Open Food Facts
Open-source server software for the Open Food Facts database, providing a web interface and API for food product information.
What is Open Food Facts?
Product Opener is the server software for Open Food Facts, a collaborative database of food products with detailed information like ingredients, allergens, and nutritional facts. It provides the web interface and API that allow users to contribute data and access open food information. The project solves the problem of fragmented and proprietary food data by creating a public, reusable resource.
Developers and organizations building applications that need access to open food data, as well as contributors who want to help expand the database. It's also for those interested in deploying their own instance of the Open Food Facts platform.
Developers choose Product Opener because it provides a fully open-source, self-hostable platform for food data with a robust API. Its unique selling point is being part of a massive, volunteer-driven open data project with real-world impact, unlike proprietary or limited commercial alternatives.
Overview
Open Food Facts database, API server and web interface - 🐪🦋 Perl, CSS and JS coders welcome 😊 For helping in Python, see Robotoff or taxonomy-editor
Use Cases
Best For
- Building applications that need access to open food product data via API
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