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OpenFamily

The open-source, self-hosted family organizer
Keep full control of your family's data — run it on your own server.

🇬🇧 English · 🇫🇷 Français

🎬 Try the live demo →

No sign-up, runs entirely in your browser, nothing is saved.

OpenFamily dashboard

OpenFamily is a self-hosted alternative to apps like Cozi or FamilyWall: shopping lists, tasks, a shared calendar, weekly planning, recipes, meal planning and a household budget — all in one place, on your server, with your data.

✨ Features

| | | |---|---| | 🛒 Shopping list | Categories, prices, quantities, templates, aisle-by-aisle store mode | | ✅ Tasks | Recurring tasks, family assignment, statistics | | 📅 Appointments | Monthly calendar, automatic reminders, color coding, iCal export (.ics / webcal) | | 🗓️ Weekly planning | Work hours and school timetables per family member | | 🍳 Recipes | Family library, advanced filters, prep/cook times | | 🍽️ Meal planner | Weekly view, PDF export, linked recipes | | 💰 Budget | Monthly tracking, charts, per-category limits with alerts, recurring debits | | 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family | Member profiles, health info, emergency contacts | | 🔄 Real-time sync | Instant updates across every device (WebSocket) | | 🔔 Notifications | Appointment reminders, task alerts (Web Push VAPID) + in-app | | 👥 Shared accounts | Invite by link, access requests, ownership transfer | | 🛡️ Roles & permissions | Parent / child accounts — read-only budget for children | | 🌍 Bilingual | English / French interface with automatic detection | | 📴 Offline mode | Browse cached data without a connection (PWA) |

📸 Screenshots

| Shopping (store mode) | Calendar | Budget | |---|---|---| | Shopping list | | Budget |

| Meal planner | Family | Weekly planning | |---|---|---| | | Family | |

🔗 Third-party integrations

Connect OpenFamily to your self-hosted ecosystem in one click — no config files to edit.

| App | Type | What is synced | |---|---|---| | Mealie | 🍲 Recipes | Automatic import of all recipes (pagination, API v1 & v2) | | Tandoor | 🌿 Recipes | Import via the Django REST API | | Home Assistant | 🏠 Shopping | Shopping-list sync over WebSocket (modern todo entities + legacy) | | Grocy | 🥦 Shopping & stock | Shopping list and stock synchronization | | Nextcloud | ☁️ Calendar | CalDAV import with auto-discovery and per-UID deduplication |

🎬 Thanks to Makernix — the idea of connecting

OpenFamily to the self-hosted family ecosystem (Mealie, Grocy, Home Assistant, Nextcloud)

emerged from a direct exchange with him.

🚀 Quick start

🪟 Windows installer (.exe) — the easiest path

For Windows users, NexaFlow provides an all-in-one graphical installer: Node.js and PostgreSQL are bundled — no Docker, no configuration required.

Run OpenFamily-Setup.exe, click Start, and the app opens at http://localhost:3000. The window also shows your local network address so you can open it from a phone on the same Wi-Fi, and the Settings tab explains how to set up Tailscale for secure remote access.

📱 Android app (APK)

OpenFamily also has a native Android app — a thin client that connects to your own server (you enter its address on first launch, just like the Nextcloud or Home Assistant apps). It hosts nothing itself.

Install the APK, allow installs from unknown sources when prompted, open the app and enter your server URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:3001, or your HTTPS / Tailscale address).

🔄 Stay up to date automatically: add the repo to

Obtainium to receive app updates straight from

GitHub Releases — no app store required.

🐳 Docker (recommended for a server)

cp .env.example .env   # edit your settings
docker-compose up -d --build

Frontend: http://localhost:3000
Backend API: http://localhost:3001

Verify the stack end-to-end:

npm run smoke:api

🛠️ Manual install

npm run install:all
psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE openfamily;"
psql -U postgres -d openfamily -f server/schema.sql
cp .env.example .env
npm run dev

Frontend: http://localhost:5173 · Backend: http://localhost:3001

🆚 Why OpenFamily?

| | OpenFamily | Cozi / FamilyWall | |---|---|---| | Your data on your server | ✅ | ❌ | | Open source (AGPL-3.0) | ✅ | ❌ | | No ads, no tracking | ✅ | ❌ | | Self-hosted integrations (Mealie, Grocy, Home Assistant…) | ✅ | ❌ | | Works offline (PWA) | ✅ | ⚠️ |

🧰 Tech stack

Frontend — React 19 · TypeScript · Vite 7 · TailwindCSS · Radix UI · i18next · PWA (service worker, web push, offline) Backend — Node.js 20 · Express · PostgreSQL 16 (auto-migration) · WebSocket · Web Push (VAPID) · JWT + bcrypt 12 · helmet · rate limiting DevOps — Docker Compose (postgres, server, client/nginx) · GitHub Actions (CI + Docker publish to ghcr.io + GitHub Pages demo)

🔐 Security

JWT auth (7 days, auto refresh) · passwords hashed with bcrypt (cost 12) · secure HTTP headers via helmet · rate limiting on auth endpoints · strict configurable CORS · server-side input validation · structured logs (no sensitive data).