Fork Recipes
Manage your food recipes with simplicity.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v.4.1.1-Hot-fix (Apr 2025).
Also an alternative to Mealime.
At a glance
Fork Recipes quick facts
- Health score
- 38/100 STALE
- Stars
- 69
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- v.4.1.1-Hot-fix, Apr 2025
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
Top alternatives to Fork Recipes
Full rankings: Mealime alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Simple, elegant frontend Python web application that work seamlessly with the ForkApi to provide management for food recipies collections."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Fork Recipes scores 38/100, #11 of 11 in Recipe Management: 2 commits in the last 90 days earn 2.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v.4.1.1-Hot-fix, 1.5 years ago) earns 7.9 of 25, 69 stars add 7.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 32.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 2.3 / 35
2 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 7.9 / 25
v.4.1.1-Hot-fix released 1.5 years ago
- Stars 7.4 / 20
69 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 2
- Last 90 days
- 21
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 11 tools in Recipe Management by health , just below Recipya (#10) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v.4.1.1-Hot-fix · 1.5 years ago |
| Stars | 69 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | mikebgrep/fork.recipes ↗ |
Fork Recipes vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Fork Recipes (Recipe Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tandoor Recipes | 96 | 8.7k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Tamari | 89 | 145 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Mealie | 87 | 14k | MIT | today |
| RecipeSage | 82 | 985 | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Recipya | 43 | 412 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Fork Recipes (this tool) | 38 | 69 | BSD-3-Clause | 2 months ago |
Fork Recipes: common questions
What does Fork Recipes replace?
Repoly lists Fork Recipes as an open-source alternative to Mealime. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Fork Recipes stands against the others.
Is Fork Recipes still maintained?
Fork Recipes had 2 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago; the latest tagged release, v.4.1.1-Hot-fix, is from 1.5 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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