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Kiwi

Pantry tracking and leftover recipe suggestions. Scan barcodes, photograph receipts, and get AI-powered recipe ideas based on what you already have.

Source-available Licensed under BSL 1.1 — free for personal non-commercial self-hosting. Fork it, run it locally, contribute. Converts to MIT 4 years after each release. Commercial hosting requires a paid license.

Choose your deployment

Kiwi runs on your machine or ours. Same features — different privacy trade-offs. Single-seat license. Your key works on any device you own.

Self-Hosted

Run it on your own machine

Your data never leaves your machine. All AI runs locally via ollama or vllm. Zero telemetry. No account required to get started.

Free

$0forever

  • Inventory CRUD (add, edit, remove items)
  • Barcode scanning
  • Receipt photo upload
  • Expiry date alerts
  • CSV export
  • Recipe browser — browse by cuisine, meal type, dietary, or main ingredient
  • Save recipes with notes and 0–5 star rating
  • Free-text style tags on saved recipes
  • Leftover mode — prioritize nearly-expired items in recipes (5/day)

Paid

$5/mo

  • Everything in Free
  • Receipt OCR — extract items automatically from photos
  • AI recipe suggestions from pantry contents
  • Named recipe collections — organise saves into folders
  • LLM style auto-classifier — tag suggestions for saved recipes
  • Meal planning mode
  • BYOK: all AI features unlock with your own LLM backend

Premium

$10/mo

  • Everything in Paid
  • Multi-household support
  • Background expiry monitoring (push alerts)

Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) unlocks cloud LLM features on the free tier — see docs for setup.

Founders pricing closes when the window ends — no extensions. Monthly subscribers can upgrade to lifetime at any time.

Managed Cloud

We host it — no setup required

We process your queries with end-to-end encryption. Your data is never sold or shared with third parties. Cancel any time — your export is yours.