CookMate

Create your Thermomix recipes with the CookMate assistant.

CookMate is a Flutter mobile app (Android + iOS) — an AI chat assistant that helps you discover and craft recipes for your Thermomix, powered by an on-device Gemma model.

Development prerequisites

Install the following on your macOS machine:

• Flutter SDK (stable channel)

  brew install --cask flutter

• Android Studio (provides Android SDK + emulator)

  brew install --cask android-studio

• Xcode from the App Store, then:

  sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
  sudo xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch
  sudo gem install cocoapods

Validate the setup:

flutter doctor

All checks must be green before running the app.

Run in development

git clone https://github.com/using-system/cookmate.git
cd cookmate
flutter pub get
flutter run

Pick your target device when prompted (flutter devices lists what is available).

Launch an emulator or simulator

iOS simulator (ships with Xcode):

open -a Simulator

Android emulator — list existing AVDs, or create one via Android Studio (Tools → Device Manager → Create Device):

flutter emulators                       # list available emulators
flutter emulators --launch <emulator-id> # start one

Once the simulator or emulator is running, flutter devices shows its id and flutter run -d <device-id> targets it explicitly.

Install on a device (non-developer path)

CookMate is not yet published on the App Store or Google Play. Until a release is available, the only way to install the app on a physical phone is to build it from source:

• iPhone: connect the device over USB, trust the computer, then run flutter run --release -d <your-iphone>. You need a free Apple ID signed into Xcode to sign the build for personal use.
• Android: enable Developer Options and USB debugging on the phone, connect it, then run flutter run --release -d <your-android> or flutter build apk --release and sideload the resulting APK from build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk.

Store-based installation instructions will be added here once the app is published.