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ManageMealsVanilla Cookbook
Free

The hosted service is free and the code is open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.

Web, Self-hosted, Browser extension Web, Self-hosted
  • Imports recipes by URL without ads or filler
  • Meal plans and shopping lists included
  • Automatic ingredient parsing with unit conversion
  • Deliberately uncluttered interface
  • Self-hosting requires running separate frontend and backend
  • Not every recipe website is supported for import
  • Spare-time project by a single developer
  • Smaller community than larger recipe managers
Web application, Self-hosted, Browser extension Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
Account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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