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Web App

Grocy

A self-hosted app for groceries, chores and household planning.

Visit Grocy4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web, Cross-Platform

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What is Grocy?

Grocy is a free, open-source web app for running a household. Track what is in your fridge and cupboards with best-before dates, build shopping lists automatically, plan meals and recipes, and schedule chores, tasks and battery changes so nothing gets forgotten.

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Pros: what Grocy does well

  • Stock, shopping, meals and chores in one app
  • Barcode scanning support
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Takes time to enter your stock at first
  • Interface feels dated

Who Grocy is for

Households that want less food waste and fewer forgotten chores.

Who can skip it

People who shop day to day and don't keep much stock.

Grocy alternatives

Not sold on Grocy? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Organization resources

Mealie

Focus: recipes and shopping lists. Shares meal planning and open source with Grocy. Rated 4.6 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Planify

Focus: to-do list, linux app and todoist sync. Shares open source and github with Grocy. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Linux and Offline. Rated 4.6 (Grocy: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeLinux, Offline
4.6Visit

Tasks.org

Focus: to-do list, reminders and caldav. Shares open source and github with Grocy. An Android app, not a web app. Adds Android. Rated 4.6 (Grocy: 4.5).

Android AppFreeAndroid
4.6Visit

Ente

Focus: encrypted photos, 2fa and cloud storage. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Freemium (Grocy: Free). Adds iOS, Android and macOS. Rated 4.7 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Jellyfin

Focus: media server, streaming and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Rated 4.7 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeCross-Platform
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Grocy

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Navidrome

Focus: music, streaming and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.7Visit

Paperless-ngx

Focus: documents, ocr and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Dashy

Focus: dashboard, start page and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Rated 4.6 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Homarr

Focus: dashboard, homelab and self-hosting. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Adds Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Homepage

Focus: dashboard, start page and docker. Shares open source and github with Grocy. Rated 4.6 (Grocy: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit
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