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cStatevsYacy

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

cStateYacy
Score62/10062/100
Rank in category#7 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars2 9014 086
Stars, last 30 days+6+41
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev7-r1 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageHTMLJava

Which one should you pick?

cState and Yacy score the same (62/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

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

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

Yacy is growing faster right now (+41 stars in 30 days).

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