React 19 + TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v4, shadcn/ui, Zustand, React Query, Vite
- Backend: NestJS + TypeScript, Prisma ORM, JWT Auth, Swagger
- Database: PostgreSQL 14
- Auth: JWT
- Hosting: Docker Compose, self-hosted or hivepal.app (GHCR images)
👥 Who Is This For?
This project is useful for:
- Beekeepers who want to digitize records and perform inspections on mobile
- Hobbyists tracking a few hives without complex software
- Apiary teams seeking scalable, open-source management tools
📸 Screenshots / Demo
- Live demo: https://hivepal.app
- GitHub: https://github.com/martinhrvn/hive-pal
🔥 Project Status
- 🟢 Actively building
Last updated: 2026-03-24
❓ FAQ
Is this project free?
Yes — 100% free, open source (MIT), self-hostable with Docker. Hosted version at hivepal.app also available.
(Briefly: Full data ownership, no subscriptions.)
Is the source code available?
Yes — https://github.com/martinhrvn/hive-pal
Can I contribute?
Yes — welcome contributions via GitHub: issues for bugs/features, PRs for code, testing, feedback, documentation.
📬 Contact & Links
- Website: https://hivepal.app
- GitHub: https://github.com/martinhrvn/hive-pal
- Twitter/X: (not found)
- Email: (via GitHub)
- Docs: https://docs.hivepal.app/
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