Best self-hosted recipe management
Software and tools for managing [recipes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recipe).
We track 11 self-hosted recipe management projects. The median health score in this category is 51, against 4 projects rated healthy or better and 3 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mealie Material design inspired recipe manager with category and tag management, shopping-lists, meal-planner, and site customi | Thriving · 86 | 13k | Python | 24 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | RecipeSage A recipe keeper, meal plan organizer, and shopping list manager that can import recipes directly from any URL. | Thriving · 83 | 968 | Nodejs | 23 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | Tandoor Recipes Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting | Healthy · 76 | 8.6k | Python, Docker | 7 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | CookCLI Command-line tool for automating meal planning and shopping with Cooklang recipes, scriptable for UNIX workflows, includ | Healthy · 74 | 1.4k | Rust | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 5 | Bar Assistant Manage your home bar while adding your ingredients, searching for cocktails and creating custom cocktail recipes. | Steady · 66 | 1.1k | PHP, Docker | 23 Sept 2026 | |
| 6 | Tamari Recipe manager web app with a built-in collection of recipes. Organize by favorites and categories, create shopping list | Slowing · 51 | 141 | Docker, Python | 14 Sept 2026 | |
| 7 | Vanilla Cookbook Recipe manager designed with complexity under the hood, keeping the user experience as uncluttered, simply vanilla as po | Slowing · 50 | 156 | Docker, Nodejs | 6 Sept 2026 | |
| 8 | Recipya Clean, simple and powerful recipe manager your whole family will enjoy. | Slowing · 43 | 412 | Docker, Go | 17 Sept 2026 | |
| 9 | ManageMeals Manage recipes, import recipes by URL and organize them without any ads or unnecessary text. | At risk · 31 | 63 | Docker | 25 Sept 2026 | |
| 10 | What To Cook? Get a recipe to cook today, based on the ingredients you have at home. | At risk · 27 | 71 | Docker | 20 Nov 2025 | |
| 11 | Fork Recipes Manage your food recipes with simplicity. | At risk · 15 | 69 | Docker | 28 Apr 2025 |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Mealie is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 86/100. RecipeSage is the closest runner-up (83/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.