Tandoor Recipes
Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting PDFs, Images or other files.
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Still maintained? Yes: 202 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.7.2 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Mealime.
At a glance
Tandoor Recipes quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,703
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.7.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT, Commons-Clause
Top alternatives to Tandoor Recipes
Full rankings: Mealime alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "The recipe manager that allows you to manage your ever growing collection of digital recipes."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Tandoor Recipes scores 96/100, #1 of 11 in Recipe Management: 202 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.7.2, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,703 stars add 15.8 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 4.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
202 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.7.2 released 3 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.8 / 20
8.7k 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
- 202
- Last 90 days
- 1,111
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 11 tools in Recipe Management by health , just above Bar Assistant (#2) .
Details
| Licence | MIT, Commons-Clause |
| Platforms | Python, Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | 2.7.2 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 8,703 |
| Open issues | 331 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | TandoorRecipes/recipes ↗ |
Tandoor Recipes vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Tandoor Recipes (Recipe Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tandoor Recipes (this tool) | 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 | 38 | 69 | BSD-3-Clause | 2 months ago |
Tandoor Recipes: common questions
What does Tandoor Recipes replace?
Repoly lists Tandoor Recipes as an open-source alternative to Mealime. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Tandoor Recipes stands against the others.
Is Tandoor Recipes still maintained?
Tandoor Recipes had 202 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, 2.7.2, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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