What does a Recipe Keeper export look like?

Recipe Keeper exports a .zip containing one recipes.html file and an images/ folder. The HTML uses Schema.org microdata (itemprop attributes), so every field — title, ingredients, instructions, prep/cook times, categories, notes, ratings, nutrition — is structured and machine-readable. Upload the .zip directly, or unzip first and upload just recipes.html.

How do I export from Recipe Keeper?

Open Recipe Keeper, go to Settings → Backup, Import & Export → Export. The app produces a single .zip with every recipe and its photos. Save it somewhere you can find, then upload it here.

Do photos and ratings come through?

Yes. Photos in the images/ folder are referenced from each recipe in the HTML and we preserve the references through to the PDF and HTML outputs. Ratings, courses, categories, prep/cook times, source URLs, notes, and the nutrition fields all map to schema.org Recipe equivalents.

Can I move my Recipe Keeper collection to Paprika or Mealie?

Convert to JSON or .cook here, then import into the destination app. Most modern recipe apps accept schema.org JSON-LD or have a generic JSON import path; Mealie and Tandoor will accept Recipe Keeper exports directly using their own importers as well.

Recipe Keeper backups now supported

Convert your Recipe Keeper backup

Recipe Keeper bundles your collection into a tidy .zip. We turn it into PDF, JSON, CSV, Markdown, or .cook so every recipe works in whatever app you use next.

100% free. Open-source parsing. No account required.

What we support

Drop in the .zip from Recipe Keeper's Export action — or unzip it and upload just the HTML.

.zip Recommended

The full export — recipes.html plus an images/ folder. Every recipe, every photo, every field.

recipes.html Supported

The bare HTML file works too — useful if you've already extracted the zip or only want the recipe data without photos.

How to export from Recipe Keeper

1

Open Recipe Keeper

Launch the app on whichever device holds your collection.

2

Open settings

Tap the gear or menu icon, then choose Backup, Import & Export.

3

Export

Pick the Export option. Recipe Keeper builds a single .zip containing recipes.html and the images/ folder. Save it somewhere you can find again.

4

Upload it here

Drag the .zip into the upload area above. We unpack it, parse every recipe, and convert into the formats you choose.

Why move recipes out of Recipe Keeper?

Recipe Keeper is a pleasant app to use, but the .zip you get out of it isn't something other apps natively read. Most cooks who try to switch end up either re-typing recipes by hand or giving up.

That's the gap this page closes. Recipe Keeper does a thoughtful thing — it exports as Schema.org-tagged HTML — and that means your recipes are already structured. We translate that into the open formats every other app understands.

Convert to JSON for re-import into another app, PDF for printing, Markdown for a personal cookbook, or .cook for any CookLang-compatible tool. Your collection, your choice of format.

Export to any format

Get your recipes in formats that work for you

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JSON

Schema.org compliant

PDF

Print-ready cards

CSV

Excel-friendly

MD

Markdown

Plain text

.cook

CookLang

For developers

DB

SQLite

Portable database

ORF

Open Recipe

YAML format

Free your Recipe Keeper collection

Drop your Recipe Keeper .zip above and we'll convert every recipe into the format you want.