Vanilla Cookbook is a self-hosted recipe manager that aims to keep the user experience simple while handling much of the complexity behind the scenes.
It helps users collect, organise, and work with recipes without requiring lots of manual cleanup, and it can turn inconsistent recipe text into a clearer, more usable format. The software also supports recipe importing and web scraping, making it easier to build a personal cookbook from existing online sources.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Converts US volumetric measurements to imperial and metric weight, with support for inline temperature conversion, fractions, and ranges.
- Scales recipe ingredients automatically while preserving the original text format.
- Parses nutrition text into a structured table with per-serving detection and scale-aware values.
- Scrapes recipes from supported websites using a pasted URL or a browser bookmarklet.
- Includes a shopping list plus cooking logs with calendar view, notes, and recook support.
- Supports user authentication, optional OAuth login, and public recipe sharing.
Website: github.com/jt196/vanilla-cookbook
Support:
Developer: jt196
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Vanilla Cookbook is written in JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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