Throw in meal ideas anytime. Your list sorts itself.
Add meals and missing items whenever you think of them. Cuicuit merges them into one aisle-sorted shopping list and shows which meals you can already cook.
Free in the cloud · Self-hosting soon · Open source
From “what's for dinner” to done shopping, as quick as possible.
Throw in meals, whenever
No calendar to fill. Add a recipe or a missing item the moment you think of it.
One list, sorted by aisle
Meals and extras merge into a single neat shopping list, each item linked to its meal.
Know what you can cook now
Every meal shows whether you have what it needs. Badges update as you tick things off.
Curate your own recipe library.
Import from anywhere: paste a recipe link or text. Cuicuit guesses useful filters and displays them in a gallery.
Social videos & posts
YouTube · TikTok · Instagram · X · Facebook
- Any website or blog
- Any text
Free in the cloud today. Yours to host soon.
The same open-source app either way. Start in the cloud in a minute, or run it yourself once the Docker release lands.
Cloud
Free crowdfunded
- Every feature, nothing to install
- Synced with your friends and family
- Fair usage limits on recipe imports
Imports use 'seeds' as a way to share hosting costs. If shared seeds run out, wait for a supporter to top-up or contribute to get your own.
Sign up freeNo card needed.
Self-hosted
Free forever
- Same app and features on your hardware
- Bring your own API keys
- One Docker Compose file
Coming soon around end of 2026, once Cloud stabilizes.
How the cloud stays free
Contributions help cover hosting and recipe imports. You get your own seeds, and gift seeds to the community fund. Contributing is optional.
What are seeds?
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Supporters chip in
Every €1 adds 20 seeds to your balance and 10 to the community fund.
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Everyone picks from the garden
Anyone can use up to 20 shared seeds weekly while the community fund has seeds available.
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Seeds power recipe imports
Each recipe import uses 1 seed. Planning, shopping lists and sharing stay free.
Where we are
alpha, growing fastThe core loop works and I use it daily. The roadmap is shaped by feedback from the community on Discord and GitHub. If you have ideas, please share them!
Live today
- Recipe import
- Dateless meal plan
- Combined shopping list
- Cookability badges
Coming soon
- Self-hosting with Docker
- Nutrition stats & Timeline
- Offline support
Later
- Online groceries? Expirations?
- Vote what's next on GitHub
Good questions
How is this different from other recipe managers?
Most make you plan by date, and you must manage ingredients separately. Cuicuit doesn't: you drop in meals and missing items whenever with a single search bar, and it keeps one merged, aisle-sorted list and tells you which meals you can already cook. The goal is the least possible time between “what's for dinner” and “I'm done shopping”.
Is Cuicuit really free?
Yes! All features free, with no subscription required. To share hosting costs, recipe imports use seeds. You can use up to 20 shared seeds weekly while the community fund has seeds available. If it runs out, you can wait for supporters to top-up or contribute yourself to get your own seeds. Your saved recipes, plan and shopping list remain always available.
How does recipe import work?
Paste a recipe link (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook or any blog) or some text. Cuicuit extracts ingredients, quantities, steps and timings, using open standards like schema.org/Recipe plus AI when needed (low-CO2 inference locations chosen on Cloud).
Can I host it myself?
Soon. Cuicuit is open source (AGPL-3.0), and a Docker Compose release is planned once the cloud version stabilizes. Early 2027 is a target, not a confirmed release date. Watch releases on GitHub for updates.
Is it stable?
It's in alpha: it works and I use it daily, but expect rough edges. Feedback on Discord directly shapes what gets built next.
Where does the name come from?
“Cui-cui” is the sound of a bird chirp in French and “cuit” means cooked, so “c'est cuit” becomes “c'est cuicuit”. Say it “qui-qui”.
Try it on tonight's dinner.
Import one recipe, add a few extras, and see your list sort itself.
Self-hosting is on its way. C'est cuicuit!