grocy vs Mealie
Both grocy and Mealie are self-hosted alternatives to AnyList.
Side by side
| Field | grocy | Mealie |
|---|---|---|
| Description | ERP beyond your fridge. Groceries & household management solution for your home. | Material design inspired recipe manager with category and tag management, shopping-lists, meal-planner, and site customizations. Mealie is focused on simple user interactions to keep the whole family using the app. |
| GitHub stars | 9,641 | 13,773 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker | Python |
| Latest release | v4.7.1, 4 September 2026 | v3.30.0, 31 October 2026 |
| Repository activity | 16 September 2026 | 2 November 2026 |
| Health | Active | Active |
| Categories | Resource Planning, Inventory Management | Recipe Management |
| Website | https://grocy.info/ | https://nightly.mealie.io/ |
| Source code | https://github.com/grocy/grocy | https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie |
Where the records differ
Computed from the two records above: a line appears only where the dataset states a figure, a date or a set relation, and no line recommends one application over the other.
- Mealie has more GitHub stars in the dataset, 13,773 against 9,641.
- Mealie recorded repository activity more recently, 2 November 2026 against 16 September 2026.
- Mealie has the newer release on record: v3.30.0, 31 October 2026, against v4.7.1, 4 September 2026.
- Both are listed under the same license: MIT.
- Platforms differ: grocy lists PHP, Docker; Mealie lists Python.
- grocy is filed under Inventory Management, Resource Planning; Mealie is filed under Recipe Management.