Best self-hosted Recipe Management apps
Software and tools for managing recipes.
12 open source Recipe Management tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.
Mealie
★ 12,533Material design inspired recipe manager with category and tag management, shopping-lists, meal-planner, and site customizations. Mealie is focused on simple user interactions to keep the whole family using the app.
Tandoor Recipes
★ 8,417Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting PDFs, Images or other files.
CookCLI
★ 1,314Command-line tool for automating meal planning and shopping with Cooklang recipes, scriptable for UNIX workflows, includes web server.
Bar Assistant
★ 1,042Manage your home bar while adding your ingredients, searching for cocktails and creating custom cocktail recipes.
RecipeSage
★ 902A recipe keeper, meal plan organizer, and shopping list manager that can import recipes directly from any URL.
Recipya
★ 402Clean, simple and powerful recipe manager your whole family will enjoy.
Specifically Clementines
★ 290Grocery shopping app (previously Groceries), providing reliable sync with multiple users/devices (web/Android/iOS), recipes and integration with Tandoor.
Vanilla Cookbook
★ 150Recipe manager designed with complexity under the hood, keeping the user experience as uncluttered, simply vanilla as possible.
Tamari
★ 131Recipe manager web app with a built-in collection of recipes. Organize by favorites and categories, create shopping lists, and plan meals.
Fork Recipes
★ 66Manage your food recipes with simplicity.
What To Cook?
★ 63Get a recipe to cook today, based on the ingredients you have at home.
ManageMeals
★ 60Manage recipes, import recipes by URL and organize them without any ads or unnecessary text.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best self-hosted Recipe Management tools?
Among the 12 options, the most popular include Mealie, Tandoor Recipes, CookCLI. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.
Is there a free open source alternative for Recipe Management?
Yes — all 12 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.
Where can I host a Recipe Management app?
On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.