GNUtrition                     http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutrition/
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GNUtrition is a GNU/Linux nutrition tracker that queries USDA food
data from a local SQLite database. It provides an ncurses-based
interactive interface by default and a command-line interface for
searching foods, logging meals, and reviewing daily food-group
budgets.


= Dependencies =

Build-time

* GNU Make
* C compiler with C99 support (e.g., GCC)
* ncurses development headers and library
* sqlite3 development headers and library
* libm (typically part of the C standard library on GNU/Linux)

Runtime

* ncurses library
* sqlite3 library
* A USDA food database (food.db) built with gnutrition-updatedb

USDA database build requirements

The gnutrition-updatedb script downloads USDA data and builds
food.db. It requires the following command-line tools:

* wget
* sha512sum
* libreoffice (for converting Excel files)
* sqlite3 (command-line shell)


= Installation =

See the INSTALL file.


= License =

Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

GNUtrition is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

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