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etcdvssearcharr

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

etcdsearcharr
Score83/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 38 in Databases#51 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars52 431304
Stars, last 30 days+121+0
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev3.7.3 · 22 Oct 2026v3.4.0 · 8 Apr 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

etcd scores 83/100 against 49/100 for searcharr, so it is the safer default.

etcd ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for searcharr.

etcd is growing faster right now (+121 stars in 30 days).

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