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Bonsai

A tree on every key. It grows while you work.

Bonsai puts a tree on every key of your Stream Deck. Plant a seed and a bonsai unique to that seed grows in real time, for months and years, whether the deck is on or not. It asks for a few quiet minutes a day.

One price. No ads, no purchases, no account, no network.

€0.99

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A shelf through its first year, and a watering, as the plugin draws them

One seed, three years

A tree grows from the clock, whether the deck is on or not. Every seed has a number: the same number always grows the same tree, and no two numbers agree.

3 weeks: first branches — 3 weeksfirst branches

2 months: a young tree — 2 monthsa young tree

6 months: taking shape — 6 monthstaking shape

Tap a tree, and the deck is its workbench

The tree is shown across four keys, with the tools beside it. Each tool says in a few words when it is next wanted. A tool takes real minutes, and you can leave while it is at work.

The workbench: the soil is drying, and there are four new shoots — The workbenchthe soil is drying, and there are four new shoots

Watering: one minute, as it soaks in — Wateringone minute, as it soaks in

Pruning: five minutes, and you choose what the tree becomes — Pruningfive minutes, and you choose what the tree becomes

Minutes of work, weeks of consequence

Wire bends a tree over six weeks. A repotting lasts a year. And everything that was ever done to a tree is in its journal, with a replay of its life.

Wire: ten minutes; to the left, to the right, or into a cascade — Wireten minutes; to the left, to the right, or into a cascade

Repot: fifteen minutes, once a year in spring; a bigger pot and a glaze of your choice — Repotfifteen minutes, once a year in spring; a bigger pot and a glaze of your choice

The journal: its age, its style, its seed number, and its life replayed — The journalits age, its style, its seed number, and its life replayed

Eight seeds, four seasons

You begin with juniper, Chinese elm and Japanese maple. Black pine, cherry, ginkgo, azalea and wisteria open as your oldest tree grows, never for money. A tree's year is four weeks, one week a season, or the real seasons of your hemisphere if you would rather.

Juniper: evergreen, with dead wood — Juniperevergreen, with dead wood

Chinese elm: quick and forgiving — Chinese elmquick and forgiving

Japanese maple: red in autumn — Japanese maplered in autumn

Black pine: flat tiers; snow in winter — Black pineflat tiers; snow in winter

Cherry: a week of blossom — Cherrya week of blossom

Ginkgo: gold, then bare — Ginkgogold, then bare

Azalea: flowers in summer — Azaleaflowers in summer

Wisteria: hangs in spring — Wisteriahangs in spring

Made to be quiet

Nothing dies: A neglected tree does not die. It slows, runs wild and waits, and one watering sets it going again. An unpruned tree is not wrong, only wilder.
Nothing nags: No currency, no streak, no score, no notification. The only thing on the shelf that asks for you is a small drop on a thirsty tree.
A few minutes a day: Once a tree is watered there is nothing more to do for it today. A visit is two to five minutes, like the real thing.
The light of your own day: Paper and a pale sun by day, a warm evening, and a moon at night, following your computer's clock.

Bonsai and Bonsai Lite

Bonsai Lite is free and stays free. The two install side by side; the tree in Lite is not carried over.

	Bonsai Lite	Bonsai
Trees	One	One in every pot
Species	Juniper, elm, maple	All eight
Water, prune, turn	Yes	Yes
Wire, feed, repot	No	Yes
Journal and replay	Yes	Yes
Seasons and the light of the day	Yes	Yes
Infobar on the Stream Deck Neo	Yes	Yes
Price	Free	See above

On the Stream Deck Neo, the Infobar keeps the calendar

The shelf. The season and its day, and one line about the trees. — The shelfThe season and its day, and one line about the trees.

The workbench. The tree's age and style, and how long its wire has been on. — The workbenchThe tree's age and style, and how long its wire has been on.

At work. What is being done, and the time left. — At workWhat is being done, and the time left.

Requirements

Stream Deck app: 7.6 or newer
Operating system: macOS 12 or newer, Windows 10 or newer
Stream Deck: Put Pot on every key of a page. Three keys are enough. With eight or more, the workbench shows the tree across four of them. The Infobar action needs a Stream Deck Neo.