MindGarden

MindGarden is a mental wellness app built natively on Farcaster that gamifies the journey to better mental health. In a world where people spend 7+ hours daily on screens and 77% experience burnout, we're transforming that screen time into intentional healing time.

The app tackles a critical problem: while 74% of people want to live more mindfully, only 23% maintain consistent wellness practices. Traditional habit trackers feel like homework, and meditation apps lose 88% of users within 30 days. MindGarden is different.

Users cultivate a beautiful solarpunk digital garden where each plant represents a wellness habit across four core spheres: Mind (meditation, journaling), Body (movement, energy), Rest (sleep, recovery), and Connect (relationships, nature). Complete a 5-minute meditation? Your Lotus of Presence grows from seed to bloom. Take a mindful walk? Your Tree of Vitality flourishes.

The garden serves as a visual metaphor for your mental health journey—organic, non-linear growth that celebrates progress without shame. We built in "flexible streaks" that allow rest days because we believe rest is part of growth, not failure.

Built on Base and integrated with Farcaster's social layer, MindGarden leverages web3 for identity and future community features, but keeps the experience simple and accessible. No NFTs to mint, no tokens to farm—just you, your garden, and sustainable mental wellness.

Our solarpunk aesthetic isn't just beautiful; it's intentionally hopeful. Instead of doom-scrolling, users experience a calming, bioluminescent sanctuary that reminds them: small daily actions create meaningful change. Technology and nature can coexist. Healing is possible.

Early beta testing shows 68% seven-day retention—more than 5x the industry average—because the experience genuinely feels good to use. MindGarden isn't trying to optimize for engagement metrics; we're optimizing for actual human wellbeing.

We used:

• Celo for blockchain to leverage the quantity and consistency of users
• Farcaster Protocol: To solve login frictions
• Hardhat for local tests
• Midjourney: AI-generated plant illustrations with consistent style

Will be using:

• GoodDollar protocol for free daily claimable tokens
• 0G for decentralized AI to enhance and personaliza the experience while keeping it private