# Best self-hosted Recipe Management apps

> Recipe managers, meal planners and shopping lists. Collect and cook your favorite dishes from your own cookbook. The most popular self-hosted recipe management apps on GitHub are Mealie, Tandoor Recipes and CookCLI. appsgit lists 11 self-hosted apps in this category, ranked by GitHub stars. 10 of the 11 apps here are open source; 1 is source-available.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Apps listed | 11 |
| Most starred | Mealie (13,451 stars) |
| With a Docker image | 8 |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/categories/recipes |

## All 11 Recipe Management apps

- [Mealie](https://appsgit.com/apps/mealie): Material 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… (13,451 stars, AGPL-3.0, Python)
- [Tandoor Recipes](https://appsgit.com/apps/tandoor-recipes): Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting PDFs, Images or other files. (8,655 stars, AGPL-3.0 + Commons Clause, source-available, HTML, Docker)
- [CookCLI](https://appsgit.com/apps/cookcli): Command-line tool for automating meal planning and shopping with Cooklang recipes, scriptable for UNIX workflows, includes web server. (1,399 stars, MIT, Rust)
- [Bar Assistant](https://appsgit.com/apps/bar-assistant): Manage your home bar while adding your ingredients, searching for cocktails and creating custom cocktail recipes. (1,101 stars, MIT, PHP, Docker)
- [RecipeSage](https://appsgit.com/apps/recipesage): A recipe keeper, meal plan organizer, and shopping list manager that can import recipes directly from any URL. (967 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript)
- [Recipya](https://appsgit.com/apps/recipya): Clean, simple and powerful recipe manager your whole family will enjoy. (410 stars, GPL-3.0, Go, Docker)
- [Vanilla Cookbook](https://appsgit.com/apps/vanilla-cookbook): Recipe manager designed with complexity under the hood, keeping the user experience as uncluttered, simply vanilla as possible. (156 stars, GPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Tamari](https://appsgit.com/apps/tamari): Recipe manager web app with a built-in collection of recipes. Organize by favorites and categories, create shopping lists, and plan meals. (142 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [What To Cook?](https://appsgit.com/apps/what-to-cook): Get a recipe to cook today, based on the ingredients you have at home. (71 stars, AGPL-3.0, Java, Docker)
- [Fork Recipes](https://appsgit.com/apps/fork-recipes): Manage your food recipes with simplicity. (69 stars, BSD-3-Clause, HTML, Docker)
- [ManageMeals](https://appsgit.com/apps/managemeals): Manage recipes, import recipes by URL and organize them without any ads or unnecessary text. (63 stars, GPL-3.0, Svelte, Docker)

## Related categories

- [ERP & Inventory](https://appsgit.com/categories/erp-inventory): Open-source ERP suites and inventory trackers for businesses and homes. Manage stock, purchasing, sales, accounting and operations in one self-hosted system instead of NetSuite or SAP.
- [Utilities](https://appsgit.com/categories/utilities): Handy standalone tools that do not fit elsewhere, such as converters, translators and design apps. Small utilities worth self-hosting.
- [Finance & Budgeting](https://appsgit.com/categories/finance-budgeting): Personal finance, budgeting, expense tracking and payment tools. Manage your money without handing your data to a fintech app.
- [CMS](https://appsgit.com/categories/cms): Content management systems and headless CMS platforms for websites and apps. Publish and manage content on a stack you control.
- [Team Chat](https://appsgit.com/categories/team-chat): Self-hosted messaging, team chat and push notification platforms. A private alternative to Slack, Discord and hosted messengers.
- [File Sharing](https://appsgit.com/categories/file-sharing): Quick file upload and sharing services plus peer-to-peer clients. Send large files with expiring links, like a private WeTransfer.

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