A simple video-to-recipe tool reached 600 daily users
A tool that turns recipe videos into written recipes has grown to about 600 a day in roughly six weeks. The idea came from a l annoyance: recipe videos often take several minutes to show information that could be read quickly. The tool lets someone paste a video link and then extracts the recipe as text.
It was first shared in a cooking community, but most now arrive through search instead of the original share. The project took about a week to build and was meant as a fun experiment, not a daily-use service. As traffic grows, hosting costs are becoming a problem.
There is no , no user accounts, and no setup yet. appeared before the operator was ready to run it as a .
Key points
- The tool converts recipe videos into written recipe text.
- It reached about 600 a day after roughly six weeks.
- Search traffic is now bringing in more users than the original community share.
- The first version took about one week to build as a .
- Hosting costs are rising, but there is no or user account system yet.