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illa-buildervsYacy

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

illa-builderYacy
Score67/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars12 3364 086
Stars, last 30 days+12+41
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 62/100 for Yacy, so it is the safer default.

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

Yacy is growing faster right now (+41 stars in 30 days).

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