CookCLI Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

CookCLI hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted recipe server for your Cooklang recipe files, with a web interface to browse, search and edit them from any device. Deploy CookCLI from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 0.37.0 image behind a gateway that asks for a generated Basic Authentication login, mounts a recipe volume and publishes it over HTTPS. There is no database to run.

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What is CookCLI?

CookCLI is a suite of command line tools for working with Cooklang recipes, which its README says it built to automate your cooking and shopping routine with UNIX tools. It can also function as a webserver for your recipes, making them browsable on any device. Its README lists a web interface, recipe search, organised shopping lists, pantry tracking with expiration dates and meal plans written as menu files. Self-hosted CookCLI is that recipe server run on your own server. It is licensed under MIT.

On xCloud this template deploys CookCLI 0.37.0 from the upstream image, pinned by digest, behind a Caddy gateway that enforces HTTP Basic Authentication, with no database. Recipe files sit on the cookcli_recipes volume, seeded with upstream sample recipes on first start. CookCLI has no accounts of its own, so everyone with the gateway credentials has full access.

From Sign-Up to a Live CookCLI Recipe Box In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting CookCLI normally means a container, a gateway, a domain and a certificate before a single recipe is written. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick CookCLI from the OneClick catalog, choose a domain, and keep or change the gateway username (default admin).
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up CookCLI 0.37.0 behind a Caddy gateway, generate the access password, mount the recipe volume preloaded with upstream sample recipes, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Sign In And Write Your First Recipe
Open your HTTPS URL, enter the username and generated password from your installation credentials, then click New Recipe and write it in the browser editor — it saves automatically.

Everything CookCLI Does, On Your Own Server

CookCLI runs in full here — its recipe editor, shopping lists and pantry tracking, on infrastructure you control.

Plain-Text Recipes
Recipes are ordinary Cooklang .cook files instead of a proprietary database, easy to copy or keep in Git.
Browser Recipe Editor
Write and edit recipes with live Cooklang language support, right in the browser.
Shopping Lists On Demand
Turn one or more recipes, scaled as needed, into an organized shopping list.
Pantry And Menu Planning
Track pantry inventory and expiration dates, and plan meals with .menu files.
Private By Default
The whole site, API and editor sit behind a username and a generated password — nothing is open by default.
Starts With Sample Recipes
Upstream sample recipes load on day one, so the library is never empty when you first sign in.

Everything You Need To Run Your Recipe Box 24/7

Managed hosting for CookCLI, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

CookCLI 0.37.0 deployed instantly
Site-wide password protection
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Share one login with your household
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With CookCLI

Keep your recipes as plain text files
You write recipes as Cooklang files in the web editor and keep them in one volume you can back up, copy or move as ordinary files.
Build a shopping list from several recipes
You pick the dishes you plan to cook and let CookCLI assemble one organised shopping list instead of copying ingredients by hand.
Track what is in the pantry
A household records pantry items and expiration dates in the web interface and checks them before the weekly shop.
Share one recipe box with the family
Everyone in the home opens the same HTTPS address with one shared login, and each person can browse and edit recipes from a phone or laptop.

CookCLI vs Alternatives

Paprika: CookCLI keeps recipes as plain Cooklang text files on a server you run, and this page makes no feature-parity claim against Paprika.
Tandoor Recipes: Tandoor Recipes has its own OneClick page. Choose CookCLI when you want plain-text recipe files and one shared login for the whole site.
Mealie: This page makes no claim about Mealie. CookCLI stores recipes as Cooklang files with no database and no accounts of its own, so compare that model with Mealie yourself before choosing.
Grocy: Grocy has its own OneClick page. CookCLI tracks pantry inventory and expiration dates alongside recipes written as Cooklang files.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for CookCLI hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Larger recipe libraries and more frequent edits.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

CookCLI alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. CookCLI itself is free under the MIT licence.

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Ready To Own Your Recipe Box?

CookCLI on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your recipes. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is Cooklang?

Cooklang is the recipe markup that CookCLI works with, described on cooklang.org, and recipes are stored as plain .cook text files. This page does not teach the syntax, so use the upstream documentation, and add your own .cook files through the web editor or by copying them into the volume.

Is CookCLI free?

Yes. CookCLI is open source under the MIT licence, linked from this page at the pinned v0.37.0 tag. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for CookCLI, and there is no per-user fee. The Caddy gateway in front of it is a separate project under Apache-2.0.

Can you self-host CookCLI with Docker?

Yes, and this CookCLI Docker hosting template does it for you: the upstream ghcr.io/cooklang/cookcli image, pinned by digest, runs beside a Caddy gateway on your own server, with HTTPS in front. It is not a CookCLI cloud account, so your recipes stay on your server.

How much RAM does CookCLI need?

CookCLI needs at least 256 MB of RAM, one core and 1 GB of disk by its manifest, covering CookCLI and the gateway. Recipe files are small, so the library rarely grows the disk much. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves enormous headroom above that floor.

Does CookCLI have user accounts?

No. CookCLI has no built-in authentication, so this template puts the whole site behind one shared Basic Authentication login. Everyone who has it can read, create, edit and delete every recipe and use the shopping list and pantry. Rotate it by changing the environment values and restarting.

How do I sign in to CookCLI?

Open your HTTPS address and your browser asks for the username and generated password shown after install. The default username is admin and the password is 32 characters. Then the recipe library opens, seeded with upstream sample recipes the first time the volume starts.

Can I import my existing recipes into CookCLI?

Yes, if they are Cooklang .cook files: add them through the web editor, or copy them into the cookcli_recipes volume. This page does not claim a browser upload for bulk import, and request bodies are limited to 1 MiB, so convert other formats to Cooklang first.

What runs alongside CookCLI?

Only a Caddy 2.10.2 gateway that enforces the Basic Authentication login. CookCLI's own port is reachable only from the gateway on the private network, and there is no database. Cross-site request protection stays on, so recipe changes must come from your own domain.

How do I back up CookCLI?

Back up the cookcli_recipes volume, the complete data boundary, which holds every recipe file. Stop writes or stop the container briefly for a consistent copy, keep it off the server, and test a restore on a disposable install. The volume is owned by user 1000 inside the container.

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How do I upgrade CookCLI?

A running 0.37.0 server is left alone when the catalog changes; a newer template version is something you adopt. Back up the recipe volume first and read the upstream release notes. The image tag and digest in the template are pinned together by its maintainers.

Is CookCLI an alternative to Paprika?

CookCLI keeps recipes and builds shopping lists from them, storing the recipes as plain Cooklang files on a server you run. This page makes no feature-parity claim against Paprika, so try CookCLI with a few of your own recipes first.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.