RoastSource is a browser-based app for home coffee roasters, positioned as an all-in-one alternative to notebooks, spreadsheets, and complex roasting software. It emphasizes no installation, no account required, offline availability, and local data storage on your device. It is designed for managing green coffee inventory, roast sessions, cupping results, blends, and brewing knowledge in one place.
The product is built around seven modules: Inventory, Roasting, Blending, Scoring, Brewing, Equipment, and the Java Geek knowledge base. The Inventory module can track origin, processing method, cost, and freshness, and supports automatic supplier recognition and bulk import. The Roasting module offers adaptive roast curves for 50+ roasters and provides recommendations based on roast level, batch size, ambient temperature, and voltage. On the scoring side, it supports SCA 100-point cupping, predicted scores, a flavor wheel, and spider charts, while the Blending module provides world blend presets and ratio calculations. The three viewsβCraft, Journey, and Scienceβcover different user preferences, from lightweight logging to data analysis.
The currently available production version is the Home edition, priced at a one-time purchase of $19.99, including future Home updates. A 30-day full-featured free trial is available with no credit card required; after the trial ends, core features remain available with limitations. Home Plus, Expert, and Commercial are still in planning or development, with future additions such as cloud sync, real-time probes, deeper analytics, production planning, and multi-user permissions, though pricing has not been announced.
Its strengths include a strong fit for a niche use case, a relatively low learning curve, friendly pricing, and support for importing profiles from Artisan, RoasTime, and Cropster, which lowers the barrier to migration. Its offline-first, local-data model also suits individual users who do not want to create an account. The limitations are that it is currently more of a personal tool: cloud backup, multi-device sync, real-time probes, team permissions, and commercial production capabilities are not yet available. The available materials also do not disclose API access, payment methods, compliance certifications, or a customer support structure.
RoastSource is best suited to home roasting enthusiasts, advanced users of consumer roasters such as Fresh Roast, and anyone who wants to review the data from every batch. Small commercial roasteries may want to watch the future Commercial edition, but the current version should not be treated as a complete production management system. Access from mainland China is unknown, and payment methods have not been disclosed. If access or payment is restricted, Artisan, spreadsheets, Notion, or local note-taking tools can serve as temporary alternatives.
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