Plant Base version update for 2026

It’s been a long time since an update for Plant Base was issued, although a great deal of work has been going on in the background!  But it’s here now . . .

Plant Base splash window

This release is very unusual because it involves two program versions for all OS editions.  A lot has changed with operating systems and also the software used … … read more

Extra Keys for Linux

Extra Keys Pro X for Linux

 

Been a long time coming but finally here! There is now an Extra Keys for Linux.

Just one edition equivalent to Extra Keys Pro on Windows. There is no ultra-simple basic edition as I didn’t feel it had much appeal on Linux. Also I first made this Linux version primarily for my own personal use and I mostly use … … read more

Linux Plant Base Beta 13 update

A Beta 13 update for the Linux edition of Plant Base is available on the Downloads page. This fixes a scaling bug with the Print Preview display, which was introduced in version 2.1.15 Beta 12 due to a last minute attempt to improve the print quality problem that is a known issue for Linux program. The bug fix is the … … read more

Plant Base new version – 2.1.15

A new update of Plant Base has been released today and available on the Download page. This is for desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Primarily a maintenance release with the main objective of cleaning up and optimising some of the code. It also improves synchonisation between OS editions where a few sections had got out of step. … … read more

Plant Base update version – 2.1.14

An updated version of Plant Base has been released and is available on the Download page. This is for desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It is another maintenance update with a few small bug fixes plus some other little changes.

On the Plant List Details tab, the records can now be sorted by almost any of the … … read more

Plant Base – new version 2.1.13

New update of Plant Base was released today and is available on the Download page. For all desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

This is only a minor maintenance update with a few small bug fixes and other minor changes. For the Windows edition this includes support for the recently released update of Extra Keys.

However, there is … … read more

Plant Base for Linux – new Beta 9 update

There is an updated Linux program for Plant Base – Beta 9, which is still based on version 2.1.12. It’s now available on the Downloads page.

There are no functional changes but many small adjustments to the user interface.  These are mainly to improve compatibility with a wider range of Desktop Environments and display themes.

Although the UI displayed … … read more

Plant Base – new version 2.1.12

New update of Plant Base was released today and is available on the Download page. This is for all desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It is another maintenance release with some bug fixes and small changes for the user interface. Probably the most notable changes are a much improved method to enter multiple common names or synonyms … … read more

Plant Base for Linux – Beta 7 update

Beta 7 of Plant Base for Linux is released and available for download. This a minor update still based on version 2.1.11

It fixes for a few late-breaking bugs that only occurred in the Beta 6 release. Almost all are related to situations where pictures are resized to fit on the screen and the problems were due to small issues … … read more

Plant Base – new version 2.1.11

A new update of Plant Base for desktop/laptop systems is available for download today. This covers all editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It is essentially a maintenance release with some bug fixes plus a few small changes for the user interface.

It also includes updated plant database files, data release 30, which has some new plant records and pictures … … read more