# HowToCook

> Community-driven cooking guide and recipes for programmers

HowToCook is a Chinese cookbook and culinary guide tailored for programmers with structured, precise recipes. It covers kitchen setup, food safety, fundamental cooking techniques, and hundreds of dishes. Recipes can be read directly in markdown, browsed on the companion web viewer, or run locally using Docker.

- Source: https://github.com/Anduin2017/HowToCook
- Homepage: https://howtocook.aiursoft.com
- Live demo: https://howtocook.aiursoft.com/
- License: Unlicense
- Stars: 103367
- Forks: 11175
- Contributors: 446
- Last commit: 2026-10-26
- Latest release: 1.6.0 (2026-05-11)
- Purpose: Education & research
- Type: Web, Docker / self-host, Guide / course
- For: Personal

## Worth score: 82/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 25/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 21/25
- Community: 14/15
- Readiness: 12/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [1.6.0](https://github.com/Anduin2017/HowToCook/releases/tag/1.6.0). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Source code only: this release has no files to download.

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/Anduin2017/HowToCook
Updated: 2026-10-30