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AntflyvsSearXNG

Two self-hosted Search Engines projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

AntflySearXNG
Score50/10086/100
Rank in category#27 of 41 in Search Engines#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars47738 956
Stars, last 30 days—+1 390
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.2.5 · 28 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageZigPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 50/100 for Antfly, so it is the safer default.

Antfly ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 390 stars in 30 days).

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