A 13-year-old built Formicarium, a web app for managing ant colonies with statistics, care reminders, and no sign-up required.
He's 13 years old. He wanted to track his own ant colonies — growth, feeding, humidity, and other metrics. He built the whole app himself with some help from AI tools; I just helped him deploy it to a server. Would love to hear your feedback!
# Formicarium — Gestor de colonias de hormigas
Source: [https://formicarium.es/](https://formicarium.es/)
No sign\-up required — try it now
Register, monitor and care for your ant colonies in one place\. Worker history, care calendar, detailed statistics and more\.
## How it works
A complete app for myrmecologists, from beginners to experts\.
01 — Dashboard
### All your colonies at a glance
Your main panel shows the status of each colony instantly\. Worker count, species and quick access to any data you need\.
- ✓Key data cards for each colony
- ✓Create a new colony in seconds
- ✓Clean view without clutter
02 — Colony detail
### History and evolution in charts
Each colony has its own page with a worker evolution chart, brood status, formicarium type and complete feeding log\.
- ✓Worker count chart over time
- ✓Brood status: eggs, larvae, pupae…
- ✓Complete feeding history
03 — Register
### Add a colony in seconds
Simple form to record all the important data: species, queen capture date, formicarium type and brood status\.
- ✓Database with hundreds of species
- ✓Auto\-fill of species information
- ✓Works without creating an account
## Everything you need
No subscriptions\. No complications\.
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### Statistics
Evolution charts for your entire collection, broken down by colony and species\.
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### Calendar
Automatic feeding and cleaning reminders for each colony\.
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### Multilingual
Available in Spanish, English, French, German and Italian\.
### No sign\-up
Try the app without an account\. Create one to save your data permanently\.
## Ready to start?
Enter directly or create your free account to save your data forever\.
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