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# Self-host Mealie with Docker

> A self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a clean web UI and API.

A self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a clean web UI and API.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Mealie (Productivity). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://docs.mealie.io](https://docs.mealie.io).

Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `mealie` | `ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:v3.28.0` | 9000 | `mealie_data -> /app/data` |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `mealie` | `BASE_URL` | Preset in the template |

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

## Deploy Mealie with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open **Apps**, choose **New app**, then **Browse templates**, and select Mealie. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

```bash theme={"dark"}
levelrail-cli templates deploy mealie --name my-mealie
```

See the [service template catalog](/templates-and-registry) for how templates work, and [Getting started](/getting-started) if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

## More Productivity templates

* [AFFiNE](/self-host/affine)
* [AppFlowy](/self-host/appflowy)
* [Baby Buddy](/self-host/babybuddy)
* [BookStack](/self-host/bookstack)
* [Cal.com](/self-host/calcom)

All templates are listed in the [self-host gallery](/self-host).


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