Importing Recipes
Building a recipe collection doesn't mean starting from scratch. Most cooks have recipes scattered across browser bookmarks, screenshots, handwritten …
Read more →Use Cases
Practical applications and workflows for using Cooklang in your daily cooking routine. Explore how Cooklang can help you with shopping, meal planning, and pantry management.
Shopping Lists
CookCLI generates shopping lists directly from your .cook files. If multiple recipes share ingredients, quantities are combined automatically — two …
Recipe Discovery
The Cooklang Federation indexes Cooklang recipes from community members' repositories and websites, making them searchable in one place. Every result …
Read more →Publishing Your Recipes
The Cooklang Federation indexes recipes from community members' repositories and makes them searchable. You host your recipes wherever you want — …
Read more →Meal Planning
CookCLI supports .menu files that let you plan meals across multiple days, reference recipes from your collection, and generate a combined shopping …
Pantry Management
CookCLI uses a pantry.conf file to track what's already in your kitchen. When you generate a shopping list, items in your pantry are automatically …
Reports and Data Management
The cook report command uses minijinja templates to transform your recipes into any output format — shopping lists with product links, cost …
Creating Cookbooks
CookCLI can export recipes as LaTeX, which you compile into professional PDF cookbooks. Ingredients, cookware, and timers are color-coded …
Read more →Raspberry Pi Kitchen Server
A Raspberry Pi running CookCLI serves your recipes to every device on your home network. No cloud, no subscription — just a $35 board drawing less …
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