openCook

openCook

Recipe manager to scan cookbook photos, plan your week and share the list

olie.xdev Recipe Manager

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Description

openCook is an open-source, offline-first recipe app. Collect, plan and cook your recipes — without an account, ads or tracking.

Recipe management, meal planning and the shopping list work fully offline on your device. An optional self-hosted server (which you run yourself, on your own hardware) adds AI photo scanning and family sync over your home network — there is no cloud and no registration.

Features:

* Works fully offline — your recipes never leave your device
* No account, no ads, no tracking
* Turn cookbook photos into structured recipes (optional self-hosted AI)
* Rolling meal planner that tells you why a dish was suggested
* Shared shopping list
* Barcode scanning via Open Food Facts
* Import recipes from the web, or browse recipe sites right inside the app
* Family sync through your own home server, or phone-to-phone over Wi-Fi
* Available in English, German and French

openCook is free software licensed under the GPLv3.

What’s new (0.3)

* Discover: browse recipe sites inside the app and import with one tap.
* openCook now speaks French, next to English and German.
* The meal planner is one rolling 15-day list — swap a dish and see why it was suggested.
* New retrospective: everything you cooked, month by month.
* Sync pauses off your home network, and the icon only turns when data really moves.
* Faster tab switching, plus fixes for web imports, deleted recipes and standby sync.

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
0.3 current
6ca471b7c1d75b43…
 2026-09-17 7.8 MB API 30
0.2
c59b60f0e121b994…
 2026-08-11 7.7 MB API 30
0.1
2e6f9e8132a1f28a…
 2026-06-24 6.0 MB API 30

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • CameraTake photos and videos.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
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  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • opencook.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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