Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 🌿
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass
What I Built
TrailBuddy Offline is an open-source, privacy-first Progressive Web App (PWA) designed to reverse screen addiction and help people reconnect with the living world. Unlike traditional apps engineered to maximize daily active screen time, TrailBuddy measures success when users close the application and step outside .
How it gets people into the real world:
Personalized Outdoor Planner: Generates sensory-rich, structured itineraries tailored to available time (15-minute micro-breaks to half-day expeditions), activity preference (walking, birdwatching, gardening, hiking, cycling, stargazing, mindful relaxation), energy level, budget, and mobility/accessibility needs.
Screen-Free Outdoor Timer: An analog-style outdoor stopwatch that challenges users to put their phone in their pocket or backpack, tracking real-world outdoor minutes and…