# Vanilla Cookbook

> Vanilla Cookbook is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the recipe management category. Recipe manager designed with complexity under the hood, keeping the user experience as uncluttered, simply vanilla as possible. It has 156 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/jt196/vanilla-cookbook |
| Website | https://vanilla-cookbook.readthedocs.io/en/ |
| GitHub stars | 156 |
| Forks | 11 |
| Open issues | 8 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Categories | Recipe Management |
| Commits, last 12 months | 326 |
| Last commit | Sep 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v1.5.15 (Sep 6, 2026) |
| Created | Aug 2, 2023 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: cookbook, cooking, food, recipes

## Install

Vanilla Cookbook ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/jt196/vanilla-cookbook for the image name and environment variables.

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