Mealie

Information

Mealie is a free and open source recipe manager and cookbook utility. It can import and scrape receipes and strip out ads from the internet. This is probably its most powerful feature.

Just Mealie Commands

Type	Command
Start	`docker compose up mealie -d`
Shutdown	`docker compose down mealie`

Once started, mealie should be hit from this url:

	URL
Non-SSL (Web UI)	http://localhost:9925
Image	hkotel/mealie(Docker Hub)

Mealie Example Docker Compose

services:
  mealie:
    image: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:${MEALIE_VERSION_TAG:-latest} #
    container_name: ${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "${MEALIE_HOST_PORT:-9925}:9000" #
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: ${MEALIE_MEMORY_LIMIT:-512M} #
    networks:
      - homelab
      - mealie
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.docker.network=home-media-docker_homelab"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}.rule=Host(`${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}.${PROJECT_HOSTNAME}`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}.entrypoints=https"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}.tls=true"
      - "traefik.http.services.${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}.loadbalancer.server.port=9000"
    volumes:
      - ${DEFAULT_CONTAINER_DATA_LOCATION}/Mealie/app:/app/data/
    env_file:
      - ./.env
      - ../../.env
    environment:
      # Set Backend ENV Variables Here
      ALLOW_SIGNUP: ${MEALIE_ALLOW_SIGNUP:-false}
      PUID: ${UID}
      PGID: ${GID}
      TZ: ${TIMEZONE}
      MAX_WORKERS: ${MEALIE_MAX_WORKERS:-1}
      WEB_CONCURRENCY: ${MEALIE_MAX_WEB_CONCURRENCY:-2}
      BASE_URL: https://${MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME}.${PROJECT_HOSTNAME}
      # Database Settings
      DB_ENGINE: ${MEALIE_DB_ENGINE:-postgres}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${MEALIE_DB_USER:-mealie}
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${MEALIE_DB_PASSWORD:-mealie}
      POSTGRES_SERVER: ${MEALIE_POSTGRES_CONTAINER_NAME:-mealie-postgres}
      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
      POSTGRES_DB: ${MEALIE_DB_NAME:-mealie}
      SMTP_HOST: ${MEALIE_SMTP_HOST}
      SMTP_FROM_EMAIL: ${MEALIE_SMTP_FROM_EMAIL}
      SMTP_USER: ${MEALIE_SMTP_USER}
      SMTP_PASSWORD: ${MEALIE_SMTP_PASSWORD}
    depends_on:
      mealie-postgres:
        condition: service_healthy
    profiles:
      - all
      - mealie

  mealie-postgres:
    container_name: ${MEALIE_POSTGRES_CONTAINER_NAME:-mealie-postgres}
    networks:
      - mealie
    image: postgres:15
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ${DEFAULT_CONTAINER_DATA_LOCATION}/Mealie/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    env_file:
      - ./.env
      - ../../.env
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${MEALIE_DB_PASSWORD:-mealie}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${MEALIE_DB_USER:-mealie}
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 3
    profiles:
      - all
      - mealie

Mealie Example `.env` file

MEALIE_HOST_PORT="9925"
MEALIE_CONTAINER_NAME="mealie"
MEALIE_POSTGRES_CONTAINER_NAME="mealie-postgres"
##### MEALIE
MEALIE_VERSION_TAG="latest"
MEALIE_MEMORY_LIMIT="512M"
MEALIE_ALLOW_SIGNUP="false"
MEALIE_MAX_WORKERS=1
MEALIE_MAX_WEB_CONCURRENCY=2

### MEALIE SMTP SETTINGS
MEALIE_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MEALIE_SMTP_FROM_EMAIL=example@gmail.com
MEALIE_SMTP_USER=example@gmail.com
MEALIE_SMTP_PASSWORD=test1234

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Mealie Example Docker Compose​

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Mealie Example Docker Compose

Mealie Example `.env` file