Recipe collection
import from blogs, scrape from URLs
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PRODUCTIVITY · PRO TIER
Tandoor Recipespro
Tandoor Recipes is a self-hosted recipe manager — import from any cooking website (1500+ supported), plan meals, generate shopping lists, manage household members and shared cookbooks. Django + PostgreSQL stack, mobile-friendly PWA.
// What it is
A closer look.
Tandoor Recipes is a self-hosted recipe manager — import from any cooking website (1500+ supported), plan meals, generate shopping lists, manage household members and shared cookbooks. Django + PostgreSQL stack, mobile-friendly PWA.
The privacy-respecting alternative to Paprika / Mealime / Cookpad for serious home cooks who want their recipe library to outlive any SaaS shutdown.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Tandoor Recipes over the SaaS alternative.
Meal planning
weekly calendar with drag-and-drop
Shopping lists
auto-generated from planned meals
Cookbook sharing
family members + invited friends
Pantry tracking
inventory + low-stock alerts
Multi-language
UI in 20+ languages
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, Tandoor Recipes is a strong fit out of the box.
Home cooks
building personal recipe libraries over years
Multi-person households
coordinating meal planning
Privacy advocates
moving off Paprika/Mealime
Food bloggers
archiving their own + favorite external recipes
Hosting providers
offering family-software bundles
// Differentiators
Why teams pick Tandoor Recipes.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Tandoor Recipes consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓AGPL-3.0 — open-source, no SaaS lock-in
- ✓URL importer best-in-class — 1500+ recipe websites supported
- ✓Multi-tenancy — Spaces for separate households
- ✓Meal planning + shopping list — full workflow built-in
- ✓Active development — vabene1111 + community
- ✓Mobile PWA — installable on phone, offline-capable reads
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug Tandoor Recipes into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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URL import
JSON-LD recipe schema parsing + custom parsers
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OCR import
scan printed recipes (optional)
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OAuth / LDAP
auth backends via Django
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Email (SMTP)
for invitations
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Reverse proxy
clean behind nginx/traefik
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API
REST API for automation + mobile clients
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 6k+ GitHub stars
- Active Discord with 3k+ members
- Multi-language community (DE/EN/IT/ES/FR predominant)
- Regular release cadence (monthly)
- Featured in self-hosted family-software roundups
What we ship
- Docker stack: Tandoor + Postgres 16
- Pinned
vabene1111/recipes:latest - Auto-generated DB password + Django SECRET_KEY
- Port 8084 (HTTP), reverse-proxy ready
- Persistent volumes for media + static + postgres
- Install report with first-user + import guide
- Backup hook covers postgres + media
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
First user = superuser
register first to claim admin
// SECURITY
Space setup
name your household, invite family
// OPERATIONS
URL import
test with a few recipes early to validate parsers
// RELIABILITY
Media storage
recipe images can accumulate; allocate disk
// DEPLOYMENT
Backups
postgres dump + media directory
// SCALING
PWA install
chrome/safari "Add to home screen" for native-like
1024
// min ram (MB)
4
// min disk (GB)
8084
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
// Alternatives in Productivity
Compare with
Project resources
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