Loafy: Sourdough Bread Baking

Add a container to the baker's Loafy account with its empty weight in grams, so Loafy can take it off when dough is weighed in it. Returns it with its id and a link. A name the baker already uses is not added again; that container comes back, and update_container changes it. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

Add a sourdough starter to the baker's Loafy account: its name, the day it was started, notes and its story. Returns it with its id and a link, where photos are added. A name the baker already uses is not added again; that starter comes back, and update_starter changes it. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

Calculate a sourdough bread recipe in grams from loaf count, loaf size and hydration, with add-ins such as walnuts, raisins or seeds when the baker wants them. Returns flour, water, starter, salt and the add-ins, plus a link to the same recipe on loafy.ai where the baker can adjust it, bake it with "Bake this" and run the timers. Pizza dough is calculate_pizza_dough, and when to start a bake is plan_sourdough_bake. A value outside its range is corrected, and notes name it.

Calculate pizza dough in grams from the number of pizzas, the ball weight and hydration, with either fresh yeast or sourdough starter. Returns flour, water, salt, leavening and toppings, plus a link to the same recipe on loafy.ai. method_url is the step-by-step method to hand the baker. A loaf of bread is calculate_bread_dough. A value outside its range is corrected, and notes name it.

Loafy's Bake Planner. Estimate how long the bulk fermentation of a sourdough bread dough (from mixing until shaping) takes at a given dough temperature and starter amount. Returns a range from several models with each model's figure and source: Bill Wraith's rise-time model (2007/08), the Loafy bakers (his model scaled by how long the bulk fermentations Loafy's bakers logged took) and, where the book names one, the figure from The Sourdough Framework. Every time is theoretical: the dough is done when it has grown, as the result's note says. For a whole bake planned backwards from when the bread should be ready, use plan_sourdough_bake.

Find the exact flour a baker used, by brand and name or its barcode, among the flours of Loafy's list and the baker's own: each with its grain, how whole it is, its strength, the word on its bag and the token log_bake and update_bake take in flours ("flour:<id> 400"). A flour nobody listed is logged as its grain with the word on the bag, such as "whole rye 100". Needs the baker's Loafy account.

Search Loafy's library of answers to real questions from bakers, written by Hendrik Kleinwächter of The Bread Code and grounded in his book The Sourdough Framework. Returns the answers that match, each with the book chapter behind it and a link. When none matches, returns the closest passages from the book instead. The library covers starters, fermentation, dough, flour, baking and storage, and it is in English. The book itself is search_sourdough_book for passages and read_sourdough_book for a whole chapter. Without a Loafy account, reading and searching the book and the answers is limited to 3 questions a day, every lookup within 15 minutes counting as one question; with an account it has no limit. The calculators, the guides and the book's table of contents need no account.

The table of contents of Hendrik Kleinwächter's open-source book The Sourdough Framework: every chapter and section with its number and each chapter's length in words. read_sourdough_book returns any of them in full. The book covers starters, fermentation, flour, hydration, shaping, baking and troubleshooting.

Look up one step of a guided journey by its id, its title or its position: its title, where it sits in the journey, its timer in minutes when the step has one, and the link that opens it. The instructions themselves are on the page, where the timer for that step runs.

The baker's own bakes from their Loafy bake journal, newest first: what was baked and when, the recipe figures, rating, problems and notes, each with its id and a link. A new bake is log_bake, a change to one is update_bake with its id. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

The baker's own containers in Loafy: name and empty weight in grams, which Loafy takes off when dough is weighed in them, with notes, each with its id and a link. A new container is add_container, a change to one is update_container. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

The baker's own sourdough starters in Loafy: name, birthday and age, notes and story, how many bakes each went into and when last, each with its id and a link. A new starter is add_starter, a change to one is update_starter. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

List Loafy's guided sourdough journeys: making a starter, baking a loaf, scoring, and more. Each one is a timed, step-by-step walkthrough on loafy.ai. Returns each journey's slug, title, duration, difficulty, number of steps and link.

Add a bake to the baker's Loafy bake journal: what was baked and when, the recipe figures, how it went and what to try next time. Returns the new entry with a link, where photos are added. The same bake sent again within two minutes returns the first entry instead of a second one, and a bake already in the journal changes with update_bake. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

Loafy's Bake Planner. Plan a sourdough bake backwards from when the bread should come out of the oven: when to feed the starter, mix, shape, proof in the fridge, preheat and bake, and how much starter suits the kitchen's temperature according to The Sourdough Framework. Returns the times and a link to the same plan in the Bake Planner on loafy.ai. The time is the baker's local date and time, such as 2026-10-24T10:00. The amounts of flour, water and starter are calculate_bread_dough; how long bulk fermentation takes at a given dough temperature and starter amount is estimate_bulk_fermentation.

Read a chapter or section of Hendrik Kleinwächter's open-source book The Sourdough Framework in full, by its number from get_sourdough_book_contents or by its title. Returns the text with its chapter, link and licence; a chapter longer than about 40,000 characters comes in pages. Without a Loafy account, reading and searching the book and the answers is limited to 3 questions a day, every lookup within 15 minutes counting as one question; with an account it has no limit. The calculators, the guides and the book's table of contents need no account.

Search Hendrik Kleinwächter's open-source book The Sourdough Framework and get the passages that answer a question, each with its chapter, a link and the part of the book it comes from, which read_sourdough_book returns in full. The book covers starters, fermentation, flour, hydration, shaping, baking and troubleshooting. It is written in English, and the search matches English words. Hendrik's published answers to common questions are find_sourdough_answer, and a whole chapter is read_sourdough_book. Without a Loafy account, reading and searching the book and the answers is limited to 3 questions a day, every lookup within 15 minutes counting as one question; with an account it has no limit. The calculators, the guides and the book's table of contents need no account.

Start one of Loafy's guided journeys and get the link that opens it at the first step. The journey runs on loafy.ai, where each fold, proof and bake is timed for the baker.

Change a bake in the baker's Loafy bake journal, by its id from list_my_bakes or log_bake: only the figures and notes given change, the rest stays, and a text given replaces the old text. No bake is deleted. Returns the bake with a link. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

Change one of the baker's containers, by its id from list_my_containers: only the name, weight or notes given change, and a text given replaces the old text. No container is deleted. Needs the baker's Loafy account.

Change one of the baker's starters, by its id from list_my_starters: only the name, birthday, notes or story given change, and a text given replaces the old text. No starter is deleted. Needs the baker's Loafy account.