🍳 rwf — Recipes Without the Fluff

A CLI tool that extracts recipes from any URL, skipping the life stories and ads. Powered by the GitHub Copilot SDK.

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  ┌──┐  Recipes Without the Fluff
  ├▪▪┤  Extract recipes, skip the stories.
  └──┘  Enter a URL to get started.

Features

• 📖 Extract recipes from any URL — just paste and go
• 🛒 Generate shopping lists grouped by category
• 📐 Adjust servings — double, halve, or set exact amounts
• 💾 Export to Markdown — save recipes for offline use
• 💬 Ask questions — get cooking tips, substitutions, and more
• 🌶️ Spiciness indicators — know what you're getting into
• ✨ Animated status — fun cooking-themed messages while processing

Requirements

• Go 1.21+
• GitHub Copilot CLI installed and authenticated
• GitHub Copilot subscription

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/rwf.git
cd rwf
go build -o rwf .

Pre-built binaries

Download from the Releases page.

Usage

./rwf

Optional flags:

# Override Copilot request timeout (default: 2m)
./rwf -copilot-timeout=3m

Then paste a recipe URL when prompted. The CLI will:

1. Fetch and parse the webpage
2. Extract the recipe using Copilot
3. Display a summary with emoji, category, servings, and spiciness
4. Present a menu of actions

Build

# Development
go run .

# Production binary
go build -o rwf .

# Cross-compile for all platforms
make all

Cross-compilation

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -o dist/rwf-macos-arm64 .

# macOS (Intel)
GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o dist/rwf-macos-amd64 .

# Linux
GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o dist/rwf-linux .

# Windows
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o dist/rwf.exe .

Tech Stack

• Go — Fast, statically-linked binaries with no runtime dependencies
• GitHub Copilot SDK — Agentic AI for recipe extraction and transformations
• goquery — HTML parsing and content extraction

License

MIT