Cookslate
Your recipes. Your way.
A recipe manager that remembers how you cook — not just what you cook. Self-hosted on any PHP hosting, no Docker required.
Everything you need to cook smarter
Start free, upgrade when you're ready.
Free
Self-Hosted
Always free, open source
- Import recipes from any URL, a photo, or Pinterest
- Import from Mealie, Paprika, Tandoor, Nextcloud & RecipeSage
- Full-text search
- Cook Mode with timers & serving scaling
- Grocery lists with pantry tracking
- Shoppable quantities — buy the right amount
- Recipe collections, private recipes & shareable links
- Barcode scanning with Open Food Facts lookup
- Pantry-based search — "what can I make?"
- Ingredient database with nutrition data
- Cook logging, calorie tracking & Home Assistant alerts
- Bulk actions, tags, favorites, ratings & dark mode
Pro
Cookslate Pro
$29.99 — one-time, yours forever
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Meal planning with drag-and-drop calendar & reusable templates
- Auto-generate grocery lists from meal plans
- iCal export — sync meals to your calendar
- Pantry expiration tracking & "Use It Soon" alerts
- Receipt scanning — auto-fill shopping trips from a photo
- Pantry photo scan — snap your fridge, get inventory
- AI-generated recipe card art
- Recipe cost-per-serving estimates
- Recipe annotations (margin notes)
- Year in Cooking — annual stats & recap
- Data export (JSON-LD, Cooklang) & PWA offline support
Household
Cookslate Household
$49.99 — one-time, yours forever
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- Multi-user household (up to 5 accounts)
- Shared collections, meal plans, grocery lists & pantry
- Read-only Viewer role for guests
Login with demo / demo — try every feature, no sign-up needed
Up and running in minutes
Clone, configure, cook.
1
Clone the repo
Or use Docker Compose for a one-command setup.
2
Run the install wizard
Create your admin account. Takes 30 seconds.
3
Start importing
Paste any recipe URL and Cookslate does the rest.