app·Home & Family
Mealie
Self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner. No Paprika or Mealime subscription.
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Quick facts
- Price model
- Self-hosted
- Starting price
- Free (self-hosted)
- Best for
- Household recipes · Meal planning · Grocery lists
- Replaces
- Paprika, Mealime, NYT Cooking app lock-in
- Platforms
- Self-hostedLinuxWebiOSAndroid
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
Why it's listed
Your grandma's soup recipe stays in your database, not a startup's export hostage.
Mealie imports recipes from URLs, scales servings, builds shopping lists, and shares a household login. Run in Docker on a NAS for family cooking without another $5/month recipe app rent.
The catch
Self-hosting required for full control; mobile apps need your server URL.
Good fit for
- Cooking families
- Meal preppers
Not ideal for
- People who won't run Docker
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