Private sharing
Invite specific people by email to view or edit a recipe, with an optional message and expiry, and revoke access whenever you want.
What it is
Private sharing lets you invite specific people by email to a recipe, the same way you'd share a document in the cloud. The recipient finds it in their Shared with me section: they can view it and save a copy and, if you allow it, edit your recipe. They never see your costs. You control access and can revoke it at any time.
Starter plan and up — sending private invitations requires a paid plan (Starter, Pro, or Studio). On another plan, the Invite people tab shows the notice Private sharing is a paid feature with the See plans button. Receiving, viewing, and saving a shared recipe is free on any plan, including the free one. The limit only applies to whoever invites, not to whoever receives.
How to get there
From the recipe editor (/validation?id=<id>), open the ⋮ → Share menu, Invite people tab.
How to invite
Type the emails
In the Invite people tab, type each person's email and click Add (or press Enter, or type a comma): each email becomes a tag you can remove. You can invite one or several people at once (up to 50 per invitation). If the format isn't valid, you'll see Invalid email.
Choose the access level
Under Access level you pick one of two options:
- View only (default) — can view the recipe and save a copy. Yours stays untouched.
- Can edit — edits the content of your recipe directly, not a copy of it. They can't delete, publish, or share it, and they don't see your costs either.
Add a message (optional)
Under Message (optional) you can include a note for the recipients; it travels with the email invitation and appears on their Shared with me card.
Set an expiry (optional)
Under Expires (optional) you can set a date. After that date, access stops working automatically. If you don't set one, access lasts until you revoke it.
Send the invitation
Click Send invitations. Each recipient gets an email with the recipe name, your name, your message, and a link to view it, and the recipe appears in their Shared with me section.
What the recipient gets
- An email with the invitation.
- The recipe in their Shared with me section.
- Permission to view and save a copy of the recipe and, if you gave them Can edit, to edit your recipe from the editor, with a notice reminding them that their changes are saved into your recipe.
- Never your per-ingredient costs.
If the person you invite doesn't have an account yet, the email explains how to create a free one; when they sign up with that same email, the recipe shows up automatically in their Shared with me.
Manage and revoke access
In the same Invite people tab, the Shared with list shows each email with its status (Active, Revoked, or Expired) and the Editing tag if it has edit permission. For each active entry you can:
- Allow editing or Remove editing — changes the access level without inviting again.
- Revoke (trash icon) — once you confirm, that person stops seeing the recipe immediately. Revoking is free and doesn't depend on your plan.
If you invite an email you've already invited and the access is still active, the app tells you it was already shared with them. If you had revoked it, a new invitation reactivates their access with the level, message, and expiry you choose now.