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invenio-app-rdmvsSearXNG

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

invenio-app-rdmSearXNG
Score54/10086/100
Rank in category#8 of 10 in Data Management#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars18438 961
Stars, last 30 days—+1 395
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev13.1.2 · 1 May 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 54/100 for invenio-app-rdm, so it is the safer default.

invenio-app-rdm ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

If you want the quickest setup, SearXNG is easier to run; invenio-app-rdm needs more configuration.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 395 stars in 30 days).

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