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araa-searchvsSearXNG

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

araa-searchSearXNG
Score39/10086/100
Rank in category#36 of 41 in Search Engines#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars33538 956
Stars, last 30 days—+1 390
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 39/100 for araa-search, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, SearXNG is easier to run; araa-search needs more configuration.

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

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