What does KitchenOwl do?

KitchenOwl helps users manage grocery lists, recipes, and meal planning collaboratively. It is catalogued under Lifestyle & Personal on PulseGate.

Who should use KitchenOwl?

KitchenOwl is an open-source project built for households and individuals managing groceries.

Yes — KitchenOwl is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and free to use.

What platforms does KitchenOwl run on?

KitchenOwl runs on the web, the command line, Android, and iOS. It can also be self-hosted.

Is KitchenOwl still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 38 commits in the last 90 days.

What projects are similar to KitchenOwl?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include AI Plate Checker, Yatri Sathi - Ride Booking App, and Bhanu.

Who makes KitchenOwl?

KitchenOwl is developed by Tom Bursch, based in the United States.

When did KitchenOwl launch?

KitchenOwl first shipped in 2021.

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KitchenOwl

Name: KitchenOwl
Author: Tom Bursch

kitchenowl.orgLifestyle & Personal🇺🇸

KitchenOwl is an open-source app for managing grocery lists, recipes, meal plans, and expenses. It supports collaborative features for households, recipe storage, and self-hosting options, making it ideal for families or individuals looking to organize their kitchen and shopping routines.

Open SourceAGPL-3.0WebCLIAndroidiOSSelf-hosted

Visit kitchenowl.org

3.4kstars

207forks

6features

2021since

Overview

6 features

KitchenOwl is a Lifestyle & Personal project. It helps users manage grocery lists, recipes, and meal planning collaboratively. KitchenOwl is an open-source project aimed at households and individuals managing groceries. KitchenOwl is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. It runs on the web, the command line, Android, and iOS, and it can be self-hosted.

Tom Bursch builds and maintains KitchenOwl, and it first shipped in 2021. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 3.4k stars and 38 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 6 catalogued features are grocery list management, recipe storage, and meal planning.

Grocery list management
Recipe storage
Meal planning
Expense tracking
Household collaboration
Self-hosting

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCLIAndroidiOSSelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

AGPL-3.0

Verified signals

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed27 Jun · 02:31 UTC
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Frequently asked questions about KitchenOwl

What does KitchenOwl do?: KitchenOwl helps users manage grocery lists, recipes, and meal planning collaboratively. It is catalogued under Lifestyle & Personal on PulseGate.
Who should use KitchenOwl?: KitchenOwl is an open-source project built for households and individuals managing groceries.
Is KitchenOwl free?: Yes — KitchenOwl is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does KitchenOwl run on?: KitchenOwl runs on the web, the command line, Android, and iOS. It can also be self-hosted.
Is KitchenOwl still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 38 commits in the last 90 days.
What projects are similar to KitchenOwl?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include AI Plate Checker, Yatri Sathi - Ride Booking App, and Bhanu.AI Plate Checker Yatri Sathi - Ride Booking App Bhanu
Who makes KitchenOwl?: KitchenOwl is developed by Tom Bursch, based in the United States.
When did KitchenOwl launch?: KitchenOwl first shipped in 2021.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Mobile · Cli · Web
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 3.4k
License: AGPL-3.0
Built for: households and individuals managing groceries
Model: Open source
Solves: Helps users manage grocery lists, recipes, and meal planning collaboratively.

Registered as

GitHub: TomBursch/kitchenowl
App Store: 1557453670
Google Play: com.tombursch.kitchenowl
PyPI: kitchenowl-python

Developer

🇺🇸Tom Bursch

Community-driven

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 3,421
Forks: 207
Open issues: 308
Last commit: 4 Jun 2026
Commits 90d: 38
Contributors: 51
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.7.9 · 4 Jun 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 95.6
Indexed: 27 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 27 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: kitchenowl-kitchenowl-org
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 27 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 5 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://kitchenowl.org/

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