What is Grocy?
An open-source platform for tracking household groceries, managing recipes and meal plans, and organizing home equipment inventory.
Grocy pricing
We don't have Grocy's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Open Food Facts
- Home Assistant•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Grocy FAQ
Common questions about Grocy, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Grocy?
A web-based application for managing household groceries, inventory, meal planning, shopping lists, recipes, and household equipment. Users self-host the application and access it through a web interface that works across devices. It is indexed under Restaurant & Food Software.
Source: https://grocy.info/
Is Grocy free to use?
Grocy is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://grocy.info/
What platforms does Grocy support?
Grocy supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://grocy.info/
Can Grocy be self-hosted?
Yes. Grocy can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://grocy.info/
Is Grocy open source?
Yes. Grocy is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/grocy/grocy
Grocy alternatives
Other restaurant & food software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
Compare Grocy
Side by side against other restaurant & food software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Grocy, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 47 | 0.09 | 4.4 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 74 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 75 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Security score | 38 | 0.04 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.07 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 30 | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Blade | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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