A Recipe Markup Language
cooklang.org Source★ 1,441MIT App Store Google Play Discord RedditLifestyle / Food & Cooking
- Monthly visits
- 16.7K
- Up47.4%MoMOct 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- $14.03/mo
- Higher than 91% of peersNiche median $5.31/mo
- Launched
- 5y ago
- 2021-10-26 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Show HN (415 pts · 146 comments)Launch
CookLang – Recipe Markup Language
Oct 26, 2021 · 5y agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metricsCreate recipes and shopping lists using Cooklang
Open Source & Agent Ecosystem
- GitHub Stars
- ★ 1,441
- Forks
- 125
- License
- MIT
- Primary language
- Rust
Store data
- Rating
- ★ 3.676 ratings
- New ratings last mo
- —
- Price & IAP
- FreeIAP data not synced
- First released
- 2021-12-1835 MB
- Meal plan support
Cook: Cooklang format recipe app – Lossless Recipes Most recipe apps strip away the details that make recipes actually work. Cook preserves everything by using Cooklang recipe format based on text files. Capture How Recipes Really Work Real recipes have structure. A pie has a crust and a filling. Bread has preferments. Sauces get referenced across dishes. Cook handles all of it: - Sections – Keep dough, filling, frosting, and garnish organized as distinct parts of one recipe - Recipe references – Link to your pizza dough from your pizza recipe instead of copying it everywhere - Shorthand preparations – Write "onion, diced" once and the app understands both the ingredient and the prep - Notes and metadata – Oven temps, timing cues, source attribution—nothing gets lost Shopping Lists That Match How You Shop Group ingredients your way: by store section, by recipe component, or by store. Cooklang builds your list automatically and lets you configure the groupings to fit your routine. Your Recipes, Your Files Cook runs on Cooklang, an open-source plain text format. Create recipes on desktop, sync via iCloud, CookCloud, or any sync app. Works offline. No lock-in—your recipes stay yours forever. - Organize in folders - Scale by servings, multiplier, or ingredient ratio - Share and export freely Download and start building a recipe collection that captures how you actually cook.
- Rating
- Rating not syncedRating count not synced
- New ratings last mo
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- Price & IAP
- FreeIAP data not synced
- Current version
- —Store metadata
Store assets, rating histograms, install tiers, and screenshots are synced from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Chrome Web Store.
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct40%
- Organic Search32%
- Referrals11%
- Social6%
- Other12%
Countries
- United States49%
- Germany13%
- Israel11%
- Australia8%
- Belgium6%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2021-04-10
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| cooklang | 1,180 |
| mealie html | 270 |
| recipe platform | 160 |
| mealie app review | 130 |
| recipe language code | 110 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: 7-day free trial · Observed 2026-11-09 · Source page
Entry price $14.03/mo, Higher than 91% of peers; “Food & Cooking” median is $5.31/mo.View pricing benchmark
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshotsChanges
Design
Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and code block / terminal / cli visuals.
First-screen preview · click to zoom
First-screen pitch & conversion flow
“A Recipe Markup Language”
Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and no explicit trust bar.
Conversion path: Split Copy & Visual + Code Block / Terminal / CLI → Start Free / Sign Up
- Category Positioning Anchor
- Large Hero Product Shot
- Code & Terminal
Palette · click to copy
- Typography
- 8.0
- Color & Contrast
- 8.0
- Layout & Spacing
- 8.0
- Craft & Polish
- 8.0
- Distinctiveness
- 7.0
Structure
- Fonts
- Inter / JetBrains Mono
- Hero layout
- Split Copy & Visual
- Primary visual
- Code Block / Terminal / CLI
- Conversion CTA
- Start Free / Sign Up
- Social proof
- No Explicit Trust Bar
- Navigation
- Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density
- Light · Airy
- Corners & depth
- Medium Radius · With shadow
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Dark Developer)
Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.
## Design Tokens
```css
:root {
--background: #ffffff;
--surface: #212529;
--foreground: #161718;
--muted-foreground: #666b70;
--accent: #e15a29;
--radius: 8px;
--font-heading: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-mono: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
}
```
Color area ratio: Background #FFFFFF (~75%) · Surface #212529 (~11%) · Text #161718 (~7%) · Muted Text #666B70 (~4%) · Accent #E15A29 (~3%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.
## Layout & Conversion Structure
- Hero layout: Split Copy & Visual
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Airy
- Border radius & elevation: Medium Radius; use elevation shadows to separate layers
- Primary visual medium: Code Block / Terminal / CLI
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up
- Headline hook: Category Positioning Anchor
- Hero components: Large Hero Product Shot, Code & Terminal
- Spatial layout notes: Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and no explicit trust bar.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and code block / terminal / cli visuals.
## Avoid
- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color
Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.
Questions & evidence
- How much does CookLang cost?
- Cook Basic: Unknown; Cook Pro: €12.99/month. Observed 2026-11-09. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does CookLang get?
- Vaneform estimates 16.7K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is CookLang and what platforms does it support?
- CookLang is catalogued under Food & Cooking: A Recipe Markup Language. Supported platforms: Mobile App, MCP Server, CLI / SDK, API.
- Is CookLang open source?
- CookLang has a public repository (https://github.com/cooklang/cookcli) under the MIT license, recording 1,441 GitHub stars, and supporting self-hosted deployment.Source
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