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Everything stays on your server, under your control.",1,null,"https:\u002F\u002Fservorbit.com\u002Fblog\u002Fself-host-mealie-on-your-vps-open-source-recipe-manager","Self-host your recipe manager — import from any URL, plan meals and generate shopping lists.","Mealie is a recipe manager and meal planner designed to run on your own server. Import recipes automatically from any URL — Mealie parses the page and extracts ingredients, steps and metadata. Store your own family recipes through the web editor. Build weekly meal plans and generate consolidated shopping lists from your planned meals. Share your instance with your household: each member gets their own account, and you control who can edit or just view. The codebase (AGPL-3.0, 13 k+ stars) uses FastAPI for the backend and Vue.js for the frontend, deployed as a single container with SQLite. 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Mealie generates the shopping list automatically, consolidating ingredients across all planned meals.",{"title":35,"body":36},"Share with your household","Invite family members with their own accounts. Each person can add recipes, comment or mark meals as favourites, while you keep control of who can edit the library.",[38,41,44,47],{"title":39,"body":40},"Log in with the default credentials","After installation, open the URL provided in your space and log in with the default account: **changeme@example.com** \u002F **MyPassword**. Change both immediately after your first login in Administration.",{"title":42,"body":43},"Import your first recipe","On the dashboard, click **New Recipe → Import from URL**, paste any recipe page URL and Mealie will extract the title, ingredients, steps and main photo in a few seconds.",{"title":45,"body":46},"Plan the week","Open the **Meal Planner** section, click a day slot and assign a recipe. Repeat for the week, then click **Generate Shopping List** — Mealie consolidates all ingredients into a single sorted list.",{"title":48,"body":49},"Invite your household","Go to **Administration → Users** and create accounts for your family members. Assign the `user` role to allow recipe browsing and additions, or `viewer` for read-only access.",[51,54,57,60,63],{"q":52,"a":53},"What are the default credentials?","The default login is changeme@example.com with password MyPassword. Change both immediately after your first login in Administration → Your Profile.",{"q":55,"a":56},"Does Mealie require a custom domain?","No. Mealie works on a plain IP address. A custom domain is recommended for internet access with a valid TLS certificate, but not required for local or VPN-only use.",{"q":58,"a":59},"Does it support multiple users?","Yes. Each household member can have their own account. 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