Comment on CookTrace 1.0.0-rc.1: Self-hosted Recipe Manager

KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• TraceApps@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Here is what i see as some differences today between CookTrace and Tandoor:

  CookTrace:

  • Pantry is a real first-class catalog, not a tag list. Barcode scanner, Open Food Facts + USDA lookup, per-item stock / serving size / nutrition, plus an “8 / 10 in pantry” match pill on every recipe card. Tandoor has the food list; CookTrace treats it as a primary surface.
  • AI assistant with tool use — not just a chat bubble. Trace can log a cook, plan a cook, add things to the shopping list, mark a pantry item out of stock, import a recipe URL, etc. by reading and writing your real data
  • FDA-style Nutrition Facts box auto-computed per recipe from pantry-linked ingredients
  • Android app with full offline mode (on-device SQLite, differential sync when you reconnect)
  • NutriTrace federation can import foods from NutriTrace directly into CookTrace’s pantry.

  Where Tandoor still wins today: PDF / image OCR bulk import, longer track record, larger ecosystem, iCal meal-plan feeds.

  Importer’s there in CookTrace, so you can move a copy over to compare with zero risk to your existing library whenever the time shows up.

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  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thank you, I appreciate this!

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