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browser-searchvsOrca

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

browser-searchOrca
Score52/10091/100
Rank in category#86 of 209 in AI Agents#1 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars539108 555
Stars, last 30 days—+8 648
Stable releases, 12 months1015
Latest releasev3.2.1 · 22 Oct 2026v1.4.243 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Orca scores 91/100 against 52/100 for browser-search, so it is the safer default.

Orca ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for browser-search.

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

Orca is growing faster right now (+8 648 stars in 30 days).

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