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Start with the complete software rather than a limited trial.
NO-RISK, VALUE-FOR-VALUE PRICING
Use it first.
Decide what it’s worth afterward.
Download Your Kitchen Library, install it, put your own recipes into it, and find out whether it is actually useful to you. If the software provides value, contribute an amount that reflects the value it provides to you. If it does not provide value, no contribution is expected.
REQUIRED UPFRONT PRICE$0Use the complete software before deciding its value.
No trial version. No crippled edition. No subscription.
Everyone gets the same software. Paying more does not unlock another edition or a hidden set of features.
No trial countdownNo payment-based feature tiersNo recipe limits based on paymentNo artificial user limits based on payment
THE SOFTWARE IS THE PRODUCT
Your Kitchen Library runs your recipe website.
It gives you the software to build and manage your own private, household, shared, or public recipe collection. You are not buying access to somebody else’s recipe collection.
My personal recipes are not part of the product.The software is the product. Your recipes go into your installation, and your recipe collection remains yours.
HOW VALUE FOR VALUE WORKS
There is very little risk in trying it.
Use it
Add your own recipes, cook from it, plan meals, shop, customize it and see whether it becomes useful.
Decide its value
If it earns a place in your kitchen, return whatever amount of value seems fair to you.
WHAT MIGHT I CONTRIBUTE?
You decide what value the software has for you.
These are broad reference ranges, not prices, license tiers, or feature levels. The boundaries are intentionally approximate; choose the amount that best reflects the value the software provides to you.
| Value-for-Value range | A reasonable way to think about the software |
|---|---|
| $0 | I am still trying the software, or it was not useful to me |
| $25–$50 | The software is useful to me and has earned a place in my kitchen. |
| $50–$100 | I use the software regularly for recipes, meal planning, shopping, or household sharing and want to support continued development. |
| $100–$250 | The software has become an important household tool for preserving recipes, planning meals, shopping, or sharing a family collection. |
| $250+ / Other | The software provides unusually high household, organizational, or commercial value, or I will choose another amount based on the value it creates for me. |
These ranges are suggestions for the software itself, not prices for recipes, recipe access, or recipe usage. They are not license tiers. Everyone gets the same software. The ranges simply recognize that the same software can create different amounts of value for different households and uses.
VALUE DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN MONEY
A useful project gets better when users participate.
Money helps with hosting, development, testing, and continued improvement, but other contributions matter too.
Report bugs
Good bug reports make the software more reliable for everyone.
Improve it
Suggest useful changes, help with documentation, contribute code, or test new releases.
Help it grow
Help another user or tell someone about the project when you think it would be useful to them.
YOUR LIBRARY STAYS UNDER YOUR CONTROL
Your installation manages your collection.
Your recipe library and the data you create remain under your control. Rights in recipes, photographs, or other material obtained from another source remain with their respective rights holders. Downloading or supporting Your Kitchen Library does not provide access to the author’s private recipe collection.
LICENSE
Use it personally or commercially.
The software may be used, modified, self-hosted, and shared for personal, nonprofit, educational, hobby, or commercial purposes, subject to the required project-credit terms. Payment is not required for those rights.
DOWNLOAD IT AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF
If it earns a place in your kitchen, return whatever value seems fair.
No sales pitch can tell you what the software is worth to you as well as actually using it.