diff --git a/recipes/demos/osdemo/recipe.sh b/recipes/demos/osdemo/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c222548f7..000000000
--- a/recipes/demos/osdemo/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(liborbital llvm18 mesa mesa-glu zlib)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    printf "1.0.0"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_prepare {
-    rm -rf source
-    mkdir source
-    cp osdemo.c source
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    set -x
-	"${CXX}" -O2 -I "$sysroot/include" -L "$sysroot/lib" osdemo.c -o osdemo -static -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs glu) -lz
-    set +x
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/bin"
-    cp -v "osdemo" "$dest/bin/osdemo"
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/demos/osdemo/recipe.toml b/recipes/demos/osdemo/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f400a6f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/demos/osdemo/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "liborbital",
+    "llvm18",
+    "mesa",
+    "mesa-glu",
+    "zlib"
+]
+script = """
+cp "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/../osdemo.c" ./osdemo.c
+"${CXX}" -O2 -I "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include" -L "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib" osdemo.c -o osdemo -static -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs glu) -lz
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
+cp -v "osdemo" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/osdemo"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.sh b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a661ddc..000000000
--- a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(sdl2-image sdl2-mixer sdl2-ttf sdl2 liborbital llvm18 mesa freetype2 libjpeg libpng libogg libvorbis zlib)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    printf "1.0.0"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_prepare {
-    rm -rf source
-    mkdir source
-    cp gears.c source
-    mkdir source/assets
-    cp assets/* source/assets
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    set -x
-    "${CXX}" -O2 -I "$sysroot/include" -L "$sysroot/lib" gears.c -o sdl2_gears -dynamic -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_mixer -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2 -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa) -lfreetype -lpng -ljpeg -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg -lz
-    set +x
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    echo "skipping clean"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets"
-    cp -v "sdl2_gears" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/sdl2_gears"
-    cp -v "assets/image.png" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets/image.png"
-    cp -v "assets/music.wav" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets/music.wav"
-    cp -v "assets/font.ttf" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets/font.ttf"
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..491270669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "sdl2-image",
+    "sdl2-mixer",
+    "sdl2-ttf",
+    "sdl2",
+    "liborbital",
+    "llvm18",
+    "mesa",
+    "freetype2",
+    "libjpeg",
+    "libpng",
+    "libogg",
+    "libvorbis",
+    "zlib"
+]
+script = """
+cp "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/../gears.c" ./gears.c
+rsync -av --delete --exclude='.git' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/../assets" ./assets
+"${CXX}" -O2 -I "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include" -L "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib" gears.c -o sdl2_gears -dynamic -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_mixer -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2 -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa) -lfreetype -lpng -ljpeg -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg -lz
+rm -rf "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears"
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears"
+cp -v "sdl2_gears" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears/sdl2_gears"
+cp -rv "assets" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/tui/ncdu/recipe.sh b/recipes/tui/ncdu/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4906dc59c..000000000
--- a/recipes/tui/ncdu/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-VERSION=1.13
-TAR=https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-$VERSION.tar.gz
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(ncurses)
-DEPENDS=(terminfo)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    echo "$VERSION"
-    skip=1
-}
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$PWD/../sysroot"
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include -I$sysroot/include/ncurses"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib -static"
-    ./configure \
-        --build=${BUILD} \
-        --host="$HOST" \
-        --prefix=/
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" -j"$($NPROC)"
-    skip=1
-}
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath "$1")"
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" DESTDIR="$dest" install
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/tui/ncdu/recipe.toml b/recipes/tui/ncdu/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17daab77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/tui/ncdu/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-1.13.tar.gz"
+blake3 = "f6d771e78c87202a051e3357820be3c63ea895ff4f07edf14c6f21fb18afceed"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "ncurses",
+    "terminfo"
+]
+script = """
+rsync -av --delete --exclude='.git' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib -static"
+./configure \
+    --build=${BUILD} \
+    --host="${TARGET}" \
+    --prefix=/
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"$(${NPROC})"
+
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" install
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/video/sdl-player/recipe.sh b/recipes/video/sdl-player/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d419ad69..000000000
--- a/recipes/video/sdl-player/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/sdl-player.git
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(ffmpeg6 liborbital sdl1 zlib)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    echo "1.0.0"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib -static"
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" -j"$($NPROC)"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/bin"
-    cp -v "player" "$dest/bin/sdl-player"
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/video/sdl-player/recipe.toml b/recipes/video/sdl-player/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f8ee857c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/video/sdl-player/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/sdl-player.git"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "ffmpeg6",
+    "liborbital",
+    "sdl1",
+    "zlib"
+]
+script = """
+rsync -av --delete --exclude='.git' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
+export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib -static"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"$(${NPROC})"
+
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin"
+cp -v "player" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin/sdl-player"
+"""