KitchenOwl is a self-hosted grocery list and recipe manager with shared households, meal planning, real-time sync, and expense tracking across mobile, web, and desktop apps.
3.6k stars234 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
4 self-hosted NoWaste alternatives
NoWaste is a pantry and grocery inventory app that helps households track food items and expiration dates, create and share shopping lists, receive expiry alerts, and manage stock to reduce food waste and avoid duplicate purchases.
Alternatives to NoWaste
Open-source grocery list app focused on reliable real-time sync, shared lists, offline usage, list groups, store/aisle views, and recipe import.
292 stars14 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
Mobile-first, real-time shared shopping and small collaborative todo app with boards, lists, checkable items, search, PWA support and MongoDB backend.
195 stars17 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted recipe manager and PWA with web scraping, ingredient parsing, unit conversion, shopping lists, cooking logs, LLM-assisted features, and Docker deployment.
154 stars9 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing NoWaste actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 3 of 4 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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