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chat-uivsYacy

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

chat-uiYacy
Score72/10062/100
Rank in category#8 of 69 in AI Chat#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars11 0024 085
Stars, last 30 days+38+41
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev0.10.0 · 11 May 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

chat-ui scores 72/100 against 62/100 for Yacy, so it is the safer default.

chat-ui ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

If you want the quickest setup, chat-ui is easier to run; Yacy needs more configuration.

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