Touch Grass AI app encourages outdoor breaks via plant identification

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A developer created Touch Grass, an AI-powered plant companion application for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge. The app allows users to photograph plants outdoors and receive AI analysis including identification, health status, and care recommendations. It uses an open-weight Gemma 3 4B model running locally through Ollama instead of relying on closed APIs. The project aims to use technology as a reason for people to spend more time outside rather than on screens. Full source code for the React and FastAPI application is available on GitHub.

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