I really like what I see, but why does the Android app need google play services to have camera permissions to scan UPCs?
this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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Thank you and great question. There's already an open issue for this in the repo (#31) and the fix is in dev. Next RC will have it. The Android scanner will use the bundled ML Kit model directly, with no Google Play Services calls at runtime. Same scanning engine.
Looks great! I've also added Nutritrace to OpenAltFinder. It's the first self hosted nutrition tracker there now.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
damn. Good features. I was hoping to move onto this as part of the portfolio pieces/improve habits self hosted DB thing I'm working on, but for now I guess I can learn some of the things I don't know how to do yet (like shipping to other people!) from your team.
How are you planning on reacting to the android freedoms getting compromised? I'm literally working on the android app for mine now, and it bums me out that they're going to put more invasions of privacy for deploying apps to your own phone.
Also, are you planning to make money from this somehow? If yes, how?
Is it less of a massive pain in the ass to setup than SparkyFitness?
For docker, It is only one service. everything else can be setup in app once you are in if you so choose. Android App can be used with or without server.
I'm guessing from the example conf files that https would be manually configured through nginx?
Also, in case I missed it from the repo, is there the ability to integrate wger?
Yes, TLS is left to a reverse proxy (nginx, Caddy, Traefik, Cloudflare Tunnel). The container serves plain HTTP on a port you map; whatever you put in front handles the cert.
No wger integration today. NutriTrace covers food + wellness + workout sync (from Fitbit/Garmin/Withings/Google Health/Health Connect), but doesn't connect to wger or other dedicated exercise-routine apps. My soon to be released app in the Trace family of apps will be dedicated to lifting, and will include wger integration to name one of its exercise databases (as well as support for custom imports).
Thank you for info!
Is there a way to migrate a food diary from another app like MyFitnessPal?
Yes! Settings → Backup → Nutrition Import. Built-in adapters for MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, LoseIt, and a generic CSV shape. Export your diary from MFP (it's a CSV in their account settings), upload it, preview, commit. Skip / Merge / Replace per-date semantics, so you can re-import safely without overwriting.
Nice! I will have to look into this when I have time in the coming weeks. Looks like a cool project!
Damn, I was hoping that it would be an android app with Health Connect support 😅
Looks very nice though!
It is an android app with Health Connect Support! Android app works with or without the server! :)
I completely overlooked the android app in the readme, thanks! I have a server set up so can I start local to try it out and migrate to a server later?
Also is there support for mealie through an authentication platform like authelia?
Any plans for releasing on F-droid?
Edit: Oof, you can't search for foods when making a recipe or meal, hopefully that comes because otherwise it is a huge process to make any custom meal or recipe...
Personal food database with photos, barcodes, categories, and custom labels
Where do you source your barcodes from? The reason I am asking is that I would like to give Grocy/Barcode Buddy a better barcode pool to draw from. As it is now, it's kind of hit and miss. Most brand names are fine, but off brands or store brands are kind of iffy.
Open Food Facts (OFF) for barcodes. Free, open license, community-edited. Their API: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/product/.json
Thanks man! Nice looking project BTW
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
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