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Most alternatives are either CLI-only scaffolding tools (cookiecutter, yeoman) that require config files and terminal knowledge, or they only handle folder structures without file contents. Prefab gives you a native Mac GUI - folders, files with content, variables in names and content, and post-creation automations like git init or opening in your editor - no terminal required. Finder integration for quick creation anywhere on your Mac - just right click and pick a template.

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I'd love to hear what you think and what features would make this more useful for you. Always happy to chat about the development side of the project as well.

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I cook a lot. I take photos of recipes from books.

So I started building Parea - an app where my cookbook actually lives, my cooking gets recorded, and the people who care about it can see what I'm making (without me having to post on Instagram). I think one of the first apps I've built where I actually keep coming back to it daily - my friends are also using it which is nice.

A few things it does:

• Snap any recipe from a cookbook, magazine, or website. It pulls out the ingredients and method so you can cook from your phone without the book splayed open next to the hob.
• Log every cook with a photo, a star rating, mods ("more chilli, less garlic"), and a note. Over time your profile becomes a real diary - the meals you actually loved, the ones you'd do again.
• A small, friends-first feed. What and where your actual friends are eating - and the recipe they used, one tap away.
• Cookbooks to curate your own collections of recipes (Weeknight, Saturday-night, Holiday bakes) and discover other people's.
• Shopping lists you can share with whoever you live with. Scan a receipt and it tells you what each list actually cost you. Price estimates are calculated from scanned receipts and show you an estimated cost on recipes.
• Search by what's in your fridge. Type "garlic, courgette, anchovy" and it tells you which of your recipes use all three - and which use two.
• Also tracks places you ate out if you're the kind of person who keeps a list (I am).

Live on iOS now. Would love any feedback. Happy to answer anything, development related or not. One thing that was interesting with this app submission - it got through review in 13 minutes with no back-and-forth. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has experienced this? My previous submissions have been an absolute nightmare.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/parea-cook-log-share/id6772762728