Terms
The short version: your recipes are yours, be kind, cook safely, and understand that Forklet is in beta.
Last updated 2026-09-27. Forklet is in private beta; this text is reviewed again before the public launch, and changes are announced by email to account holders.
Your Account
You need to be 13 or older. Keep your sign in details safe; turn on two step verification if you can. You are responsible for what is done with your account.
Your Recipes Stay Yours
You keep all rights to the recipes, photos and text you add. So that Forklet can work, you allow us to store them, process them (scaling, conversions, nutrition, photo sizes) and show them to the people you choose: only you when private, anyone with the link when shared by link, everyone when public. What others may do with a public recipe is set by the license you pick when publishing (Forklet Standard, a Creative Commons license, or All Rights Reserved).
Other People's Recipes
Imported recipes are private. Publish one publicly only if it is your own recipe or you have rewritten it substantially, and credit the source; Forklet asks you to confirm this. Ingredient lists are facts; method text, headnotes and photos belong to their authors. Rights holders can send a copyright notice: the recipe is hidden while it is reviewed, its author can respond, and both sides are told the decision. You can also write to [email protected].
Acceptable Use
No illegal content, harassment, hate, spam, malware or impersonation, and no automated scraping or load that disrupts the service. Anyone signed in can report a recipe, note, question, catalog or account with the Report link on it. New creators’ first public recipes are reviewed before they are listed. We may remove content or suspend accounts that break these rules; every decision is logged, you are told why, and you can appeal each decision once from Moderation Decisions (a different moderator decides). You can also write to [email protected].
Food Safety and Allergens
Recipes are written by their authors. Forklet computes grams, allergens, diet labels and nutrition from ingredient data and shows safety notes, but that data can be incomplete, and labels marked Per Author are the author's claim. Check labels on the products you buy, follow safe temperatures and handling, and use your own judgment, especially when cooking for people with allergies.
Beta
Forklet is in private beta: features change, and things can break. We back up nightly, and you can export everything you made at any time. The service is provided as it is, without warranties, to the extent the law allows.
Changes
If these terms change in a way that matters, we tell account holders by email before the change applies.