Mealie - Self-Hosted Recipe Manager

Mealie is a self-hosted cookbook for the home. Save recipes, import them from sites, plan meals, and generate shopping lists—without locking family recipes into a closed mobile app.

Key Features

• Recipe Library: Organize, tag, and full-text search your collection.
• URL Import: Pull ingredients and steps from many recipe websites.
• Meal Planner: Plan the week so dinner is less chaotic.
• Shopping Lists: Turn plans into groceries you can check off.
• Households: Multi-user access for families.
• API & Extras: Automations and integrations for power users.

Why Choose Mealie?

• Paprika/AnyList are paid and proprietary.
• Browser bookmarks are a terrible recipe box.
• You want data export and self-host ownership.
• Fun, high-utility homelab app non-technical family members will use.

Docker Deployment

services:
  mealie:
    image: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest
    container_name: mealie
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9925:9000"
    environment:
      PUID: 1000
      PGID: 1000
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
      BASE_URL: https://recipes.yourdomain.com
    volumes:
      - mealie-data:/app/data

volumes:
  mealie-data:

Open the UI, create the admin user, and start importing recipes.

Getting Started

1. Deploy Mealie and set BASE_URL for links.
2. Create household users.
3. Import a few favorite recipe URLs.
4. Build a weekly meal plan and shopping list.
5. Bookmark the app on phones (PWA-friendly workflows).

Full Setup Guide

mealie.io · github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie. Deploy with Dokploy compose.