Tamari
Recipe manager web app with a built-in collection of recipes. Organize by favorites and categories, create shopping lists, and plan meals.
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Still maintained? Yes: 33 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.7.1 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Mealime.
At a glance
Tamari quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 145
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.7.1, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Tamari
Full rankings: Mealime alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Tamari is a fully-featured recipe manager web application built using Python and the Flask Framework."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Tamari scores 89/100, #3 of 11 in Recipe Management: 33 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.7.1, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 145 stars add 8.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 11.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
33 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.7.1 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.7 / 20
145 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
- 33
- Last 90 days
- 146
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 11 tools in Recipe Management by health , between Bar Assistant (#2) and Vanilla Cookbook (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | v1.7.1 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 145 |
| Open issues | 8 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | alexbates/Tamari ↗ |
Tamari vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Tamari (Recipe Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tandoor Recipes | 96 | 8.7k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Tamari (this tool) | 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 | 38 | 69 | BSD-3-Clause | 2 months ago |
Tamari: common questions
What does Tamari replace?
Repoly lists Tamari as an open-source alternative to Mealime. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Tamari stands against the others.
Is Tamari still maintained?
Tamari had 33 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v1.7.1, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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