ManageMeals
Manage recipes, import recipes by URL and organize them without any ads or unnecessary text.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 10% of tracked projects; popularity more than 5%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 63 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.7.3 · 25 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is ManageMeals actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 19 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 1 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 94% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v1.7.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
ManageMeals ranks #9 of 11 tracked recipe management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What ManageMeals actually does
ManageMeals is a self-hosted recipe management tool designed to extract recipes from URLs and store them locally. It provides a clean interface for organising culinary instructions without advertisements or extraneous blog text.
Best fit: It suits home cooks who want a dedicated, ad-free repository for digital recipes extracted from various websites.
Worth knowing: The low maintenance health score indicates that you may encounter unpatched bugs or slow responses to pull requests.
Deployment notes
You can deploy it using Docker, which typically requires persistent storage volumes to retain your recipe database across container restarts.
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