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grimmoryvsYacy

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

grimmoryYacy
Score69/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars4 6264 086
Stars, last 30 days+201+41
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageJavaJava

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 62/100 for Yacy, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

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

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