Grocy vs Mealie

Comparing two open source alternatives to BigOven and Paprika Recipe Manager. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Grocy

MIT

Self-hosted household ERP for groceries, stock, meal planning, recipes, shopping lists, chores, and battery tracking.

AGPL-3.0

Self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner that imports recipes from any URL and generates shopping lists.

	Grocy	Mealie
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	9,515	13,279
Forks	806	1,511
Open Issues	135	181
Last Commit	Sep 16, 2026	Sep 22, 2026
First Released	Apr 15, 2017	Dec 7, 2020
Categories	Pantry & Household Management	Recipe Management
Tags	#selfhosting #grocery #pantry #inventory #meal-planning	—

Self-hosted recipe, pantry, and cooking tracker with a PWA and native Android app — no telemetry, no cloud lock-in.

Self-hosted recipe manager for managing your digital recipe collection. Import, plan meals, build shopping lists, and collaborate with family.