OpenMensa

OpenMensa

Overview

• OpenMensa is a comprehensive digital solution designed to help students and faculty navigate the daily culinary offerings at university cafeterias and canteens.

• By providing instant access to meal plans, the application ensures that users can make informed dining choices directly from their mobile devices.

Core Functionality

• The application serves as a mobile interface for the open-source database hosted at openmensa.org.

• It currently supports approximately 200 different canteens across German-speaking countries, retrieving real-time data to ensure users have the most current information for their daily lunch breaks.

Key Features

1. Comprehensive Meal Details:

• View a full list of available dishes along with specific pricing tiers for students, staff, and visitors.

2. Multi-Day Preview:

• Look ahead at the menus for the coming days to plan your campus visits in advance.

3. Favorites Management:

• Save multiple dining locations as favorites for quick toggling between different campus buildings.

4. Offline Capability:

• The app caches data so you can view the menu even when you have a poor internet connection inside thick-walled campus buildings.

5. Location and Navigation:

• Find canteens via an integrated map and tap any address to launch your GPS navigation app for turn-by-turn directions.

Regional Coverage

• The service is widely available at major academic institutions in cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Aachen, Karlsruhe, and Munich.

• Supported institutions include the KIT, HPI, LMU, HU, and FU, among many others.

Community and Support

1. Issue Reporting:

• Users can submit bug reports or feature requests via the project's GitHub repository.

2. Expandability:

• OpenMensa is a community-driven project.

• If your specific cafeteria is missing, users with minor technical knowledge can contribute by writing their own meal plan parser.

• Detailed documentation for adding new locations is available through the main website.

FAQ

Q: How does OpenMensa retrieve its menu information?

A: The application functions as a mobile interface for an open-source database hosted at openmensa.org. It pulls real-time data to ensure that users get the most current information for their daily lunch breaks.

Q: How many cafeterias and canteens does OpenMensa currently support?

A: The platform currently supports approximately two hundred different canteens spread across German-speaking countries.

Q: Does OpenMensa show different pricing tiers for dishes?

A: Yes, it does! OpenMensa displays a complete list of available dishes alongside specific pricing tiers tailored separately for students, staff, and visitors.

Version History

v2.2.0——12 Aug 2026

Show meal plans for more than 150 university canteens in Germany. Download the latest version of OpenMensa to enjoy new features and updates immediately!

*2.2.0

Minor bug fixes and improvements. Install or update to the newest version to check it out!

*2.1.0

Minor bug fixes and improvements. Install or update to the newest version to check it out!

*2.0.1

Minor bug fixes and improvements. Install or update to the newest version to check it out!