Groly
Groly combines shared grocery lists, meal planning, and health and nutrition tracking in a mobile-first progressive web app.
What Groly is
Groly combines shared grocery lists, meal planning, and health and nutrition tracking in a mobile-first progressive web app. Multiple users can work on shopping lists with real-time syncing and offline edits; lists also support barcode scanning, automatic categories, and item suggestions. The health tracker records supplements, water, caffeine, meditation, and mood, with history views and PDF export. A food diary tracks calories and macros using generic foods and branded product information from Open Food Facts. Users can create recipes, import them by URL, plan meals by week, and add recipe ingredients to shopping lists. Barcode and product lookups use Open Food Facts, Open Products Facts, and Open Beauty Facts. Groly runs in a Docker container, has an Unraid install option, and stores its SQLite database in a mounted data volume. The maker describes it as free and open, with voluntary coffee donations. It is self-hosted and has no open registration: an admin invites users through single-use links that expire after 48 hours. HTTPS is required for PWA installation and several features, and the Docker image is built for linux/amd64.
Good
- Lists support real-time sync and offline edits.
- Tracks supplements, water, caffeine, meditation, and mood.
- Recipes can be imported by URL.
- Runs as a Docker container with an Unraid install option.
- Free and self-hosted.
Watch out
- No open registration; an admin must invite users.
- HTTPS is required for several features.
- Docker image is built for linux/amd64.
Who it suits
Groly suits households or individuals who want grocery planning alongside food and wellness tracking. It is aimed at people comfortable with self-hosting and admin-managed invitations.
Verdict
Groly brings grocery organization, meal planning, and personal tracking into one self-hosted app. Its setup requirements, invitation model, and HTTPS needs are important considerations before choosing it.
Plans and prices
From Groly's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Self-hosted · Docker · no open registration; admin invites users · Free; no charge stated |
The facts
Each one read from Groly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access control
- There is no open registration; an admin invites users through single-use links that expire after 48 hours.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Groly runs as a Docker container, has an Unraid install option, and stores its SQLite database in a mounted data volume.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Health tracker
- The tracker covers supplements, water, caffeine, meditation, and mood, with history views and PDF export.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Barcode and food lookups use Open Food Facts, Open Products Facts, and Open Beauty Facts, with lookups routed through the Groly server and cached in SQLite.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- The Docker image is built for linux/amd64, and HTTPS must be configured for several app features to work.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Nutrition
- The food diary tracks calories and macros, using built-in generic foods and branded product data from Open Food Facts.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Recipes
- Users can create recipes, import them by URL, plan meals by week, and add recipe ingredients to shopping lists.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- HTTPS is required for PWA installation, offline mode, push notifications, camera access, and production secure session cookies.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Shared lists
- Shopping lists support multiple users, real-time sync, offline edits, barcode scanning, automatic categories, and item suggestions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Groly combines grocery lists, health and nutrition tracking, and meal planning in a mobile-first progressive web app.checked 2 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Groly is usable in desktop browsers and installable as a PWA on iOS and Android; some features require installing the PWA.checked 2 Oct 2026
Money
- Support and price
- The maker describes Groly as free and open, built in spare time, with voluntary coffee donations and nothing expected in return.checked 2 Oct 2026
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