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Log in to your Mealie server, go to your user profile, navigate to API Tokens, and create a new token. Copy it into Forked's setup screen.

Check that your server address is correct and your device can reach it. If your Mealie server is on your local network, make sure your iPhone is on the same Wi-Fi network. Allow Forked to access your local network when prompted. If you are connecting remotely, use HTTPS. If your local HTTPS proxy uses mkcert or another self-signed certificate, enable the "Trust local self-signed HTTPS" option. Plain HTTP fallback is only for private IPs, localhost, or .local names, so a custom LAN hostname such as mealie.lab still needs HTTPS. Forked does not support public plain HTTP or Mealie hosted under a path like /mealie.

Forked supports Mealie on a root hostname or IP address. Known-good paths today are direct LAN access, local plain HTTP on private addresses, public HTTPS, Tailscale with HTTPS enabled, Caddy/Traefik reverse proxies at a dedicated host, Cloudflare Tunnel for review/demo access, and local/private HTTPS with a self-signed or mkcert certificate when you enable the Trust local self-signed HTTPS toggle. Interactive auth walls such as Authentik or Cloudflare Access must not sit in front of the Mealie API routes Forked uses.

Your proxy must preserve the Authorization header and expose Mealie at the host root. If you use an auth gateway, bypass the Mealie API and media routes or give Forked a separate hostname that reaches Mealie directly. Forked cannot complete browser-based login flows during API sync.

Forked expects recipe data and images to come from the same server address. If your Mealie server serves images from a different hostname, images may not load. Using the same hostname for both the API and images usually fixes the problem.

Forked currently supports Mealie. Support for additional recipe servers is planned for future updates.

Go to your Chef Profile in the app. You can set allergies, dietary preferences (vegan, halal, gluten-free, etc.), and liked/disliked ingredients. Forked will automatically filter recipes based on your profile.

No. Forked can read synced Mealie favorites and ratings so your Chef Profile can prefer favorites or ignore low-rated recipes. Forked does not write favorite or rating changes back to Mealie.

Open the Shopping tab, build your list from a meal plan, selected My Picks, or the bottom-right add button, then tap the share button. You can paste several manual items on separate lines, search by item name, and clear checked/all items from list cleanup before sharing. The iOS share sheet lets you send or save the list using apps available on your device.

Tips are optional consumable purchases and do not unlock features, so there is nothing to restore. If you have trouble with a purchase, contact Apple Support or email us.

Yes. Forked is built with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards. All interactive elements have VoiceOver labels and actions, text scales with Dynamic Type, animations respect Reduce Motion, and all colors meet minimum contrast ratios.

Yes. Chef Profiles sync via iCloud Key-Value Store when iCloud is enabled on your device.

See the Forked Privacy Policy for full details.