RecipeSage is an open source collaborative recipe keeper, meal planner and shopping list organizer. Share and collaborate on recipes, manage household shopping lists and meal planning, and import recipes from anywhere on the web instantly. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install RecipeSage on your Synology NAS with Docker & Portainer. Note: This container will not work in a NAS without AVX support.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest version of RecipeSage v3.0.20

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Make sure you have a synology.me Wildcard Certificate. Follow my guide to get a Wildcard Certificate. If you already have a synology.me Wildcard certificate, skip this STEP.

• STEP 4

Go to Control Panel / Login Portal / Advanced Tab / click Reverse Proxy. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 5

Now click the “Create” button. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

After you click the Create button, the window below will open. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the General area, set the Reverse Proxy Name description: type in RecipeSage. After that, add the following instructions:

Source:
Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: recipesage.yourname.synology.me
Port: 443

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 6914

• STEP 7

On the Reverse Proxy Rules click the Custom Header tab. Click Create and then, from the drop-down menu, click WebSocket. After you click on WebSocket, two Header Names and two Values will be automatically added. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 8

Go to Control Panel / Network / Connectivity tab/ Check Enable HTTP/2 then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

Go to Control Panel / Security / Advanced tab/ Check Enable HTTP Compression then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 10

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it recipesage. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 11

Now create three new folders inside the recipesage folder that you have previously created at STEP 10 and name them apimedia, db, typesense. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 12

Download (click on the blue link below) then upload the proxy.conf file below in the recipesage folder that you have previously created at STEP 10. Follow the instructions in the image below. 🔒Note: Support my work to unlock the password. You can use this password to download any file on mariushosting forever!

👉🏻Download proxy.conf

• STEP 13

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

In the Name field type in recipesage. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    container_name: RecipeSage-DB
    hostname: recipesage-db
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-q", "-d", "recipesage", "-U", "recipesageuser"]
      timeout: 45s
      interval: 10s
      retries: 10
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/recipesage/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: recipesage
      POSTGRES_USER: recipesageuser
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: recipesagepass
    restart: on-failure:5

  pushpin:
    image: julianpoy/pushpin:2023-09-17
    container_name: RecipeSage-PUSHPIN
    hostname: pushpin
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    environment:
      target: api:3000
    restart: on-failure:5

  typesense:
    image: typesense/typesense:0.25.1
    command: "--data-dir /data --api-key=recipesage_selfhost --enable-cors"
    container_name: RecipeSage-TYPESENSE
    hostname: typesense
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    read_only: true
    user: 1026:100
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/recipesage/typesense:/data:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

  browserless:
    image: ghcr.io/browserless/chromium:v2.24.3
    container_name: RecipeSage-BROWSER
    hostname: browserless
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    user: 1026:100
    environment:
      MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS: 3
      MAX_QUEUE_LENGTH: 10
    restart: on-failure:5

  ingredient-instruction-classifier:
    image: julianpoy/ingredient-instruction-classifier:1.4.9
    container_name: RecipeSage-CLASSIFIER
    hostname: ingredient-instruction-classifier
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    read_only: true
    user: 1026:100
    environment:
      SENTENCE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE: 200
      PREDICTION_CONCURRENCY: 4
    restart: on-failure:5

  api:
    image: julianpoy/recipesage-selfhost:api-latest
    command: sh -c "npx prisma migrate deploy; npx nx seed prisma; npx ts-node --swc --project packages/backend/tsconfig.json packages/backend/src/bin/www"
    container_name: RecipeSage-API
    hostname: api
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/recipesage/apimedia:/rs-media:rw
    environment:
      STORAGE_TYPE: filesystem
      FILESYSTEM_STORAGE_PATH: /rs-media
      NODE_ENV: selfhost
      VERBOSE: false
      VERSION: selfhost
      POSTGRES_DB: recipesage
      POSTGRES_USER: recipesageuser
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: recipesagepass
      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
      POSTGRES_HOST: recipesage-db
      POSTGRES_SSL: false
      POSTGRES_LOGGING: false
      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://recipesageuser:recipesagepass@recipesage-db:5432/recipesage
      GCM_KEYPAIR: 
      SENTRY_DSN: 
      GRIP_URL: http://pushpin:5561/
      GRIP_KEY: changeme
      SEARCH_PROVIDER: typesense
      TYPESENSE_NODES: '[{"host": "typesense", "port": 8108, "protocol": "http"}]'
      TYPESENSE_API_KEY: recipesage_selfhost
      STRIPE_SK: 
      STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET: 
      BROWSERLESS_HOST: browserless
      BROWSERLESS_PORT: 3000
      INGREDIENT_INSTRUCTION_CLASSIFIER_URL: http://ingredient-instruction-classifier:3000/
    restart: on-failure:5
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
      pushpin:
        condition: service_started
      typesense:
        condition: service_started
      browserless:
        condition: service_started

  static:
    image: julianpoy/recipesage-selfhost:static-latest
    container_name: RecipeSage-STATIC
    hostname: static
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    environment:
      API_BASE_OVERRIDE: null
    restart: on-failure:5

  proxy:
    image: nginx:latest
    container_name: RecipeSage-PROXY
    hostname: proxy
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    ports:
      - 6914:80
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/recipesage/proxy.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
    restart: on-failure:5
    depends_on:
      static:
        condition: service_started
      api:
        condition: service_started
      pushpin:
        condition: service_started

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for user with your own UID and GID values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.) 1026 is my personal UID value and 100 is my personal GID value. You have to type in your own values.

• STEP 15

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

⌛Now just wait because the RecipeSage images are about 11GB.

• STEP 16

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 17

Please wait approximately 10 minutes or you will get a blank synology error page if you try to connect too soon. Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://recipesage.yourname.synology.me that you have previously created at STEP 6. In my case it’s https://recipesage.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the RecipeSage start page. Click CREATE AN ACCOUNT. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 18

Type in your own details then click CREATE ACCOUNT. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 19

Your RecipeSage dashboard at a glance!

• STEP 20

From now on, if you want to restrict user registration to your RecipeSage instance, just add in the compose at STEP 14 the following line under BROWSERLESS_PORT: 3000

DISABLE_REGISTRATION: true

Enjoy RecipeSage!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

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This post was updated on Friday / August 29th, 2025 at 10:50 PM