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ExcaliDashvsYacy

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

ExcaliDashYacy
Score58/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Whiteboarding#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars1 7014 086
Stars, last 30 days+118+41
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest releasev0.6.6 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Yacy scores 62/100 against 58/100 for ExcaliDash, so it is the safer default.

ExcaliDash ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

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

ExcaliDash is growing faster right now (+118 stars in 30 days).

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