Welcome to　OT2

OT2 is a bonsai collection management software for *nix systems and windows, it helps you to manage your trees, your pots and your pictures.

• Basics features

  • Unlimited number of  trees and pots with their detailed characteristics.
  • Sort trees according to their name, age, species..., show all of them or only a subset (mature bonsai, potensai, kusamono...)
  • For each tree, you can record or schedule any work, remark, treatement, etc.. 
  • Add as many pictures as you want. Pictures can be resized and moved to a repository while the original may be saved in another place.
  • See the complete history of a tree, pictures and events displayed together or separated.
  • For rempotting events, choose the pot to put the tree in.
  • Full fledged installer/desinstaller
  • Free sotfware (as defined by the FSF) :  no limitations, no customer code, will always be free.
  • ...and many more.

• Advanced features :
  

  • Easy to use interface, tabbed navigation.
  • Integration with you favorite image editor : no more lengthy search on your hard drive to find a picture for a virtual.
  • Export your tree data to a set of HTML pages. 
  • Batch management of trees with progressive individualization. Very handy for seedlings!
  • Data stored in file or in a mySql server, local or distant (GNU/Linux only feature)
  • Use the industry standard SQL language to store the data :  your data is safely keeped and still belongs to you !
  • and more...

• Supported platforms :
  

  • Binaries availables for Windows98, 2000, XP. Sorry Windows 95 is not supported
  • Run on GNU/Linux  (in fact it is developped on it) or any Unix-like system but you must compile it by yourself.
  • Mac OS X : Thanks to Michaël Petre's work, a Mac OS X universal binary is now available.