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

elasticsearchsolidtime
Score84/10069/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#3 of 11 in Time Tracking
GitHub stars78 4279 056
Stars, last 30 days+447+128
Stable releases, 12 months3220
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v0.22.1 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPHP

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 69/100 for solidtime, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 20 for solidtime.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+447 stars in 30 days).

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