Track calories by scanning food barcodes. Built with React and FastAPI, backed by PostgreSQL.

• Python 3.11+
• Node.js 18+
• PostgreSQL running locally on port 5432

cd Food-Tracker
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate        # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r backend/requirements.txt

cd frontend
npm install

You need two terminals.

Terminal 1 — Backend:

source venv/bin/activate        # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
uvicorn backend.main:app --reload

API runs at http://localhost:8000

Terminal 2 — Frontend:

cd frontend
npm start

App opens at http://localhost:3000

The backend connects to a local PostgreSQL database (postgres db, postgres user) by default. You can override with environment variables:

The users and entries tables must exist in your database before running.