TerraForge Studio — Open-Source AI Terrarium CAD & Side-Hustle Engine
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Empowering botanical micro-businesses, terrarium artisans, and plant side-hustlers with local open-weight AI, interactive vector CAD, and deterministic microclimate simulation. What I Built TerraForge Studio is a local-first, zero-cloud-fee computer-aided design (CAD) workspace, biological microclimate…
TerraForge Studio is an open-source AI-powered computer-aided design (CAD) workspace, biological microclimate simulator, and commerce co-pilot designed for boutique terrarium artisans, micro-botanical shop owners, and plant craft side-hustlers. The platform tackles three major challenges faced by botanical micro-business owners: biological trial-and-error, wholesale margin and supplier exposure, and SaaS subscription fatigue.
TerraForge Studio offers an interactive SVG vector CAD canvas where users can pick glass vessels, adjust substrate depths, and drag-and-drop living specimens with real-time scale, rotation, and layering controls. The deterministic bio-compatibility engine calculates optimal humidity, light levels, and ecosystem stability, warning users before they pair incompatible flora.
Additionally, a commercial unit economics calculator helps artisans tabulate raw materials, labor costs, and output retail pricing and net profit margins.
The platform utilizes local open-weight AI, providing zero cloud API fees, generating Etsy SEO listings, printable botanical care passports, and pre-shipping pathology audits. Users can access TerraForge Studio directly through the demo live deployed app at https://terraforge-studio.vercel.app or clone the GitHub repository at https://github.com/Dev-Suraj-Dhawal/terraforge-studio. The complete source code is modular, zero-dependency, and open-source under the MIT license.
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