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Re:Show HN: Famnom – Nutrition tracker and meal planner for ... by cdubzzz on Saturday July 23, 2022 @02:53PM (#32206362)
I built kcal[0] after a similar search. The focus is primarily on macros and ultimately I kind of lost steam on developing further (though we still use it to great success). A part of why lost interest is that I didn’t like PHP + Laravel as much as Python + Django.

Anyway I see you have the Famnom code on GH but apparently not with an OSS license. Are you planning to seek contributions with a friendly license in the future? If so I’d be interested.

[0] https://github.com/kcal-app/kcal

Re:Show HN: Famnom – Nutrition tracker and meal planner for ... by willhoyle on Saturday July 23, 2022 @04:07PM (#32207116)
I also have a similar project partially done but lost steam (eatplants.app). I always think I should just finish it to make it functional.

My thinking is that logging food is annoying (weighing and tracking food you ate). I want to make a more fluid way of just selecting recipes or food and encourage a more scalable/intuitive way of eating.

Looks like a cool project you’ve built there.

Re:Show HN: Famnom – Nutrition tracker and meal planner for ... by umangsh on Saturday July 23, 2022 @06:58PM (#32208421)
Absolutely open to contributions :). Didn't pay attention to licensing yet, will look at options.
Re:Show HN: Famnom – Nutrition tracker and meal planner for ... by jwally on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:13PM (#32209234)
Congrats on shipping!

Do you use linear programming / some other optimization algorithm to hit targets, or is it more like a deficit tracker where you tell it what you ate and it tells you that you need 8 more mcg of zink or whatever?

Re:Show HN: Famnom – Nutrition tracker and meal planner for ... by umangsh on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:56PM (#32209508)
Thanks! MealPlanner generates suggestions through a constraint programming solver, taking into account any foods consumed earlier in the day. The home page tracker shows nutrient consumption (and deficits) for the day.