# Chowdown

Chowdown is an AI-powered macro tracker providing instant nutritional breakdowns (protein, carbs, fats, fibre, calories) from food photos. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/873/chowdown

## Description

Chowdown is an AI-powered macro tracker providing instant nutritional breakdowns (protein, carbs, fats, fibre, calories) from food photos. It includes an AI nutrition coach, social groups, personalised meal ideas, and offers simple recipes in Markdown format.

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid.

## Health score

24/100 (Low), based on 2 of 4 factors.
- Easy to install: 20 (1 install platform, Docker image)
- Light to run: 30 (3 GB minimum RAM)

## Links

- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/gregyankovoy/chowdown/Dockerfile/
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/chowdown-0u4uk6p0kt9bd9?q=chowdown

## Common questions

### How are recipes stored in Chowdown?

Recipes are stored in Markdown format.

### Does Chowdown generate a static site?

Chowdown is a static-site recipe collection built on Jekyll.

### Is Chowdown seen as a simpler recipe manager option?

A self-hoster described it as looking like what they needed after being tired of complicated recipe managers.

### Where can I track development issues for Chowdown?

They are available on the project's GitHub Issues page.

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Source: Our Local Host (https://ourlocalhost.com/app/873/chowdown), the self-hosted and open-source app directory.