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Recipe box for organizing recipes from links, photos and cookbooks
Stage
Not given
Startup
Founded
Not given
2026
Based in
US
EE
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Koru Local: free. Koru Cloud: $9.99/month for 100 GB storage, always-on sync and backup.
Free plan with 15 recipe imports to start, then 3 in any 30 days, and 6 recipe chat changes. Scappi Pro: €5.99 per month or €39.99 per year (US$5.99 and US$39.99 in the US) with 2-week free trial; raises imports to 100 in any 30 days, includes recipe chat and collection sharing for up to five family
Key features
Offline-first notes with local database storage
Peer-to-peer sync between devices with end-to-end encryption
AI agents as tabs using MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Local voice input that works offline
Terminal and coding agent tabs beside documents
Multiple profiles for work, school and personal use
Native apps for Windows, macOS and Linux
Markdown import and export with code blocks
Save recipes from links, screenshots, cookbooks and handwritten cards
Automatic recipe extraction without ads or life stories
Step diagram showing parallel cooking tasks
Recipe scaling with ingredient amounts adjustment
Integrated timers in recipe steps
Offline cooking access
Multi-recipe combined view for one meal
Recipe adaptation via AI chat
Support for 8 languages with automatic translation
Recipe collections and sharing with family or friends
What makes it different
Free and fully open source with code on GitHub under MPL-2.0 license
Works completely offline with no account required
Bring your own AI without vendor lock-in
Local voice input that never sends audio to the cloud
Peer-to-peer sync without a server holding your notes
One clear recipe from any source—links, cookbooks, photos and handwritten cards all become the same format
Step diagram view shows what cooks in parallel instead of only a numbered list
Free plan with unlimited cooking, timers and saved recipes—no paywall to cook
No ads and user data not sold
Automatic translation and unit conversion between languages and measurement systems
Koru
Scappi