# Mealie

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Mealie and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free recipe manager people use to store recipes and keep their data. Critics find imports fiddly and the interaction clunky.

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [OnlyRecipe 2.0](https://hackerapproved.com/p/onlyrecipe-2-0.md): 24 recommend
- [Serious Eats](https://hackerapproved.com/p/serious-eats.md): 8 recommend
- [New York Times Cooking](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-york-times-cooking-app.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mealie", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mealie/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).