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Terms of Service

Rules for using Cookbook.

Last updated: September 13, 2026.

Agreement

These Terms of Service govern your use of Cookbook. By accessing or using the service, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

Eligibility

Access to Cookbook may be invite-gated. Features can change or be removed while we improve the product. Access may be limited or revoked if needed to protect the service or other users.

Accounts

  • Access may be invite-gated; keep your credentials confidential
  • You are responsible for activity under your account
  • We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or put the service or other users at risk
  • You may leave a group if you are a member and not the household owner. Leaving removes your membership and your recipe and photo shares into that group. Recipes stay yours and become private if no group shares remain. Your account stays. The household owner cannot leave.
  • You may delete a recipe you created. It is hidden from lists; we may keep the record until an operator permanently removes it.
  • You may delete an uploaded photo you own. That removes the stored file and its record. If it was a bug-report screenshot, the report stays and the screenshot link is cleared
  • You may delete your profile in Settings. That hides your account, your recipes, and photos you own, revokes your sessions, and keeps your email on the account so we can recover it if needed. Empty households you own are also hidden. You cannot delete your profile while you own a household that still has other members.

Your content and license

  • You retain ownership of recipes and other content you create
  • By uploading or saving content, you grant us a license to host, display, and process it as needed to provide the service (including within groups and public surfaces you choose)
  • If you use optional AI features (scan, text import, recipe image generation, or blog draft), you also authorize us to send the content you submit for that action to our AI provider (currently xAI) to produce a result
  • You are responsible for the accuracy and legality of content you submit

Acceptable use

  • Do not use the service for illegal activity, harassment, or to upload content you do not have rights to share
  • Do not attempt to disrupt, scrape abusively, or gain unauthorized access to accounts, groups, or systems
  • Do not use the service to spam, phish, or distribute malware
  • Respect other members’ privacy within groups and do not repost private group content outside the service without permission

Groups and visibility

  • Content you mark GROUP is visible to members of those groups
  • Content you mark PUBLIC (or list publicly) may be readable by anyone with the link or on explore surfaces
  • We do not sell personal information
  • We use service providers under our instruction. We host the app on a virtual private server we operate.
  • DNS, TLS, and proxy: Cloudflare when the hostname is proxied
  • Email: Resend when email sending is configured
  • Photos: stored on the server, or in Cloudflare R2 (private bucket, served through the app) when that storage is enabled
  • AI: xAI / Grok when you run recipe scan, text import, recipe image generation, or blog draft

Disclaimers

The service is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation, or that content will never be lost.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cookbook will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, profits, or goodwill arising from your use of the service. Our total liability for claims relating to the service is limited to the greater of (a) amounts you paid us for the service in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) zero dollars if you have not paid for the service.

Changes

We may update these terms as the product evolves. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws applicable in the United States, without regard to conflict of law principles, except where mandatory local law applies.

Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected].

Related

See also our Privacy Policy and Cookies page.