Tandoor Recipes is made for people with home servers who want detailed control over every ingredient, unit, food property and meal-plan rule, running in Docker on their own hardware.
For many home cooks, though, that’s a lot of server to look after just to make dinner, and on your phone it’s a busy web page. Gratin keeps the parts you care about, like owning your data and running your own sync, in a simple app that works offline.
Gratin vs Tandoor at a glance
Figures come from each app’s public pricing and help pages. Trademarks belong to their owners. Tandoor website ↗
Tandoor is free to host yourself, and so is Gratin’s sync. Our $12/year or $39 one-time plan pays for us to host it instead.
See Gratin’s pricing and the 5-year Pay-once guarantee →What Tandoor does well, and what gets in the way
What Tandoor does well
- Open source under AGPL-3.0, and you can run it yourself
- Lots of meal planning, shopping lists, and spaces for several users
- Detailed ingredient and unit handling, with imports from thousands of sites
What gets in the way
- Running it yourself needs a Docker server, and the hosted option is a monthly subscription
- Runs in a web browser, with no desktop or phone apps
- Lots of settings, so it takes longer to learn
Why people switch from Tandoor to Gratin
Made for cooking
Amounts sit inside each step, times become timers you tap, and metric and imperial switch separately for weight and volume. There’s no database to set up.
On your devices, no Postgres needed
Recipes are saved on your devices, so they open fast and work when your home server or internet is down.
Run your own sync, or pay $12/yr or $39 once
Point Gratin at your own sync server for free, or let us run Hosted sync. Either way your recipes stay end-to-end encrypted.
AI on your device, plus Claude and ChatGPT
Tagging and nutrition estimates run on your device, or you can connect Claude or ChatGPT with Hosted sync.
Bottom line
Tandoor is the most configurable self-hosted option for people who like running servers. Gratin keeps your recipes on your devices and works offline, with no server to look after.
Questions about Tandoor and Gratin
Do I need a server at all to use Gratin?
No. On one device, Gratin needs nothing else. To sync between devices, use our Hosted sync ($12/yr or $39 once) or your own sync server.
Does Gratin support Cooklang?
Yes. Gratin imports and exports Cooklang files and links ingredient amounts into the cooking steps.
Can I export all my recipes at once?
Yes. Settings → Data → Export All Recipes saves your whole cookbook, with photos, as one file in a standard recipe format (Schema.org JSON-LD).