Recipe Box is a desktop recipe manager for organizing your collection using a simple markup language.
- Edit recipes in a custom markup language with syntax highlighting and validation on save.
- Import recipes from any website that supports JSON-LD metadata.
- Use an AI assistant for recipe modifications, with changes shown in a diff view. Bring your own API key. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.
- Export single recipes or your entire library as beautifully typeset PDFs via Typst.
- Automatic light / dark theme.
- Personalize the application with customizable UI fonts, editor fonts, and color schemes.
- Cross-platform. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
- BSD-0 licensed.
Download the latest release from the releases page on GitHub.
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The Recipe Box format is a simple, structured way to write recipes in plain text files that's easy for both humans and computers to read and write. A recipe consists of a title, optional metadata, and a series of steps, which can be grouped into named components.
= Classic Brownies
# Melt butter and mix with sugar.
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
# Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- 4 eggs
# Fold in cocoa powder and flour.
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup flour
# Bake 25 minutes at 350°F.
Ingredients are prefixed with a dash (-) and are listed immediately following the step they belong to.
Steps are marked with a hash symbol (#).
For more complex recipes, you can use a plus (+) prefix to create named components.
= Chicken Parmesan
+ Chicken
# Pound chicken breasts thin.
- 4 chicken breasts
# Dip in eggs, then breadcrumbs.
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
# Pan fry until golden.
+ Sauce
# Sauté garlic in olive oil until fragrant.
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
# Add crushed tomatoes and oregano, then simmer.
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp oregano
Recipe metadata uses YAML frontmatter format with lower_snake_case keys.
---
prep_time: 20 minutes
cook_time: 45 minutes
servings: 6
---
Metadata must appear at the very beginning of your recipe file.
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