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GeoLookvsSearXNG

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

GeoLookSearXNG
Score51/10086/100
Rank in category#26 of 41 in Search Engines#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars79038 956
Stars, last 30 days—+1 390
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.2.0 · 8 Aug 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 51/100 for GeoLook, so it is the safer default.

GeoLook ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 390 stars in 30 days).

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