Mealie vs Tandoor Recipes
Both Mealie and Tandoor Recipes are self-hosted alternatives to Paprika Recipe Manager and Samsung Food. Both are filed under Recipe Management.
Side by side
| Field | Mealie | Tandoor Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting PDFs, Images or other files. |
| GitHub stars | 13,773 | 8,707 |
| License | MIT | MIT, Commons-Clause |
| Platforms | Python | Python, Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | v3.30.0, 31 October 2026 | 2.7.2, 27 October 2026 |
| Repository activity | 2 November 2026 | 27 October 2026 |
| Health | Active | Active |
| Categories | Recipe Management | Recipe Management |
| Website | https://nightly.mealie.io/ | https://docs.tandoor.dev/ |
| Source code | https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie | https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes |
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 8,707.
- Mealie recorded repository activity more recently, 2 November 2026 against 27 October 2026.
- Mealie has the newer release on record: v3.30.0, 31 October 2026, against 2.7.2, 27 October 2026.
- Licenses differ: Mealie is listed under MIT; Tandoor Recipes under MIT, Commons-Clause.
- Platforms differ: Mealie lists Python; Tandoor Recipes lists Python, Docker, K8S.
- Both are filed under the same categories: Recipe Management.