diff --git a/py/routes/recipe_routes.py b/py/routes/recipe_routes.py
index 177b9554..e57b4d72 100644
--- a/py/routes/recipe_routes.py
+++ b/py/routes/recipe_routes.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class RecipeRoutes:
         app.router.add_post('/api/recipes/save', routes.save_recipe)
         app.router.add_delete('/api/recipe/{recipe_id}', routes.delete_recipe)
         
+        # Add new filter-related endpoints
+        app.router.add_get('/api/recipes/top-tags', routes.get_top_tags)
+        app.router.add_get('/api/recipes/base-models', routes.get_base_models)
+        
         # Start cache initialization
         app.on_startup.append(routes._init_cache)
         
@@ -80,12 +84,24 @@ class RecipeRoutes:
             sort_by = request.query.get('sort_by', 'date')
             search = request.query.get('search', None)
             
+            # Get filter parameters
+            base_models = request.query.get('base_models', None)
+            tags = request.query.get('tags', None)
+            
+            # Parse filter parameters
+            filters = {}
+            if base_models:
+                filters['base_model'] = base_models.split(',')
+            if tags:
+                filters['tags'] = tags.split(',')
+            
             # Get paginated data
             result = await self.recipe_scanner.get_paginated_data(
                 page=page,
                 page_size=page_size,
                 sort_by=sort_by,
-                search=search
+                search=search,
+                filters=filters
             )
             
             # Format the response data with static URLs for file paths
@@ -521,4 +537,64 @@ class RecipeRoutes:
             return web.json_response({"success": True, "message": "Recipe deleted successfully"})
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error deleting recipe: {e}", exc_info=True)
-            return web.json_response({"error": str(e)}, status=500) 
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+            return web.json_response({"error": str(e)}, status=500) 
+
+    async def get_top_tags(self, request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+        """Get top tags used in recipes"""
+        try:
+            # Get limit parameter with default
+            limit = int(request.query.get('limit', '20'))
+            
+            # Get all recipes from cache
+            cache = await self.recipe_scanner.get_cached_data()
+            
+            # Count tag occurrences
+            tag_counts = {}
+            for recipe in cache.raw_data:
+                if 'tags' in recipe and recipe['tags']:
+                    for tag in recipe['tags']:
+                        tag_counts[tag] = tag_counts.get(tag, 0) + 1
+            
+            # Sort tags by count and limit results
+            sorted_tags = [{'tag': tag, 'count': count} for tag, count in tag_counts.items()]
+            sorted_tags.sort(key=lambda x: x['count'], reverse=True)
+            top_tags = sorted_tags[:limit]
+            
+            return web.json_response({
+                'success': True,
+                'tags': top_tags
+            })
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Error retrieving top tags: {e}", exc_info=True)
+            return web.json_response({
+                'success': False,
+                'error': str(e)
+            }, status=500)
+    
+    async def get_base_models(self, request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+        """Get base models used in recipes"""
+        try:
+            # Get all recipes from cache
+            cache = await self.recipe_scanner.get_cached_data()
+            
+            # Count base model occurrences
+            base_model_counts = {}
+            for recipe in cache.raw_data:
+                if 'base_model' in recipe and recipe['base_model']:
+                    base_model = recipe['base_model']
+                    base_model_counts[base_model] = base_model_counts.get(base_model, 0) + 1
+            
+            # Sort base models by count
+            sorted_models = [{'name': model, 'count': count} for model, count in base_model_counts.items()]
+            sorted_models.sort(key=lambda x: x['count'], reverse=True)
+            
+            return web.json_response({
+                'success': True,
+                'base_models': sorted_models
+            })
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Error retrieving base models: {e}", exc_info=True)
+            return web.json_response({
+                'success': False,
+                'error': str(e)
+            }, status=500) 
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diff --git a/py/services/recipe_scanner.py b/py/services/recipe_scanner.py
index 88421e7b..7878c2fa 100644
--- a/py/services/recipe_scanner.py
+++ b/py/services/recipe_scanner.py
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class RecipeScanner:
             logger.error(f"Error getting base model for lora: {e}")
             return None
 
-    async def get_paginated_data(self, page: int, page_size: int, sort_by: str = 'date', search: str = None):
+    async def get_paginated_data(self, page: int, page_size: int, sort_by: str = 'date', search: str = None, filters: dict = None):
         """Get paginated and filtered recipe data
         
         Args:
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ class RecipeScanner:
             page_size: Number of items per page
             sort_by: Sort method ('name' or 'date')
             search: Search term
+            filters: Dictionary of filters to apply
         """
         cache = await self.get_cached_data()
 
@@ -395,6 +396,22 @@ class RecipeScanner:
                 if search.lower() in str(item.get('title', '')).lower() or
                    search.lower() in str(item.get('prompt', '')).lower()
             ]
+        
+        # Apply additional filters
+        if filters:
+            # Filter by base model
+            if 'base_model' in filters and filters['base_model']:
+                filtered_data = [
+                    item for item in filtered_data
+                    if item.get('base_model', '') in filters['base_model']
+                ]
+            
+            # Filter by tags
+            if 'tags' in filters and filters['tags']:
+                filtered_data = [
+                    item for item in filtered_data
+                    if any(tag in item.get('tags', []) for tag in filters['tags'])
+                ]
 
         # Calculate pagination
         total_items = len(filtered_data)