Take a recipe. Make it yours.
On forc every recipe is a starting point, not a final version. You take one, cook it, change what doesn't suit you and save your version. The original stays as it was – and your variant stays linked to it. Anyone who likes can take yours as the starting point for the next.
Like GitHub, but for recipes – and without having to know what GitHub is.
How a recipe lives on forc.
A recipe isn't saved and then forgotten. It gets cooked, changed, passed on, taken back. Every version stays, and every one knows where it came from.
- Forc
- – taking a recipe and making it yours. Your variant knows its origin, the original stays untouched.
- Version
- – every saved change to a recipe. All of them stay, all can be compared.
- Take back
- – bringing a change from a variant into your own recipe, with credit.
- Cookbook
- – a collection of your recipes, variants and saved ones, in your order.
Take what others cook.
Find recipes by diet, course or main ingredient. Each shows how often it has been cooked and how many variants it has – a recipe with twelve variants is clearly a good starting point. Saving on forc means bringing it into your kitchen as a starting point.
Cook it. And keep track of what you change.
Cooking mode shows only what's next: a checklist, timers inside the step, parallel tasks side by side. Afterwards you note how it went – with a photo if you like. “Less salt next time” becomes your next variant with one tap.
Change it. The original stays.
This is the heart of forc. No feta at home? Dressing too sweet? You say what bothers you, forc suggests two or three alternatives and explains what changes in taste, amount and steps. You see before and after, then you save your variant. Clara's recipe is exactly what it was – your version hangs off it, with her name as its origin.
See what others make of yours. Take the best back.
Your recipes get better without you doing anything. Every variant shows you what someone changed and why. If you like an idea, one tap brings it into your recipe – as a new version, with that person's name on it. All versions stay comparable.
Collect versions, not links.
Cookbooks are your order of your own recipes, variants and saved ones: “Weeknights”, “For friends”, “What Grandma did differently”. Shareable by link, even with people who have no account. And you can take all of it with you at any time – as readable files, not as an export only forc can open.
What forc is not.
These are decisions, not missing features.
- No feed.You see what you saved and what people make of your recipes. No algorithm decides what you should cook today.
- No ads, no data trading.Your recipes and your cooking diary are not sold and not used to train models.
- No chatbot in the kitchen.Help appears when you call it, suggests something concrete and says so honestly when it has no good suggestion.
- No overwriting.Nothing gets lost. Every version stays, every variant knows its origin, and you can take everything with you at any time.
Who it's for.
For people who see recipes as a starting point, not as a rule.
- Your best recipe lives in three chat threads, a photo and a note – and it's a different version every time.
- You never cook other people's recipes the way they're written – and it annoys you every time that your change isn't written down anywhere.
- You pass recipes on and want to see what friends make of them – and take the good parts back without your original being changed.
- You cook for a living and want your recipes in one place – with exact amounts, scalable, and every change traceable.
- You want a device in the kitchen that says what's next and otherwise keeps quiet.
What it costs.
No advertising means forc has to be paid for by the people who use it. On the web forc stays free; later you pay for the app on your phone.
The app for the kitchen comes later and will cost something. What exactly will be stated here once it's settled.
- Unlimited recipes, variants and versions
- Cooking mode with checklist and timers
- Help with changes, with a before-and-after comparison
Take a recipe that already exists. Change one thing.
That's all it takes to see how forc works. Your first variant is saved in five minutes – and the original never noticed.
Create a recipe