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grimmoryvssearchmysite.net

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

grimmorysearchmysite.net
Score69/10044/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#33 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars4 626140
Stars, last 30 days+201+0
Stable releases, 12 months1910
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026v1.4.34 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 44/100 for searchmysite.net, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for searchmysite.net.

If you want the quickest setup, grimmory is easier to run; searchmysite.net needs more configuration.

grimmory is growing faster right now (+201 stars in 30 days).

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