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 family using the app.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 82% of tracked projects; popularity more than 83%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 13k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.28.0 · 24 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Python |
Is Mealie actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 1219 commits, of which 328 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 109 commits a month.
The most recent tagged release, v3.28.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Among the 11 recipe management projects we track, Mealie currently has the highest health score.
What Mealie actually does
Mealie is a self-hosted recipe manager styled with Material design that lets you organise meals using categories and tags. It includes built-in tools for generating shopping lists, planning weekly menus, and customising site appearance while aiming to remain accessible for non-technical household members.
Best fit: It suits households looking to centralise their culinary collection, coordinate grocery shopping, and plan meals on a private server.
Worth knowing: You may find that maintaining shared access across multiple family members requires some initial user management and device configuration.
Deployment notes
As a Python-based application, it typically requires persistent storage for uploaded recipes and images, along with a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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