Recipya
Clean, simple and powerful recipe manager your whole family will enjoy.
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Still maintained? Yes: 9 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.2.2 (Dec 2024).
Also an alternative to Mealime.
At a glance
Recipya quick facts
- Health score
- 43/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 412
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.2.2, Dec 2024
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Recipya
Full rankings: Mealime alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "A clean, simple and powerful recipe manager web application for unforgettable family recipes, empowering you to curate and share your favorite recipes. It is focused on simplicity for the whole family to enjoy."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Recipya scores 43/100, #10 of 11 in Recipe Management: 9 commits in the last 90 days earn 10.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.2.2, 1.9 years ago) earns 1.9 of 25, 412 stars add 10.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 24.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 10.5 / 35
9 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 1.9 / 25
v1.2.2 released 1.9 years ago
- Stars 10.5 / 20
412 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
- 9
- Last 90 days
- 33
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 11 tools in Recipe Management by health , between What To Cook? (#9) and Fork Recipes (#11) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v1.2.2 · 1.9 years ago |
| Stars | 412 |
| Open issues | 67 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | reaper47/recipya ↗ |
Recipya vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Recipya (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 (this tool) | 43 | 412 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Fork Recipes | 38 | 69 | BSD-3-Clause | 2 months ago |
Recipya: common questions
What does Recipya replace?
Repoly lists Recipya as an open-source alternative to Mealime. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Recipya stands against the others.
Is Recipya still maintained?
Recipya had 9 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.2.2, is from 1.9 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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