Mealie is a free program for saving recipes, planning meals and making shopping lists. It is meant to be run on your own server and used in a web browser by a whole family.
Has 2 of 5 · Stock and inventory ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Windows · Mac · Linux · AndroidAGPL-3.0Replaces partly
KitchenOwl is a shared shopping list and recipe manager that you host on your own server and use through a phone, computer or web browser. It is for households that want to save recipes, plan meals and keep a grocery list that several people can edit together.
Has 2 of 5
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Grocy is a free web app you run on your own computer or server to keep track of food stock, shopping lists, meals and household chores. It is meant for people who want to manage their household themselves.
Has 1 of 5 · Share with family or team ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
None of these match. Try another device.
Help me choose
I want to pick an open-source replacement for Paprika. Below is a list from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0), in the order its website shows it. The order is a starting point, not a verdict.
- Mealie: Mealie is a free program for saving recipes, planning meals and making shopping lists. It is meant to be run on your own server and used in a web browser by a whole family. [Advanced setup; runs on a server you set up; replaces fully; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie]
- KitchenOwl: KitchenOwl is a shared shopping list and recipe manager that you host on your own server and use through a phone, computer or web browser. It is for households that want to save recipes, plan meals and keep a grocery list that several people can edit together. [Advanced setup; Windows · Mac · Linux · Android; replaces partly; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/tombursch/kitchenowl]
- Grocy: Grocy is a free web app you run on your own computer or server to keep track of food stock, shopping lists, meals and household chores. It is meant for people who want to manage their household themselves. [Advanced setup; Windows; replaces partly; MIT; https://github.com/grocy/grocy]
Setup rating: "Easy setup" means you can install it like a normal app, use it in a browser. "Advanced setup" means you must run it on your own server or use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Full details: https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/recipes.json
Before recommending anything, ask me these three questions (one at a time, in plain words): 1) Which device or devices will I use it on (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone)? 2) How comfortable am I with technical setup: only installing apps from a store, happy to follow a step-by-step guide, or comfortable with servers and the command line? 3) What is my budget: free only, or willing to pay for hosting or support? Then recommend one to three projects from this list only, and for each say why, using how fully it replaces the app, its setup rating, and the devices it runs on. If nothing on the list fits me, say so plainly instead of stretching.
Before you build
Read the list of open-source projects at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/recipes.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
