diff --git a/ct/mealie.sh b/ct/mealie.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source <(curl -s https://git.community-scripts.org/community-scripts/ProxmoxVED/raw/branch/main/misc/build.func)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2025 community-scripts ORG
+# Author: MickLesk (CanbiZ)
+# License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVED/raw/main/LICENSE
+# Source: https://mealie.io
+
+APP="Mealie"
+var_tags="${var_tags:-recipes}"
+var_cpu="${var_cpu:-4}"
+var_ram="${var_ram:-4096}"
+var_disk="${var_disk:-10}"
+var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
+var_version="${var_version:-12}"
+var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
+
+header_info "$APP"
+variables
+color
+catch_errors
+
+function update_script() {
+  header_info
+  check_container_storage
+  check_container_resources
+  if [[ ! -d /var ]]; then
+    msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
+    exit
+  fi
+  msg_info "Updating $APP LXC"
+  $STD apt-get update
+  $STD apt-get -y upgrade
+  msg_ok "Updated $APP LXC"
+  exit
+}
+
+start
+build_container
+description
+
+msg_ok "Completed Successfully!\n"
+echo -e "${CREATING}${GN}${APP} setup has been successfully initialized!${CL}"
diff --git a/install/mealie-install.sh b/install/mealie-install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2025 community-scripts ORG
+# Author: MickLesk (CanbiZ)
+# License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVED/raw/main/LICENSE
+# Source: https://mealie.io
+
+source /dev/stdin <<<"$FUNCTIONS_FILE_PATH"
+color
+verb_ip6
+catch_errors
+setting_up_container
+network_check
+update_os
+
+msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
+$STD apt-get install -y git
+msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
+
+#fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mealie" "mealie-recipes/mealie" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/mealie" - deactivated for now
+
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
+POSTGRES_VERSION="16" setup_postgresql
+NODE_MODULE="yarn" NODE_VERSION="20" setup_nodejs
+
+msg_info "Get Mealie Repository"
+cd /opt
+git clone https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie
+msg_ok "Get Mealie Repository"
+
+msg_info "Building Frontend"
+cd /opt/mealie/frontend
+yarn install --prefer-offline --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive --production=false --network-timeout 1000000
+yarn generate
+msg_ok "Built Frontend"
+
+msg_info "Preparing Backend (Poetry)"
+$STD uv venv /opt/mealie/.venv
+$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m uv pip install -r requirements.txt
+cd /opt/mealie
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/uv pip install poetry==2.0.1
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry self add "poetry-plugin-export>=1.9"
+msg_ok "Prepared Poetry"
+
+msg_info "Building Mealie Backend Wheel"
+cd /opt/mealie
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry build --output dist
+
+MEALIE_VERSION=$(/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry version --short)
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry export --only=main --extras=pgsql --output=dist/requirements.txt
+echo "mealie[pgsql]==$MEALIE_VERSION \\" >>dist/requirements.txt
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry run pip hash dist/mealie-$MEALIE_VERSION*.whl | tail -n1 | tr -d '\n' >>dist/requirements.txt
+echo " \\" >>dist/requirements.txt
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry run pip hash dist/mealie-$MEALIE_VERSION*.tar.gz | tail -n1 >>dist/requirements.txt
+msg_ok "Built Wheel + Requirements"
+
+msg_info "Installing Mealie via uv"
+cd /opt/mealie
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/uv pip install --require-hashes -r dist/requirements.txt --find-links dist
+msg_ok "Installed Mealie"
+
+msg_info "Downloading NLTK Data"
+mkdir -p /nltk_data/
+/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
+msg_ok "Downloaded NLTK Data"
+
+msg_info "Creating Service"
+cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/mealie.service
+[Unit]
+Description=Mealie Server
+After=network.target postgresql.service
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/mealie
+ExecStart=/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m mealie
+Restart=always
+Environment=HOST=0.0.0.0
+Environment=PORT=9000
+Environment=DB_ENGINE=postgres
+Environment=POSTGRES_SERVER=localhost
+Environment=POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+Environment=POSTGRES_USER=mealie
+Environment=POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mealie
+Environment=POSTGRES_DB=mealie
+Environment=NLTK_DATA=/nltk_data
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+systemctl enable -q --now mealie
+msg_ok "Created Service"
+
+motd_ssh
+customize
+
+msg_info "Cleaning up"
+$STD apt-get -y autoremove
+$STD apt-get -y autoclean
+msg_ok "Cleaned"