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NutriTrace: self-hosted nutrition and wellness tracker (AGPL, single Docker container)

Thanks all, really appreciate the kind words. Feedback is welcome on anything: bug reports, missing features, things that feel rough, or just "this works for my setup." A few features are flagged Experimental right now and I'd like to harden them enough to drop the badge.

Native Android app is in active development. There's also a sister project in the works called LiftTrace under the same TraceApps umbrella, same self-hosted Docker setup but for workout tracking (sets, reps, programs, PRs). Not public yet but close.

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NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.42 released: self-hosted nutrition tracker

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Thanks for asking. Reception of this app has actually been positive overall since my first post here, with upvotes well ahead of downvotes.

Last week I posted about my newer app LiftTrace, which I also build with AI assistance. Once folks realized AI was part of how I work, "AI slop" became the read on that post and the downvotes came fast. I assume some of this week's downvotes here are coming from the same crowd reacting to a familiar name, which is fair. Everyone is entitled to their opinon and I respect that.

I've never hidden the AI involvement, and from what I can tell on the NutriTrace GitHub page real users are getting value out of it: stars are steadily climbing and issues and enhancement requests are coming in. I'll keep posting these updates because I think the apps are genuinely useful, I use them every day myself, and I wouldn't share them if I didn't believe they could help someone with their own health or fitness journey.

Happy to answer any other questions folks have.

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NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.35 released!

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That is correct, and it is called out in the README under Apps → iOS and in the Support section at the bottom. iOS needs a Mac, an iPhone, and a paid Apple Developer account, none of which I currently have. The Support section is where I mention that donations go toward exactly that. Apple Health sync specifically needs a native iOS wrapper since the data isn't exposed to PWAs, so it has to wait on the same blocker. I hope to someday get this out to the community.

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CookTrace 1.0.0-rc.1: Self-hosted Recipe Manager

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That URL should import cleanly; it's a standard food blog with the markup the importer expects.

TikTok though, honestly, no. TikTok pages don't expose the recipe text to scrapers and the AI fallback has almost nothing to work with. A real TikTok URL importer would need to call TikTok's caption API and transcribe the video audio, which isn't built yet.

Workaround that may possibly work today: screenshot the recipe overlay (or the comment where the creator wrote it out) and use Photo Import the AI extracts the recipe from the image. Two taps, same result.

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[AIP] NoteTrace v1.0.0 released: First Stable Release, Wear OS App, Offline Everywhere

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Yes. You can share any note or checklist with other people on your server, with view or edit access. Pins, labels, colors and reminders stay personal to each person, so a family member can pin the grocery list without it jumping to the top of your grid.

It isn't live yet, though. Changes sync rather than stream. The Android app syncs every 30 seconds and whenever you open it, so a checked-off item shows up on the other phone within about half a minute. In the web app, changes from someone else show up when you refresh, reopen the note, or pull down on the list.

If you both edit at the same time:

  • Checklists merge item by item. You can both tick things off or add items in the same list and nothing gets lost, which covers the usual shared shopping list case.
  • For text notes, the last save wins, and the other version is kept in the note's version history, so nothing is ever thrown away.

Live updates, where a tick or edit shows up on the other person's screen within a second or two, are very doable, and I'd like to add them. If you open a feature request for it, it goes on the list and you'll get a notification when it's in: https://github.com/TraceApps/notetrace/issues/new?template=feature_request.yml

A couple of lines about how you'd use it (for example, two phones on one shopping list at the store) will help me with envisioning how this should work.

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NutriTrace: self-hosted nutrition and wellness tracker (AGPL, single Docker container)

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Is the docker image public? I’m getting an “unauthorized” error when attempting to pull it. I’m not getting that error for other ghcr.io images. But I’m not docker expert, so I may be doing something wrong.

Should be fixed now, package was set to private by default on first push. Just flipped it. docker pull ghcr.io/traceapps/nutritrace:latest works without auth now. Thanks for flagging it.

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CookTrace 1.0.0-rc.1: Self-hosted Recipe Manager

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Here is what i see as some differences today between CookTrace and Tandoor:

CookTrace:

  • Pantry is a real first-class catalog, not a tag list. Barcode scanner, Open Food Facts + USDA lookup, per-item stock / serving size / nutrition, plus an "8 / 10 in pantry" match pill on every recipe card. Tandoor has the food list; CookTrace treats it as a primary surface.
  • AI assistant with tool use — not just a chat bubble. Trace can log a cook, plan a cook, add things to the shopping list, mark a pantry item out of stock, import a recipe URL, etc. by reading and writing your real data
  • FDA-style Nutrition Facts box auto-computed per recipe from pantry-linked ingredients
  • Android app with full offline mode (on-device SQLite, differential sync when you reconnect)
  • NutriTrace federation can import foods from NutriTrace directly into CookTrace's pantry.

Where Tandoor still wins today: PDF / image OCR bulk import, longer track record, larger ecosystem, iCal meal-plan feeds.

Importer's there in CookTrace, so you can move a copy over to compare with zero risk to your existing library whenever the time shows up.