Mealie
Recipe ManagersSelf-hosted recipe manager and meal planner
Replaces Paprika, Plan to Eat
Best Docker Recipe Managers for self-hosting
The 14 best Docker recipe managers you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Grocy
Recipe ManagersERP for your home groceries and pantry
Replaces Pantry Check, AnyList
Tandoor Recipes
Recipe ManagersRecipe manager for organizing and planning meals
Replaces Paprika, Plan to Eat
KitchenOwl
Recipe ManagersSmart grocery list and recipe manager
Replaces AnyList, Bring!
Bar Assistant
Recipe ManagersManage your home bar while adding your ingredients, searching
RecipeSage
Recipe ManagersRecipe keeper, meal planner, and shopping list
Replaces Paprika, Pepperplate
OpenEats
Recipe ManagersSelf-hosted recipe management web application
Replaces Paprika, Yummly
Recipya
Recipe ManagersClean self-hosted recipe manager in Go
Replaces Paprika, Whisk
groceri.es
Recipe ManagersRecipe manager and meal planning tool
Replaces Paprika, Mealie
Vanilla Cookbook
Recipe ManagersRecipe manager designed with complexity under the hood, keeping
Tamari
Recipe ManagersFully-featured self-hosted recipe manager
Replaces Paprika, Mealie
What To Cook?
Recipe ManagersGet a recipe to cook today, based on the ingredients you have at home
Fork Recipes
Recipe ManagersManage your food recipes with simplicity
ManageMeals
Recipe ManagersManage recipes, import recipes by URL and organize them without any
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mealie | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 13,552 |
| Grocy | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 9,588 |
| Tandoor Recipes | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 8,666 |
| KitchenOwl | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 3,746 |
| Bar Assistant | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 1,104 |
| RecipeSage | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 974 |
| OpenEats | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 696 |
| Recipya | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 411 |
| groceri.es | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 392 |
| Vanilla Cookbook | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 157 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Mealie (13,552 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Recipya (from 128 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 5 of 14 use AGPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the recipe managers category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.