Mealie
Recipe ManagersSelf-hosted recipe manager and meal planner
Replaces Paprika, Plan to Eat
Best Multi-User Recipe Managers for self-hosting
The 12 best Multi-User 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
Nextcloud Cookbook
Recipe ManagersRecipe management app inside Nextcloud
Replaces Paprika, Cookmate
Vanilla Cookbook
Recipe ManagersRecipe manager designed with complexity under the hood, keeping
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 |
| Nextcloud Cookbook | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 644 |
| Vanilla Cookbook | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 157 |
| What To Cook? | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 71 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Mealie (13,552 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Grocy (from 256 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 6 of 12 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 Multi-User within the recipe managers category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.