Fund, plant, and verifiably track real trees — and prove your contribution to nature.
Most "plant a tree" services ask for your trust and hand back a PDF. Vriksha is built so you don't have to trust us: every tree has a location on a map, a health status, an impact profile, and — over time — on-the-ground evidence that it was actually planted and is still alive.
Core thesis: verification is the product; the map, carbon score, and leaderboard are the wrapper.
North star: the number of independently-verified, still-alive trees stewarded through Vriksha.
Starting with individuals in Pune, India. Corporate/CSR dashboards and a government drive-audit view are designed into the data model for later.
- 🗺️ Interactive Pune map — Leaflet + free OpenStreetMap tiles (no API key, no billing). 24 seed trees across Pune, 12 species, colour-coded by health and ringed if planted via Vriksha.
- 🌱 Plant a tree — click the map → fill a short form → it's saved and yours.
- 🤝 Adopt an existing tree, and Log care to mark it verified/healthy.
- 👤 My Impact profile — trees, species, estimated CO₂/yr, survival %, badges, and one-click share text (with an honest CO₂ disclaimer).
- 🏆 Leaderboard — individuals and companies together.
- 📊 Network Dashboard — species and health charts across the network.
Everything runs at zero cost: no build step, no server, no spend.
Just open it: double-click index.html — it opens in your browser. (Needs internet for
the map tiles.)
Deploy a shareable link (all free, no credit card for a static site):
- Drag the folder onto netlify.com/drop, or
- Enable GitHub Pages on this repo (Settings → Pages → deploy from
main), or - Use Cloudflare Pages (free tier).
| Layer | Tooling |
|---|---|
| App | Single static index.html — no framework, no build step |
| Map | Leaflet + OpenStreetMap tiles |
| Data (now) | Browser localStorage |
| Data (next) | Supabase (free tier) — swaps in with one small file change |
| Hosting | Netlify / GitHub Pages / Cloudflare Pages (free static hosting) |
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
index.html |
The working prototype app (open this). |
VISION.md |
The one-page vision & strategy. |
PRD.md |
v1 product spec, user flows, data model. |
PROGRESS.md |
Running build log — updated each working session. |
- Phase 0 — Foundation: name, vision one-pager, progress log
- Phase 1 — Product spec: v1 PRD, user flows, backend-swappable data model
- Phase 2 — Working prototype: map + plant/adopt + impact profile + leaderboard + dashboard
- Phase 2.5 — Verify it works: headless smoke test passed
- Phase 3 — Business model & pitch deck: CSR/B2B + plant-per-purchase + gov SaaS; free→funded path
- Phase 4 — Go-to-market & verification ops: NGO/nursery partnerships, on-ground photo + survival workflow, Pune pilot
- Phase 5 — Real backend (when funded): browser storage → Supabase; real accounts; photo uploads
- Phase 6 — Expansion: company CSR dashboards, embeddable widget, government drive-audit view
Contributions are very welcome — code, design, data, NGO/nursery connections, and ideas.
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md and our
Code of Conduct before you start. Issues labelled good first issue
are a great place to begin.
The integrity of tree verification is core to Vriksha. If you find a security issue — or a way to game verification — please don't open a public issue; see SECURITY.md.
Licensed under the MIT License — use, modify, and distribute freely; just keep the copyright notice.
Made with 🌱 for a greener Pune, and beyond.