# Recipya

> Recipya is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the recipe management category. Clean, simple and powerful recipe manager your whole family will enjoy. It has 410 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/reaper47/recipya |
| Website | https://recipes.musicavis.ca/ |
| Demo | https://recipes.musicavis.ca/guide/login |
| GitHub stars | 410 |
| Forks | 24 |
| Open issues | 67 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Go |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Categories | Recipe Management |
| Commits, last 12 months | 33 |
| Last commit | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Latest release | v1.2.2 (Dec 20, 2024) |
| Created | May 18, 2021 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: recipes, food, recipe-manager, self-hosting, docker, go

## Install

Recipya ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/reaper47/recipya for the image name and environment variables.

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