Compare Open Source Recipe & Meal Planning apps

Mealie vs Norish vs Tandoor Recipes vs KitchenOwl

Manage recipes, plan meals, and generate shopping lists for the household.

Mealie Self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner for household kitchens. 13.1k stars App details	Norish A real-time, self-hosted recipe app for families and friends. 1.1k stars App details	Tandoor Recipes Self-hosted recipe manager built for large collections and granular sharing. 8.6k stars App details	KitchenOwl Self-hosted grocery list, recipe manager, and meal planner for households 3.7k stars App details
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Donations & Sponsorships One-time, recurring, and corporate funding	Donations & Sponsorships One-time, recurring, and corporate funding	Donations One-time or recurring community donations	Donations & Sponsorships One-time, recurring, and corporate funding

	Mealie	Norish	Tandoor Recipes	KitchenOwl
Recipe & Meal Planning
Recipe Import from URL
Meal Planning Calendar
Shopping List Generation
Nutritional Information
Recipe Scaling
Real-time Household Collaboration
Authentication
SAML SSO
OIDC SSO
Social Login
LDAP / AD
MFA
API Keys
Password Auth
Access Control
RBAC
Teams
Unlimited Users
Data
Data Export
Audit Log
Integrations
Webhooks
REST API
GraphQL API
MCP Server
UI
Custom Branding
Dark Mode
Android
iOS
Mac
Windows
Infrastructure
HA / Clustering
Other Features
Expense Tracking