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FIELD NOTES · 04.MAY.2026/RELEASE 0.1 — NOW IN BETA

Eat what you have. Plan what you don't.

eatmi is a quiet kitchen companion. Track what you eat, plan the week from what's already in your pantry — all on your Mac, in one plain JSON file you own.

01100% local · no servers
02Your data, one JSON file
03No AI · no subscription
WEEK 18Tracker
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1,720kcal
81gprotein
92%pantry
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§ 01 — FEATURES

A planner that respects your fridge, your time, and your wallet.

Six small tools that compose into one calm weekly rhythm — not another aspirational diet app.

01 / Tracker

Log a meal in two taps.

Pick from your last 30, or scribble a quick note. eatmi remembers your portions — no scales, no guilt.

02 / Plan

The week, on one page.

A 7×4 grid: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner. Drag a recipe in, or let eatmi suggest something from what you have.

03 / Recipes

Your library, not a feed.

Save what you actually cook. Tag by mood, by minutes, by mess. Search runs locally and never recommends ads.

high-proteinmeal-prepquickno-cookveganomega-3breakfast
04 / Pantry

Always knows what you have.

Tick items as you cook or shop. Your pantry stays in sync with your plan and your buy list — no scanning, no barcodes.

05 / Buy list

Just the gap.

Your week's plan minus your pantry equals one short list — grouped by aisle, sortable by store. Share it with whoever shops.

Spinach200G
Cherry tomato300G
Chicken thigh600G
+ 4 more€14.20
06 / Local

One file. On your Mac. Yours.

Everything eatmi knows lives in a single plain-text JSON file. No accounts. No cloud. No telemetry. Back it up like any other document.

~/Documents/eatmi.json
{
"week": 18,
"pantry": […],
"log": […]
}
§ 02 — HOW IT WORKS

Three small rituals. About four minutes a day.

01

Tell eatmi what's in the kitchen.

A one-time setup, then tick items off as you cook or shop. Type it in, paste a list — nothing leaves your Mac.

Chicken thigh
600G
Spinach
150G
Brown rice
450G
Cherry tomato
200G
+ Add itemPaste listImport JSON
02

Drag recipes into the week.

A 7×4 grid: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner. Pick from your library, leave slots empty, copy yesterday — you stay the author. No AI suggestions, no nudges.

MON · LUNCHChicken & rice bowl
MON · DINNERChickpea spinach stew
TUE · LUNCHTomato feta salad
TUE · DINNER— drop a recipe —
From libraryCopy last weekLeave blank
03

Log as you eat. That's it.

Two taps to confirm a planned meal. A swipe to log something off-plan. eatmi closes the loop on what you actually ate.

Yogurt + sourdough
08:30 · 320 KCAL
Chicken & rice bowl
13:20 · 540 KCAL
Apple
16:10 · 95 KCAL
Chickpea spinach stew
19:45 · 460 KCAL
DAY TOTAL · 1,415 KCAL · 64G PON TRACK
§ 04 — DOWNLOAD

Get eatmi.

Free during beta. Mac only for now. Your data stays on-device in one plain JSON file you control — no account, no server, ever.

v0.1.0 · aarch64
macOS 13 +
For macOS

Apple Silicon build. Signed & notarised. Runs entirely offline.

iOS · in build
TestFlight Q3
For iPhone — coming soon

An iOS companion that syncs to your Mac over local Wi-Fi (still no servers). TestFlight invite when it's ready.

Contact me@fakeflaneur.com to join the waitlist.

§ 05 — FAQ

Quick answers.

Q1
Is eatmi free?

Yes, fully free during the 0.x beta. Eventually a small one-time purchase — never a subscription.

Q2
Where does my data live?

On your Mac, in a single eatmi.json file in your Documents folder. No cloud, no account, no server connection. Move it, back it up, or open it in any text editor — it's yours.

Q3
Does it use AI?

No. eatmi runs entirely on your machine and never calls a model, a recommender, or any external service. Your plan is your plan.

Q4
Does it count calories?

Optionally. You can run eatmi without ever seeing a number — meal logging works just as well as a private food diary.

Q5
Can I share a plan with my partner?

Not yet. eatmi is single-user by design today; shared households are on the roadmap once iOS lands and local-network sync is in place.

Q6
Does it track expiry dates?

Not yet. Today eatmi tracks what you have and how much; spoilage windows are a planned addition once we're confident we can do it without nagging.