ManageMeals

ManageMeals is an open-source web application for collecting, organizing and using recipes. It provides URL-based recipe import, a fast searchable interface, meal planning and shopping list generation. The frontend is built with SvelteKit and pairs with a separate backend service.

Key Features

• Import recipes by URL with support for hundreds of sites and AI-assisted parsing for non-standard pages
• Create meal plans (single day or weekly) with multiple course types and optional auto-generation
• Generate shopping lists from individual recipes or entire meal plans
• Fast, fuzzy search that handles spelling mistakes and returns results quickly
• Printer-friendly recipe view and a cooking mode to keep the screen awake while cooking
• Shareable public recipe links for easy viewing without registration
• Responsive SvelteKit frontend, bookmarklet for quick imports, and a planned browser extension

Use Cases

• Build a personal recipe collection by importing recipes from websites and blogs
• Plan weekly meals and automatically produce consolidated shopping lists
• Share curated recipe lists or single recipes with friends and family via public links

Limitations and Considerations

• The frontend requires the ManageMeals backend service to be running; the backend is a separate repository and must be configured
• AI-assisted imports rely on heuristics and may fail or require manual cleanup for some sites
• The public demo is read-only and has creation actions disabled; some integrations (browser extension) are still in progress

ManageMeals is suited for individuals who want a fast, privacy-friendly recipe manager and meal planner they can host themselves. It focuses on straightforward recipe workflows, searchability and interoperability with a backend service.