Mealie vs RecipeSage
Both Mealie and RecipeSage are self-hosted alternatives to Paprika Recipe Manager. Both are filed under Recipe Management.
Side by side
| Field | Mealie | RecipeSage |
|---|---|---|
| Description | 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. | Recipe keeper, meal plan organizer, and shopping list manager that can import recipes directly from any URL. |
| GitHub stars | 13,784 | 988 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v3.30.0, 31 October 2026 | v4.1.2, 2 November 2026 |
| Repository activity | 3 November 2026 | 2 November 2026 |
| Health | Active | Active |
| Categories | Recipe Management | Recipe Management, Inventory Management |
| Website | https://nightly.mealie.io/ | https://github.com/julianpoy/recipesage |
| Source code | https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie | https://github.com/julianpoy/recipesage |
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, 13,784 against 988.
- Mealie recorded repository activity more recently, 3 November 2026 against 2 November 2026.
- RecipeSage has the newer stable release on record: v4.1.2, 2 November 2026, against v3.30.0, 31 October 2026.
- Licenses differ: Mealie is listed under MIT; RecipeSage under AGPL-3.0.
- Platforms differ: Mealie lists Python; RecipeSage lists Nodejs.
- RecipeSage is also filed under Inventory Management.