# What To Cook?

> What To Cook? is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the recipe management category. Get a recipe to cook today, based on the ingredients you have at home. It has 71 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/kassner/whattocook |
| GitHub stars | 71 |
| Forks | 0 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Java |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Recipe Management |
| Commits, last 12 months | 7 |
| Last commit | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Latest release | 0.4.2 (Nov 20, 2025) |
| Created | Sep 12, 2023 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: hacktoberfest, recipes, self-hosted

## Install

What To Cook? ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/kassner/whattocook for the image name and environment variables.

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