How much RAM does Tandoor Recipes need?

Plan on 1–2 GB for typical use; add headroom if you expect many concurrent users.

Can I run other things on the same VPS?

Yes — size the plan so Tandoor Recipes plus your other workloads fit in RAM with room to spare.

Home

A recipe collection and meal planner.

Import recipes from the web, plan meals and generate shopping lists.

Tandoor is a capable recipe organiser with good import, on your own hardware.

1
Provision a VPS
Choose a plan with room for your data as well as the app.
2
Install the stack
Install Python/Django + PostgreSQL.
3
Deploy the application
Follow the project’s official install guide for your distribution.
4
Enable HTTPS
Serve it on your own domain behind a reverse proxy with a certificate.
5
Back it up
Schedule a database dump plus a copy of any uploaded files to an off-box location.

Give Tandoor Recipes its own database user with rights only on its own schema.
Reverse-proxy Tandoor Recipes and terminate TLS at the proxy so certificates are managed in one place.
Take a VPS snapshot before major upgrades so you can roll back cleanly.
Keep Tandoor Recipes patched — most self-hosting incidents are unpatched software.

How much RAM does Tandoor Recipes need?: Plan on 1–2 GB for typical use; add headroom if you expect many concurrent users.
What stack does Tandoor Recipes run on?: Python/Django + PostgreSQL.
Can I run other things on the same VPS?: Yes — size the plan so Tandoor Recipes plus your other workloads fit in RAM with room to spare.

Looking for something else? Popular alternatives include Mealie, Grocy, Nextcloud (cookbook) — browse all app guides.