mealie

STATUS: BETA/WIP - Requires Python 3.12+ (FreeBSD support emerging).

Self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner.

Port	9000
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/mealie
Tags	:latest
Source	github.com/daemonless/mealie

Requires patched ocijail

This application requires the allow.mlock annotation. See ocijail patch.

Quick Start

podman run -d --name mealie \
  -p 9000:9000 \
  -e PUID=1000 -e PGID=1000 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc=true' \
  -v /path/to/data:/app/data \
  -v /path/to/postgres:/var/db/postgres/data17 \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/mealie:latest

Access at: http://localhost:9000 Default login: changeme@example.com / MyPassword

podman-compose

services:
  mealie:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/mealie:latest
    container_name: mealie
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.sysvipc: "true"
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=America/New_York
      - BASE_URL=https://mealie.example.com
    volumes:
      - /data/mealie/app:/app/data
      - /data/mealie/postgres:/var/db/postgres/data17
    ports:
      - 9000:9000
    restart: unless-stopped

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for app
PGID	1000	Group ID for app
TZ	UTC	Timezone
BASE_URL	-	Public URL

Volumes

Path	Description
/app/data	Application data
/var/db/postgres/data17	Embedded PostgreSQL data

Logging

This image uses s6-log for internal log rotation. - System Logs: Captured from console and stored at /config/logs/daemonless/mealie/. - Application Logs: Managed by the app and typically found in /config/logs/. - Podman Logs: Output is mirrored to the console, so podman logs still works.