mudpi

Name

mudpi

Legal name

MudPi

Website

https://mudpi.app

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

MudPi is an open-source smart garden automation platform built on Raspberry Pi with Python, Redis, and MQTT, targeting home gardeners, DIY makers, and small-scale growers with configurable multi-zone watering and sensor monitoring.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Garden Automation Systems

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Controller/Timer & Smart Irrigation Setup (Wi‑Fi, Sensors) (HSAIAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Irrigation Control & Automation (Controllers, Valves, Sensors, IoT) (AFAAACAF), Irrigation System Design & Planning (HSAIAEAA), Monitoring, Metering & Flow Measurement (Meters, Pressure/Flow Gauges, Telemetry) (AFAAACAK), Irrigation System Design & Engineering (AFACAFAA)

Keywords

• Smart garden automation
• Open source irrigation
• Garden sensor monitoring
• DIY garden controller
• Automated watering systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of smart irrigation hardware including Master Controller, Sensor Control Units, and compatible components. Configuration tool available for customizing systems as users scale.
2. Patreon Support: Ongoing development funded through Patreon donations from community supporters. Monthly newsletter updates for supporters.
3. Custom Integration Services: Custom integrations, project builds, demos, and speaking engagements offered through contact form.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MudPi is an open-source smart garden system that automates plant watering, monitors garden conditions (soil moisture, temperature, humidity, light, rain), and manages irrigation resources. The offering consists of a Raspberry Pi-based Master Controller, expandable Sensor Controllers, an MQTT-connected IoT sensor network, and the Solarbeam web control platform. The system installs on top of existing irrigation and is designed for DIY self-build, modular expansion, and right-to-repair customization.

Product overview

MudPi is an open-source smart garden system composed of hardware units (Master Controller and Sensor Controller) and software (MudPi Core Software). The Master Controller runs the core system and manages sensors/valves, while Sensor Controller units expand monitoring capabilities. Solarbeam is a web-based control platform built on top of the core system for remote scheduling and monitoring. The system supports 3 zones with automated watering schedules, soil moisture monitoring, and resource savings of approximately 47% water and 58% time. 100% open source with components built using Python, Redis, MQTT, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Solarbeam: A privacy-minded control platform built over the MudPi core system that allows users to schedule automated tasks, monitor sensor readings from the web, and provides features to enhance garden efficiency. Can be deployed locally or as a hosted platform.

Products and services

• MudPi Master Controller The main control unit of the MudPi smart garden system that runs the MudPi core software, manages attached sensors and units, controls main valves and relays, monitors tank water levels, logs readings into a temporary memory store, and publishes events and data to Redis. It can host the Solarbeam web interface or run standalone, and multiple master controllers can be connected together.
• MudPi Sensor Controller An expandable sensor unit that analyzes soil moisture, humidity, temperature, rain, and light intensity. It is compatible with a variety of commercially available analog and digital sensors, manages attached sensors, controls zone valves and additional relays, monitors tank water levels, and publishes sensor data to the main control unit.
• Solarbeam Control Platform A privacy-minded web-based control station built on the MudPi core system that allows users to schedule automated tasks, monitor sensor readings from the web, and manage garden efficiency. It can be deployed as a local installation or accessed via the web, and is targeted at users who want remote visibility and control of their MudPi-powered garden.
• MudPi Core Software An open-source smart garden software platform that automates watering, monitors garden conditions, and manages garden resources. It runs on Raspberry Pi, supports configurable zones, schedules, and multi-sensor integration, and is available for free download from the MudPi GitHub repository.
• Custom Integration and Project Build Services Custom integrations, project builds, demos, and speaking engagements offered by MudPi to customers, businesses, and green building programs who need tailored smart garden deployments beyond the standard self-install setup. Pricing is provided on a contact basis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saves approximately 47% water compared to traditional gardening methods
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rachio: Rachio is the leading consumer smart sprinkler controller, offering Wi-Fi-connected, app-driven irrigation automation. It directly competes with MudPi for the same home-gardener segment, but delivers a polished consumer product rather than a DIY Raspberry Pi build.
• Netro: Netro produces smart irrigation controllers (Sprite, Whisperer) with weather-based scheduling and soil-moisture sensing. It is a direct competitor in the consumer smart-irrigation category with similar automation value propositions.

Emerging players

• Blynk IoT: Blynk provides a low-code IoT platform used by hobbyists to build smart garden and sensor projects. It is an emerging player in the DIY IoT space that overlaps with MudPi's tinkerer primary segment.
• Home Assistant: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform with active garden/sprinkler integrations. It is an emerging player that could either absorb MudPi's functionality or serve as a complementary control layer for the same DIY audience.

Broad incumbents

• Rain Bird: Rain Bird is a large established irrigation manufacturer offering residential and commercial controllers, valves, and sprinklers. It is a broad incumbent whose LNK Wi-Fi module competes in adjacent consumer smart-irrigation territory.
• Orbit Irrigation: Orbit produces B-hyve smart hose timers and irrigation controllers at consumer price points. It is a broad incumbent with retail distribution that competes in the same DIY-friendly smart-watering category.
• Gardena (Husqvarna Group): Gardena offers smart garden watering systems, sensors, and robotic mowers under the Husqvarna Group. It is a broad incumbent covering both indoor and outdoor garden automation that competes with MudPi for the European home-gardener segment.
• Hunter Industries: Hunter Industries manufactures professional and residential irrigation controllers (Hydrawise) with cloud connectivity. It is a broad incumbent serving both prosumer and professional segments that overlap with MudPi's small-scale agriculture use cases.

Others

• Arduino: Arduino is the foundational DIY microcontroller platform that MudPi explicitly integrates with (Arduino Nano/Uno as sensor nodes, PubSubClient for MQTT). It is an enabling platform/peer for MudPi's maker ecosystem rather than a direct competitor.
• Raspberry Pi: Raspberry Pi is the primary hardware platform on which MudPi runs (Pi 3B+, 4, Zero W, Zero 2 W). It is an enabling infrastructure provider whose ecosystem success directly drives MudPi's addressable market of maker/builder users.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mudpiapp
• GitHubgithub.com/olixr/MudPi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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