Self-host Mealie

A self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a URL importer that scrapes recipes into clean, ad-free cards. Plan weeks and generate shopping lists.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 1024 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install with Docker Compose

Save this as compose.yml and run docker compose up -d:

copy# Mealie
docker run -d --name mealie \
  -p 9925:9000 -v mealie-data:/app/data \
  ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest
# open http://SERVER_IP:9925