🍕 munchmap

Skyscanner for food, built for broke college students. 👉 Open the app munchmap finds the cheapest way to eat near you, and every price is all-in (tax, fees and tip included), so there are no surprises at checkout. It compares student discounts, weekly specials, loyalty programs, delivery-app fees and pickup, so you don't have to check five apps.

Free · open source · no accounts · no tracking · runs inside the AI you already use.

🚧 Early days (v0.1). Launch coverage: UIUC · UMass Amherst · UC Santa Cruz · UT Austin · Claremont McKenna · UBC · UofT · Western · Dubai. Your campus isn't here? Add it; it's just a data file.

How it works

• Community deal registry: verified deals live as small YAML files in data/. Every deal has a source link and a "last verified" date.

• Real-price math: DoorDash vs Uber Eats vs the restaurant's own site vs pickup, including fees, tax, tip and your memberships (DashPass, Uber One…).

• Nearby restaurants: from OpenStreetMap.

• Your AI does the talking: munchmap is an MCP server. Plug it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI, Cursor and others, then just ask: "cheap spicy food near UofT under $12, I have Uber One."

• Privacy first: your preferences stay on your device. Find a deal in your email? Your AI pulls out only the public facts, and you choose whether to share them. See docs/PRIVACY.md.

We never scrape delivery apps and never place orders for you. Why?

Related MCP server: Canuckeats MCP

Use it

There are three ways in. Pick whichever is easiest.

Run from a clone (Node.js 20+)

git clone https://github.com/sizzleman/munchmap.git
cd munchmap
npm install
npm test             # make sure everything works
npm run dev:web      # web app at http://localhost:5173
npm run serve:mcp    # remote-style MCP endpoint at http://localhost:8787/mcp

Connect a local AI app

Claude Code: claude mcp add munchmap -- npx -y munchmap-mcp

Claude Desktop: Settings → Developer → Edit Config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "munchmap": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "munchmap-mcp"] }
  }
}

Working on munchmap itself? Point it at your clone instead: "args": ["tsx", "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/munchmap/packages/mcp-server/src/index.ts"].

Gemini CLI / Cursor / Antigravity / others: add the same command + args as a stdio MCP server.

Then try:

• "Set my home campus to uiuc. I have DashPass."

• "What food deals are on right now near campus?"

• "Find pizza places within 1 km."

• "Pickup is $12, DoorDash is $15 + $3.99 delivery. Which is cheaper really?"

• Use the prompt find_deals_in_my_inbox to scan your email for deals, privately.

MCP tools

Contribute: no coding needed

• 🍔 Add a deal: open the "New deal" form

• 🎓 Add your campus: see CONTRIBUTING.md

• 🛠 Code: see CONTRIBUTING.md and AGENTS.md (AI coding agents read this too)

Project docs

Roadmap · Privacy · Licensing · Lessons learned · Credits · Code of Conduct · Security

License

• Code: AGPL-3.0-or-later. Free to use, modify and self-host. If you run a modified version as a public service, you share your changes.

• Data: CC BY-SA 4.0. Restaurant data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

munchmap isn't affiliated with any restaurant or delivery platform. Deals are community-sourced, so always confirm with the restaurant.