A no frills recipe program. Creates recipe files in text file format without a database and saves to your specified location. Includes a built in search to find recipes in your collection by title, ingredients, or both, with any number of search terms. Allows editing existing recipes from within the app without needing to open in a text editor. Help menu details program usage.
- Organize recipes into categories, managed from the Config menu
- Search by title, content, or both, filtered by category if you like
- Automatically adds bullet points to ingredients (configurable)
- Automatic indentation of directions (configurable)
- Automatic formatting of the title to the filename (configurable)
- Light or Dark mode
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3.0.03 Sept 2026
Recipe Scribe 3.0.0
- Complete rewrite from Tkinter to PyQt6
- Added recipe categories, managed from the Config menu, filterable in search
- Search now supports any number of search terms, and can search title, content, or both
- Fixed a bug where direction step indentation misaligned from step 10 onward
2.0.123 Mar 2024
Recipe Scribe v2.0.1
- Set the configuration file to be located at ~/.config/recipe_scribe.conf instead of the program folder. This prevents the Flatpak from creating orphaned config files when launched from different places in the file system.
Recipe Scribe v2.0 Stable
- Added new search feature. Recipes can be searched and edited from within the program
- Configuration changes such as dark mode or using bullet points are effective immediately program restart no longer required
- Added program icon to the dock or taskbar when the program is running