Former Mealie user: Tandoor or SageRecipe for new recipe manager?
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eric_b0x · 2023-12-13 17:20

I’ve been running Mealie for over a year on various Synology devices,
and I’m very pleased with Mealie’s user interface and simplicity when
importing recipes. However, the backup function of Mealie seems to be
in a constant state of FUBAR, at least when running it on a Synology
device.

Now, I'm starting fresh with a new recipe manager. I'll be running it
on a Synology device with DSM 7. I want to commit to one, have the
ability to update it, move the database to another device, and set it
and forget it. I'm seeking advice on whether to use Tandoor or
SageRecipe as a self-hosted recipe manager. Thanks.

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XxNerdAtHeartxX · 2023-12-13 18:47

It sounds like you may want to just rethink your backup strategy. I
used to use mealie, and never interacted with the Backup function,
because I backed up my container volumes instead of from the container
itself. It left the backup to be 'atomic' on my system, and let me
handle it outside of the application.

If you're so sure that you can't find an alternative way to back up
your data, Tandoor has been amazing for me. Theres some weird UI stuff
and design paradigms I think are weird from a UX perspective, but It's
been great so far.

The only downside is how bad editing an existing recipe is (when the
recipe creator editing is so amazing), but I know that's something
they're working on, since the Dev replied to a previous comment where
I said the same thing

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eric_b0x · 2023-12-14 02:32

Thanks for the reply. I didn’t consider backing up the whole container
and/or the volume. I’ve just been using Mealie's UI backup method or
manually removing the backup file from the container. Do you suggest
using Synology’s ‘Hyper Backup’ for backing up containers or entire
volumes?
I just spun up Tandoor. It seems solid; the recipe scaling is pretty
slick. You’re right about editing a recipe after it’s been imported.
After poking around for a minute and reading Tandoor’s 'manual' and
FAQ, I still don’t know how to edit an imported recipe. Lol.