As far as I can tell, Foobot’s servers are still up. Airboxlab moved on to selling building-management systems, but the Foobot servers still answer and their security certificate was renewed in December 2025. So if your app stopped working, it’s probably something else, like the app itself or your Foobot dropping off Wi-Fi.
If you’d like your readings to stay on your own network either way, foobot-local points the monitor at a small server you run at home (a Raspberry Pi is plenty) and decodes the readings itself. You’ll need to be okay editing a config file and running a Python script.
What to do
- Read the foobot-local README. You’ll need a Linux machine with Python 3 and dnsmasq.
- Follow its steps to point your Foobot at that machine.
- If the Foobot fell off your Wi-Fi, the project has a reconnect tool too.
If Foobot does shut down, tell me and I’ll look at running a server for it.