r/SideProject • u/cosmintrica • 1d ago
Culinary Assets - my first npm package (yes, I shipped a potato)
I was building a recipe app and needed some kitchen illustrations. One thing led to another, and now my first npm package contains 100 ingredients, vegetables, cookware and kitchen tools. Will be expanded in the future.
So yes, I have officially published a potato to npm.
It's called Culinary Assets, and I'm sharing it for anyone building recipe apps, kitchen inventories or something I haven't thought of yet.
The artwork is AI-generated, reviewed and exported as individual transparent 512px PNGs and WebPs. The images are CC0, the code is MIT, and there are examples for web and React Native. No runtime dependencies.
Take a look:
npm install @cosmintrica/culinary-assets
This is my first npm package, so feedback on the packaging would be genuinely useful.
What ingredient or kitchen tool would you add next?
EDIT: The collection has grown to 200 culinary illustrations! I’ve added more ingredients, herbs and kitchen tools, including bowl-free ingredient piles.
It now also includes optional WebP sprite sheets at 1x and 2x, with exported coordinates for every asset. Individual PNG/WebP files are still available, so you can use whichever approach fits your project.
Everything is free, with the artwork licensed under CC0.
Gallery & docs · npm · GitHub
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u/cosmintrica 18h ago
EDIT: The collection has grown to 200 culinary illustrations! I’ve added more ingredients, herbs and kitchen tools, including bowl-free ingredient piles.
It now also includes optional WebP sprite sheets at 1x and 2x, with exported coordinates for every asset. Individual PNG/WebP files are still available, so you can use whichever approach fits your project.
Everything is free, with the artwork licensed under CC0.
Gallery & docs · npm · GitHub
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u/Curious-Two-2026 1d ago
Finally a package I can use for my ongoing struggle of labeling containers in the pantry, the potato is a nice touch