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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

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Mealie

Self-hosted recipe manager with meal plans and shopping lists.

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What is Mealie?

Mealie is a free, open-source recipe manager and meal planner you can host yourself. Import recipes from any website with a link, plan meals for the week, build shopping lists from your plan and share everything with your household.

Third-party open-source projects. We are not affiliated with their authors; repositories are provided as-is by their maintainers. Review each project's license, code and security before installing. See our Disclaimer.

Pros

  • Imports recipes from a link
  • Meal plans feed shopping lists
  • Free and open source

Cons

  • Needs a server or Docker to run
  • Imports from some sites need tidying

Who should use Mealie

Households who want to plan meals and shop with less effort each week.

Who may not need it

Anyone who rarely cooks from recipes.

Mealie alternatives

Similar resources to Mealie, picked from the directory.

All Organization resources

Paperless-ngx

Focus: documents, ocr and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Mealie. Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Mealie: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Wallos

Focus: subscriptions, budgeting and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Mealie. Rated 4.5 (Mealie: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Monica

Focus: personal crm, contacts and reminders. Shares open source and github with Mealie. Rated 4.4 (Mealie: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.4Visit

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with Mealie. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Mealie: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

Ditto

Focus: clipboard manager, snippets and windows. Shares open source and github with Mealie. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Windows. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows
4.6Visit

Bitwarden

Focus: password manager, security and passkeys. Shares open source with Mealie. Freemium (Mealie: Free). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.8 (Mealie: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb, Windows
4.8Visit

Free alternatives to Mealie

Free resources that cover similar ground.

Actual Budget

Focus: budgeting, personal finance and self-hosted. Shares open source with Mealie. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Loop

Focus: macos, window manager and productivity. Shares open source with Mealie. A Mac app, not a web app. Adds macOS. Rated 4.8 (Mealie: 4.6).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.8Visit

Ente Auth

Focus: 2fa, authenticator and security. Shares open source with Mealie. A mobile app, not a web app. Adds iOS, Android and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Mealie: 4.6).

Mobile AppFreeiOS, Android
4.7Visit

Glance

Focus: dashboard, start page and rss. Shares open source and github with Mealie. Rated 4.7 (Mealie: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

KeePassXC

Focus: password manager, security and offline. Shares open source with Mealie. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Mealie: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit
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