macOS
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Formula for GNOME recipes. Version 2.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gnome-recipesDebian stable package indexes · gnome-recipes · source: deb.debian.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gnome-recipesArch Linux sync databases · gnome-recipes · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gnome-recipesopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gnome-recipes · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Formula for GNOME recipes
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gnome-recipes
history
Project history and usage
GNOME Recipes is a recipe-management and cooking application for the GNOME desktop. It organizes recipes, ingredients, cuisines, and chefs, and presents browsing, recipe-detail, shopping-list, and cooking views.
Project history
Matthias Clasen introduced the app in December 2016 as GNOME Recipes, asking GNOME contributors to provide real recipes and photos so the application could ship with community-contributed content rather than test data. The project followed GNOME application conventions, using GTK, Meson, Flatpak, and GNOME design resources.
The repository README describes the app's main objects as recipes, ingredients, cuisines, and chefs, and notes that after the 1.0 release the build system switched exclusively to Meson. The archived GNOME wiki page documents the app's user-facing views and links to stable Flatpak distribution.
Adoption history
Recipes was adopted as one of GNOME's application experiments beyond traditional office and system utilities. Its distribution through Flatpak, Linux distribution packages, and Homebrew made it available to users who wanted a desktop-native cookbook rather than a web-only recipe collection.
How it is used
Practitioners use GNOME Recipes to browse included recipes, save personal recipes, group them by cuisine or occasion, create shopping lists, and follow cooking steps at the computer. Contributors used it as a community content project because recipe text and photos could be improved independently of the application code.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, GNOME Recipes is notable because it packages structured content with a desktop app. It also shows GNOME's mid-2010s Flatpak-era app model: a GTK application with community data, translations, Meson builds, and distro packaging despite having a non-developer subject matter.
Timeline
- 2016-12: Matthias Clasen announces GNOME Recipes and asks for recipe/photo contributions.
- 2017: Recipes receives wider Linux distribution and Flatpak attention.
- 2018: A GNOME Recipes hackfest explores ways to extend the cooking app for GNOME and Endless OS users.
Related projects
- GNOME Recipes is related to Gourmet Recipe Manager, GNOME Cookbook community content, Flatpak, GTK, Meson, GNOME design resources, and distribution packages such as Debian, Arch, openSUSE, and Homebrew formulas.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 14 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 5 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gnome-recipes | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.0.4
manager updated2026-07-05
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipesnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gnome-recipes |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnome-recipes |
| Homepage | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes |
| Repository | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/recipes |
| Upstream docs | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-recipes/2.0/gnome-recipes-2.0.4.tar.xz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-05T04:22:29Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | adwaita-icon-theme, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gnome-autoar, gspell, gtk+3, json-glib, libcanberra, libgoa, librest, libsoup, pango |
| Build dependencies | gettext, itstool, meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gnome-recipes |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 3 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
gnome-recipes 2.0.4-4
Recipe application for GNOME
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes
sudo apt install gnome-recipes- Section: gnome
- Architecture: amd64
- 17 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Recipes
Debian apt95%
gnome-recipes-data 2.0.4-4
Recipe application for GNOME (data files)
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes
sudo apt install gnome-recipes-data- Section: gnome
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: gnome-recipes
- 2 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Recipes
pacman95%
gnome-recipes 2.0.4-15
Recipe management application for GNOME
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes
sudo pacman -S gnome-recipes- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 13 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Recipes
zypper95%
gnome-recipes 2.0.4+117-3.4
A recipe app for GNOME
https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Recipes
sudo zypper install gnome-recipes- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gnome-recipes
- 18 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Recipes
zypper95%
gnome-recipes-lang 2.0.4+117-3.4
Translations for package gnome-recipes
https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Recipes
sudo zypper install gnome-recipes-lang- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: System/Localization
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: gnome-recipes
- 1 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Recipes
zypper95%
gnome-shell-search-provider-gnome-recipes 2.0.4+117-3.4
A recipe app for GNOME -- Search Provider for GNOME Shell
https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Recipes
sudo zypper install gnome-shell-search-provider-gnome-recipes- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Office/Organizers
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gnome-recipes
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gnome Recipes
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment