Honeytree – grow a terminal forest that plants real trees as you code

Name: Honeytree – grow a terminal forest that plants real trees as you code
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Author: varunn29

by varunn29·Jun 15, 2026·2 points·0 comments

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Forest app for terminal with Claude hooks, but it's just gamification.

Strengths

•Claude Code hook integration plants trees proportional to output size
•Real tree planting via Good API at $1 per 50 virtual trees threshold
•Public profile pages at tryhoney.xyz with CO₂ impact tracking

Weaknesses

•Wrapper around Claude Code hooks with no deeper technical innovation
•Forest app and coding streak trackers already gamify productivity

Post Description

Honeytree was developed because I wanted a way to track my coding progress in an easy and delightful way, especially through AI coding tools that I often use.

I made it so that after planting 100 virtual trees, you can plant one real one through a reforestation API for $1 (which covers the cost of a real tree)

Fully opensource, and you get a public profile page at: www.tryhoney.xyz/[username]

I want to know if the planting flow is something that devs would want to truly contribute too, as that's what I'm most unsure about.